Fragmentarium

Early Cistercian antiphonary – Fragment

Parchment · 2 leaves (trimmed) · 1136 – 1140 CE · 300 x 205

F-m827

Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 1

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Together with FiD 2, the flyleaves represent relics of antiphonaries that were copied around 1136/1140 and contain the original Cistercian liturgy, which was copied shortly after 1108 in Metz by monks sent by Abbot Stephen Harding. This liturgy was corrected within the framework of the reforms of Bernard of Clairvaux. The existence of Bernardine drafts had until now been known through antiphonary 12A-B from Westmalle Abbey (Belgium) and through the one from Tamié Abbey 6 (Savoy). Codicological analysis of the flyleaves of FiD 1 and of the fragments of FiD 2 reveals that all pieces come from the Swiss Abbey of Fille-Dieu; they share identical status and common characteristics, irrespective of current holding sites. The same hands and correcting hands can be recognized, the same types of ornamentation and the same later touch-ups, which were done at the earliest in the 16th century, probably by the nuns or by the monks of Hautcrêt Abbey (Oron, VD), which was the mother house of Fille-Dieu until 1536.

(Alicia Scarcez, Université de Fribourg)

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10/18/2018

Early Cistercian antiphonary

Parchment · 2 leaves (trimmed) · 1136 – 1140 CE · 300 x 205

F-m827

Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 1

Early Cistercian antiphonary – Fragment

Parchment · 2 leaves (trimmed) · 1136 – 1140 CE · 300 x 205

F-m827

Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 1

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Early Cistercian antiphonary

F-m827

Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 1

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Early Cistercian antiphonary

F-m827

Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 1

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Early Cistercian antiphonary, Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 1