COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_nb_ms001_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
Newberry / WMU MS 1
Title:
Processional
Alternative Title:
Newberry Library. Manuscript. Case MS 155
Alternative Title:
Western Michigan University / Newberry Library. Joint Purchase. MS 1
Incipit:
Vidi aquam egredientem de templo, a latere dextro, alleluia. Et omnes quos pervenit aqua ista, salvi facti sunt, et dicent, alleluia, alleluia
Author:
Catholic Church
Origin Date:
approximately 1250
Origin Location:
Spain
Description:
Processional, transcribed in Spain, containing music primarily for chants for the Temporale. Music in diastematic Aquitianian notation with Latin verse. Music included celebrates feasts of the four Sundays of Advent; the Sunday following the octave of Epiphany to Palm Sunday, inclusive; Ascension; Pentecost through the sixth Sunday after Trinity; and a Commemoration for the Virgin. There is also a "Gloria, laus, et honor" hymn and a group of Marian antiphons. Large initials between each procession. Decorated catchwords at the end of gatherings.
Provenance:
Country of production suggested by instructions in Spanish on recto and verso of f. 61; verso of first parchment guard leaf contains ownership inscription "Alfonso Lopez." Stamp reading "Newberry Library" on f. 1 verso. Joint purchase by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1996.
Explicit:
Eii heu domine eheu heu salvator noster
Secundo Folio:
Asperges me domine hyssopo po et mundabor lavabis me et super muende alba
Extent:
83 unnumbered leaves, bound
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Processionals (Service books)
Subject:
Gregorian chants--Spain--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Sacred vocal music--Spain--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Hymns, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
Music--Manuscripts--Spain
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin--Spain
Subject:
Decorated initials
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
260 x 190 mm
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
ff. 1v-83r
Binding:
Modern limp vellum binding, with two pairs of fastening vellum ties.
Decoration Description:
Large red and purple initials with blue and red pen flourishes.
Description of Hands:
Written in Gothic Textura script.
Musical Notation:
One line red staff with square black notation. Square notation on four line staff on leaves 79 and 80. Five staff on last gathering.
Is Part Of:
Newberry Library
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
WMU / NB Case MS 001, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Is Referenced By:
Newberry Library. "Processional." Newberry Online Catalog. https://i-share.car… (accessed: July 29, 2019).
Access Rights:
No copyright. Digital access provided by Western Michigan University Libraries.
Rights Statement: