MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Guardbook of liturgical fragments
Physical Description
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From bindings of printed books and manuscripts unless otherwise noted.
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
8 staves of 4 lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 2
Contents
In both cases the middle portion containing the text has been cut out. See B.Q.R.II (1917) 97, and for similar leaves T.J. Brown, Brit. Mus. Qu. 23 (1960) p.2.
Physical Description
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 3
Contents
temporale: portions of Thursday-Saturday in Easter week and 3rd and 4th Sundays after Easter
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Gothic notation on staves of 4 lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 4
Contents
temporale: Holy Saturday, portions of the litany and blessing of the font
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 33 lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 5
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temporale: reception of penitents on Maundy Thursday, gospel of the mandatum and beginning of Good Friday, baptismal service and mass of Holy Saturday, kyrie tropes without music (fol.14) and intonations of the Gloria
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Square notation on staves of four red lines
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1102)
Illuminated initials in blue, purple and gold
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 6
Contents
temporale: portion of Wednesday in Ember week of September
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 36 lines ruled in red
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 7
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temporale: portion of matins and lauds for Corpus Christi
Physical Description
Square notation on 14 staves of 4 red lines.
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 8
Contents
Temporale, including portions of 13th and 14th Sundays after Trinity
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 32–3 lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 9
Contents
temporale: 1st Sunday in Advent; common of a confessor (fol.25) and several confessors (fol.26)
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 42 lines (or music, see below)
Square notation on 14 staves of 4 red lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 10
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Square notation on staves of 4 red lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 11
Contents
Physical Description
Square notation on staves of 4 red lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 12
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Square notation on staves of 4 red lines.
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 13
Contents
Physical Description
Square notation on 7 staves of 5 red lines
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Found in Oporto and given by Miss C.M. Cresswell , 1926
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 14
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 36 lines.
Square notation on staves of 4 red lines.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander iii. 717, pl. LXXII (fols. 36-40); iii. 840 (fol. 41):
Fine borders, fols. 36–40.
Fine historiated initials, fols. 36–40. The Resurrection (fol. 39v)
Fine other initials, fols. 36–40. Illuminated initials and borders in blue, gold, rose, and carmine.
Good border (mutilated), fol. 41.
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 15
Contents
See MS. Lat. liturg. b. 7, fol.28
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 16
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Sanctorale: portions of the Annunciation (25 March), Sts. Tiburtius, Valerianus and Maximus, and Anicetus (14, 17 April)
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Square notation on staves of 4 red lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 17
Contents
portion of the order of the mass, including offertory prayers and prefaces of Christmas, Epiphany and Lent
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 23 lines, or 8 long staves
Staves of 3 red lines with square notation
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 18
Contents
combined temporale and sanctorale: 1st Sunday in Advent - Sunday after Christmas
Physical Description
Square notation on 6 staves of 4 red lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 19
Contents
Physical Description
Square notation on 12 staves of 4 red lines
History
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 20
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temporale, masses for Wednesday and Thursday after Pentecost
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
History
Provenance
Later used as a cover labelled ‘Thurnham from 1558 to 1602’, with ‘ Andrewe Johnson ’ written several times (16th cent.) and with a 19th cent. label ‘854’
Formerly MS. Lat. misc. a.3, fol.64
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 21
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 45 lines
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased, 1975
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 22
Contents
with end of masses for the dead (cf. Sarum Missal, ed. Wickham Legg, pp.440–2) followed on verso by Trental of St. Gregory (cf. ibid. p.460) and beginning of Mass for the Name of Jesus, headed ‘Missa in honore et veneracione sancti nominis Ihesu contra infestaciones demonum.’
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., c.42 lines
Decoration
Blue initials with red pen flourishing
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Given by N.R. Ker , 1976
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8 – Part 23
Contents
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.