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).
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.