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Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-52195

Title

Noted missal (fragments)

Collection

Antwerpen, Museum Vleeshuis

Shelfmark

Antwerpen, Museum Vleeshuis, N2/26

Former shelfmark

1502

Manuscript Category

religion

Document type

missal

Topic

saints

Acquisition

1894

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-jrx5/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-52196

Leaf count

2 fol.

Binding

Binding type

No cover

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-52197

Page range

fol. [1]-[2]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 2 leaves.

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

General

Much of the text has faded, making it difficult to read. Both leaves contain holes left by bookworms.

Origin

Date

first half 11th century (Claudia Renzi)

Evidence

Script.

Place

Northern Low Countries (possibly) (Godfried Croenen)

Evidence

The inclusion of a mass for St Gorgonius and German neumatic notation indicates that the manuscript possibly originated in the Low Countries (the diocese of Utrecht).

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

Foliation

No numbering

Page dimensions

h: 292 mm x w: 215 mm (fol. [1])

Layout

Section 1

fol. [1]r-[2]v (fol. [1]r)

Description

Amount of lines per page varies due to irregular chant notation.

Columns

Lines

25 (28); lines ruled: 26 (written below top line)

Layout formula

| T |

Ruling

Full ruling, Lead-point ruling

Prickings

no prickings visible in outer margin

Text dimensions

h: 260 mm x w: 145 mm

Margins

Top margin: 5 mm, inner margin: 30 mm

Writing

Script

Carolina

Description of hands

Carolingian minuscule, in two different sizes (chants written in a smaller hand than the main text).

Music notation

Type

Neumes

Description

Staffless neumatic notation.

Decoration

Type

plain initials, rubrics

Description

Plain initials in blue ink, written in a column separate from the main text. Blue rubrication.

1. Noted missal

UNIT ID

mmfc-52201

Page range

fol. [1]r-[2]v

Title

Noted missal

Language

Latin (main)

Quotation

lamur officio. ita perpetuo letem[ur] aspectu. (fol. [1]r)

Quotation

commemoratione temporali gratia (fol. [1]v)

Quotation

Sumpsimus domine celebritatus annua non (fol. [2]r)

Quotation

iugiter intercessione tueatur (fol. [2]v)

Notes

Textual content

Fol. [1]: Mass for the feast of St Laurence (10 August).
- Introit 'Da quaesumus Domine Deus... perpetuo laetemur aspectu'.
- Reading of 2 Corinthians 9:6-10.
- Antiphon 'Levita Laurentius bonum opus' (CantusID 202924).
  - Antiphon verse 'Dispersit dedit pauperibus' (CantusID 003609a).
  - Antiphon verse 'Potens in terra erit semen' (verse on the Common of one Martyr, CantusID 006831zf).
- Reading of Matthew 16: 24-28.
- Offertory chant 'Oratio mea munda est' (CantusID g00330).
  - Offertory verse 'Probavit me dominus' (CantusID g00330a).
- Secreta and communio.
Fol. [2]: Mass for the feast of St Gorgonius (9 September).
- Fol. [2]r is difficult to read.
- Responsory 'Domine praevenisti eum' (Responsory on the Common of one Martyr, CantusID 006505).
  - Responsory verse 'Vitam petiit ad te et tribuisti' (CantusID 006505a).
- Offertory chant 'Gloria et honore coronasti eum' (CantusID g01260).
- Offertory chant 'Posuisti domine in capite ejus' (CantusID g01298).
  - Offertory verse 'Desiderium animae ejus tribuisti' (CantusID g01298a)
  - Offertory verse 'Magna est gloria ejus' (CantusID g01298b).
- Secreta, Communio and Postcommunio.