Leaf from a Breviary, Fragment

Breviary, Spain, c.1550-1600, with musical notation. A leaf from a noted Breviary featuring three responsorial chants from the Matins of Christmas: Orietur in diebus Domini abundantia, Veritas de terra orta, and O magnum mysterium. All three are traditional Gregorian chants in the vocal range of a typical male adult.

In Collection:

• Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

Subject

• Gregorian chants
• Music
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Breviaries

Language

• lat

Identifier

• Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.18

Date created

• approximately 1550 to approximately 1600

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 leaf ; 440 x 280 mm

Geographic coverage

• Spain

Coordinates

• 40, -4

Additional physical characteristics

• On paper.
• With musical notation; apparatus and staves in red; musical neumes on four staves; two decorated penwork initials in red and in black and red

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• scores (documents for music)
• fragments (object portions)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1992-045; Item: 10

Fonds title

• Medieval Studies Collection

Fonds identifier

• SC070

Is referenced by

• Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
• Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection

Date digitized

• February 23, 2012

Transcript

• Transcription and musical interpretation by Alina Blank with musical assistance by Katie Blank, completed as part of course work for an undergraduate Manuscripts Studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (English), available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/fragm-lat-18_poster.pdf

Technical note

• Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/58xw-6027

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