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Antiphoner, circa 1300-1350

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MS1996_097_87233

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1300-1350

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Gatherings 1-8: Proper of saints Andrew (30 Nov.), Lucy (13 Dec.), Thomas, Apostle (21 Dec.), Agnes (21 Jan.), Purification (2 Feb.), Agatha (5 Feb.), Annunciation (25 Mar.), De sanctis a festo Pasce usque ad Pentecostem, Philip and James (1 May), Inventio Crucis (May 3), John the Evangelist ante portam latinam (6 May), Birth of John the Baptist (24 June), Peter and Paul (29 June), Mary Magdalen (22 July), Laurence (10 Aug.), Assumption (15 Aug.), Beheading of John the Baptist (29 Aug.), Michael (29 Sept.), Francis (4 Oct), All Saints (1 Nov.), Martin (11 Nov.), Cecilia (22 Nov.), Clement (23 Nov.), Clare (12 Aug.); Celi solem imitantes (De Apostolia), Veni sancte spiritus et emitte celistus (De Sanctu Spiritu), Orbis totus gratulemur (De Beata Virgine) -- Gatherings 9-11: Common of saints, apostles, martyrs, confessors and bishops, virgins, dedication of a church; Hodierne lux diei (De Beata Virgine Maria), Celi cives in colono (De Beato Francisco) -- Appendix:Venite exultemus; Sancta Maria succurre miseris iuva pusillanimes; Celi regem attollamus et in voces erumpamus.

A second vocal part has been added to the first stanza of the sequence Celi solem imitantes, the only polyphonic source of this sequence.

Sequence in honor of St. Francis, Celi cives in colono, is not listed in H. Walther's Carmina medii aevi posterioris latina and may be unique.

Bound with added fragment of a late 13th century manuscript as appendix containing nine variant settings of the psalm Venite exultemus.

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Open for research; also available digitally.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (1 container) : 119 leaves ; 30 cm.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Latin

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

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