MS. Canon. Liturg. 321
Summary Catalogue no.: 19410
Contents
Ritual of baptism (fol. 3), incomplete; Ad reconciliandum penitentiam (sic) (fol. 11) with the mass Misereris omnium (fol. 12), ritual for the last Sacraments (fol. 13v) with 6 litanies, the office of the dead (fol. 21), burial service, three masses (fol. 27v: Rogamus; fol. 29v: Si enim credimus; fol. 31: Requiem) and series of collects and mass lessons for the dead; order of the mass (fol. 37); votive masses (fol. 42); blessings and processions of Candlemass Day, Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday (fol. 59, 61, 62); chants for the adoration of the cross on Good Friday (fol. 65); masses for Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost (fol. 66v); common of the saints and the dedication (fol. 75). Common of the breviary in its primitive arrangement, i.e. chapters, hymns, prayers, lessons (fol. 94v), antiphons and responsories (fol. 110), followed by an Ordo ad clericum faciendum (fol. 129) and a Benedictio aque ferventis, the latter incomplete. Rubrics in the ritual and the order of the mass.
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
24 lines (or 12 staves)
Italian notation on 3 or 4 lines; 2 or 3 dry point, one red (F) and sometimes one yellow (C); up to fol.47v the notation resembles the North Italian system, from fol.60 onwards the Beneventan.
Decoration
At the beginning of the preface (fol. 38v) and the canon (fol. 39) initials in black and red outline, coloured with red and yellow.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The litanies are clearly from Ravenna, while the doubling of St. Peter (fol. 9r) perhaps suggests the church of San Pietro in Vincoli.
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.