Cantatorium folio with Alleluia chants (from Laon BM 239, fol. 89)
Laon (France)
F-x1cq
Evanston, IL, Northwestern University, Music Library, MS 1600 (NW-S2-5)
Paul Feller-Simmons, DACT, 2025 (Born Digital)
Description URL
https://cantusdatabase.org/source/1000383
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General Information
Title
Cantatorium folio with Alleluia chants (from Laon BM 239, fol. 89)
Shelfmarks
Evanston, Northwestern University, Music Library, MS 1600 (NW-S2-5)
Former Shelfmarks
Music MS Box 2 (small)
Page/Folio Reference
f. 89
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
Laon, northern France
Date of Origin
Late 9th century (ca. 875–900)
Script, Hands
Caroline minuscule. Annotation in a later cursive hand.
General Remarks
This folio is securely identified as the missing fol. 89 of Laon BM 239, one of the earliest surviving cantatoria. It transmits a sequence of Alleluia chants, several of them resurrection-themed. The parchment has suffered severe damage from humidity, leading to shrinkage, warping, and tearing.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Lotharingian adiastematic neumes and litterae significativae, written above the text.