Leaf from a notated breviary

Folger bibliographic ID: 263143
Folger call number: Z.d.30
Folger holdings ID: 348581

Music manuscript fragment. Contents consist of antiphons, lessons, and responsories for matins on the Sunday after (or Octave of) Easter, with texts drawn from the books of Revelation and 1 John, but the order appears to vary substantially from that of the standard monastic cursus. On one side, the text of music includes Thomas qui dicitur didymus (Corpus antiphonalium officii 5145); Locutus est ad me and Et sustulit me in spiritu (CAO 7096); Audiui uoces in celo angelorum and Vidi angelum dei (CAO 6152); and Decantabat populus in Israel (CAO 6400). On the verso, the text with music includes the continuation of Decantabat populus in Israel followed by its verse Moyses et Aaron in sacerdotibus; Post dies octo ianuis clausis (CAO 4326); Mitte manum tuam (CAO 3797); Vidi iherusalem descendentem de celo and Ab intus in fimbriis aureis (CAO 7876); Hec est iherusalem ciuitas and Porte eius [non claudentur] (CAO 6803); and Ostendit michi angelus and Vidi angelum [Dei] (CAO 7344)

General notes

Notation is of the mixed Messine-German type prevalent in eastern and southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, though the decoration is consistent with that of West-German manuscripts

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 82)

Extended title: Leaf from a notated breviary late 14th or early 15th century