Liturgical MSS with musical notation |
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| 119. Noted Sequentiary | |
| Noted Sequentiary,
including sequences for most of the church year from both the proper of Time and of
Saints. Germany, possibly Switzerland; early 12th century. MS bifolium fragment; vellum; 189 x 287 mm |
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[recto] Sequentiary, noted, including sequences for the feasts of Holy Innocents (28 Dcember), Epiphany (6 January), Purification of Mary (2 February), Easter, 2nd day of Easter, Assumption of Mary (15 August), Nativity of Mary (8 September), St. Michael (29 September), All Saints (1 November), St. Martin (13 November) and St. Andrew (30 November). Written in early Gothic script in brown ink. 28 lines, ruled in blind. Early German neums in campo aperto with some heighting written above the text in red and brown ink. In this small 'libellus', it is possible that all the sequences were notated in the same manner, each syllable receiving one note and heighting shown in the neumatic notation. [ｮ verso] |
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