So-Called “Versus ad Repetendum” • Manuscripts E and A in particular exhibit a special characteristic as they give a repetenda for numerous Communio antiphons. This means that after the verse the antiphon is repeated only in part rather than in its entirety. The second part of the Codex Hartker of the Abbey Library of St. Gall (SG 391) uses twelve of the Communio antiphons as responsorials, so that further repetendae may be deduced based on this manuscript. In the musical text, the repetenda is usually given as an asterisk (*) after the last verse. It can, however, be used ad libitum after any other verse. Other repeating parts are marked with (**) and (***).
……for the Communion for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost (ACCEPTABIS) the “Versus ad repetendum for the communion” does not come from the Antiphon itself! But does come from the same Psalm
…More information (the best yet) on the Versus ad Repetendum
……regarding “an ancient custom is to sing Ps 33” please see this.
……regarding taking the Psalm from the INTROIT, please see 1957 Solesmes
381sanGall|928
ANTON STINGL calls this “SG381”
https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/de/list/one/csg/0381
Cod. Sang. 381 Versicularium, Hymnar, Tropar and Sequentiar from the St. Gallen Monastery, written and neumed around 930AD, possibly by a monk named Salomon. Versicularium, Hymnar, Tropar and Sequentiar from the St. Gallen Monastery, written and neumed around 930, possibly by a monk named Salomon. Contains the St. Gallen repertoire of liturgical chants sung in the Gallus Monastery w/ poems by the St. Gallen monks Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo, Ratpert, Waltram or Ekkehart I—an important musical monument of the early Middle Ages worldwide.
Dr. Peter Wagner described this MS circa 1907. A semiologist in the 1980s makes bizarre assumptions about this MS.
Bamberg6lit|905
https://www.bavarikon.de/object/SBB-KHB-00000SBB00000128?cq=&p=6
A.K.A. Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek Lit. 6, 10th c.
A.K.A. Codex Bamberg lit.6
A.K.A. Bamberg Lit. 6
A.K.A. Graduale. Sequentiar. Liturgische Varia – Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Lit.6
…has been catalogued at https://gregorien.info/chant/id/1167/6/en
…search by genre at https://gregorien.info/type/index/en
The city of Bamberg is just north of Nuremberg.
3rd Sunday after Pentecost is folio 129
5th Sunday after Pentecost is folio 130
376sanGall|1052
This wonderful MS has been catalogued at https://gregorien.info/type/index/en
A.K.A. Cod. Sang. 376
A.K.A. St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek 376
A.K.A. Sankt-Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 376
https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0376
Helmst|1026
CANTUS: D-W : Cod Guelf Helmst 1008
ANTON STINGL calls this “MiW”
http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=mss/1008-helmst&pointer=464
Hymnarius vel Antiphonare (Cod. Guelf. 1008 Helmst.) — Signaturdokument | Date of origin: 11th century (1024-1027) | Wolfenbiittel, Bihl. Herzog August (Cod. Guelf. 1008 Helmst.), Graduale aus Minden, 11. Jh.
StMaur|1079
CANTUS: F-Pn : Ms Lat 12584
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8422977w/f262.item.zoom
Abbaye Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b8422977w | Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 12584
121einsie|961
CANTUS: CH-E-121
ANTON STINGL calls this “E”
Date: circa 960-970
https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/sbe/0121
A.K.A. “Einsiedeln 121; Graduale – Notkeri Sequentiæ; Codex 121”
The second part of the codex contains the Libyer Ymnorum, the Sequences of Notker of St. Gall. It may have been written in Einsiedeln itself (Switzerland), possibly for the third abbot of the cloister, Gregor the Englishman.
It has the “Additamenta” which contains extra Communion verses not included in the main body of the text!
Albi|1047
CANTUS: F-Pn776
ANTON STINGL calls this “A”
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84546727/f46
Albi has also been catalogued on https://gregorien.info/type/index/en
“Albi” is a city in Southern France, not too far from Montpellier—It is not in Aquitaine
Other Names: Graduale Albiense
Notation Aquitaine Diastématique | Publication date : 1001-1100 | sometimes it says “Et Psallam” with a big capital letter E; that means the entire Psalm can be sung.
4951steven|1128
A.K.A. Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse (a.k.a. “Saint Stephen of Toulouse”)
A.K.A. Harley 4951 (the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library)
Nota bene: 4951steven|1128 has an interesting Communion verse for “Factus Est Repente”
Toulouse is very close to Albi
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_4951_f119r
Miniatures: f. 295v: A harp player. f. 297v: A fiddler. f. 298v: A juggler. f. 299v: A bell player. Small red initials, rubrics, red lines connecting syllables and words throughout the manuscript. | More information: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8608&CollID=8&NStart=4951
Folio 248v is Trinity Sunday
Folio 251r is 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Folio 251v is 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Folio 252r is 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Folio 252v is 5th Sunday after Pentecost
4951steven|1128 does this for New Testament 9th Sunday after Pentecost:
This PDF File compares Albi to Steven.
Rome|1071
Cologny (Genève), Bibliotheca Bodmeriana C 74 – St. Cecilia in Trast. f. 37v
…has been catalogued https://gregorien.info/type/index/en
Cod. Bodmer 74 — “Trastevere” is the city of ROME
A.K.A. Das Graduale von Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Cod. Bodmer 74
A.K.A. Saint Cecilia Gradual (this MS was written at and for the Basilica Santa Cecilia)
A.K.A. Bibliotheca Bodmeriana Codex 74
https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0074
“This Gradual was produced in 1071AD by the archpresbyter of the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere; it contains the musical scores for assorted liturgical songs. These melodies set down in written form make CB 74 the oldest record of Roman song.”
Yrieix|1040
CANTUS: has not, in fact, indexed it yet
—But it has been catalogued on https://gregorien.info/type/index/en
ANTON STINGL calls this “Y”
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10506538t/
A.K.A. “Graduale, Troparium et Prosarium ad usum Sancti Aredii.” (Feast of Saint Aredii is Folio 110r)
[Saint Aredius (d. 591) is also known as Saint Yrieix]
A.K.A. Willi Apel calls this “The 11th Century Gradual of Saint Yrieix”
[Saint-Yrieix was the monastery for which it was compiled.]
Published in 1889 by Dom Mocquereau, this was called: Graduel De Saint-Yrieix
“Le Codex 903 De La Bibliothèque Nationale De Paris (Xi E Siècle)” | Publication date : 1001-1400 | Notation musicale. aquitaine | Description : F. 1-133 Graduel (temporal et sanctoral mêlés, avec additions du XII e au XIV e s.) ; — s. Yrieix (110) ; — s te Valière (116v). F. 133v Antiennes et « preces » processionnelles. F. 147v-180 Tropaire : tropes du Kyrie (163), du Gloria (168), du Sanctus (177), de l’Agnus Dei (179). F. 180-199…
Folio 72r is GOOD FRIDAY with Pange Lingua BY FORTUNATUS, etc.
This is still 200 years before St Thomas Aquinas wrote his PANGE LINGUA
Rubrics for the Old Holy Week continue on to folio 73r
“Vespere (autem) Sabbati” is on 73v
The Canticles of Holy Saturday are 75v
Easter Sunday is 76v
Quasi Modo Sunday is 81v
Folio 83v is “corrected” hundreds of years later
4th Sunday after Easter is 84r
5th Sunday after Easter is folio 84v
Ascension is folio 90r
Pentecost is folio 92r
Assumption is 108r
Requiem is Folio 118r
2nd Sunday after Pentecost is Folio 120r
3rd Sunday after Pentecost is Folio 120v
4th Sunday after Pentecost is Folio 121r
6th Sunday after Pentecost is Folio 121v
Saint-Yrieix apparently does NOT have psalms for some communions, such as this New Testament from 9th Sunday after Pentecost:
“Page 183” in the BLACK AND WHITE version is “92r” in the colored version.
47chartres|957
https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/iiif/32293/canvas/canvas-2840349/view
CANTUS: F-CHRm : Ms 0047 (40)
A.K.A. “Manuscrit 47 de Chartres • PalMus 11, 41-131”
A.K.A. CHARTRES, Bibliothèque municipale, 0047
A.K.A. “Antiphonaire de saint Grégoire”
HILEY: Sequence melodies were recorded in a number of different ways. In some early sources the melodies alone are copied, without texts, for example in Chartres, Bibliothèque Municipale 47 (Pal Mus 11)
Narbonne|1033
CANTUS: F-Pn : Ms Lat 00780
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000736q/f36.image
Title : Graduale Narbonense | 11th century | Publication date : 1001-1100 | Notation musicale. aquitaine | Subject: GRADUEL A l’usage de Narbonne | Subject : TONAIRES
FRENCH Gradual with offertory verses followed by a tonar (122v-130v) — Narbonne|1033 has an interesting Communion verse for “Factus Est Repente”
5319vaticanus|1105
CANTUS = I-Rvat : Vat lat 05319
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.5319
A.K.A. Manuscript – Vat.lat.5319
A.K.A. Vaticanus latinus 5319
A.K.A. Rome, Vatican Library, lat. 5319
A.K.A. Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 5319
Renaud|965
CANTUS: F-Col_part : Mont-Renaud
Antiphonary of Mont Renaud : antiphonary of the Mass and the Office, 10th century
Renaud|965 has the same handwriting as “British Library Egerton MS 857 Roman Gradual” — https://manuscrits-france-angleterre.org/view3if/pl/ark:/81055/vdc_100056033061.0x000001/f14
Portugal|1143
http://pemdatabase.eu/source/4126
E-SAu (Salamanca) Universidad, Archivo y Biblioteca
Plenary missal | Date: 12th century (second half) | Type of notation: Aquitanian (Portuguese variety) | fols. 1r-167v Proprium de tempore (de dominica i in adventu ad dominica xxiiij post pentecostem), fol. 167v In dedicatione ecclesiae, fols. 168v-233r Proprium de sanctis, fols. 233r-235v Commune sanctorum, fols. 235v-245r Missae votivae, fol. 245r Ordo cum sponsus venerit ad ecclesiam…, fol. 246r Cum introyret sacerdos in domum infirmi…, fols. 250r-260r Pro defunctis, fol. 260r Benedictiones, fols. 261v-262r Exorcismi, fols. 262v-267v Troparium.
This one is quite well catalogued
Explore 800 medieval manuscripts of France and England:
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239Laon|877
Circa 877AD
CANTUS = F-LA : Ms 0239
“Graduel de Laon” / Ms 239
https://bibliotheque-numerique.ville-laon.fr/ressources-numerisees/item/1457-graduel-de-laon?offset=1
“Best manuscript of the Metz or Lorraine notation”
239LAON|877 often says for the Communion Psalm (“Jerusalem Surge”): Ut Supra (“as above”)
Pater Si Communion (New Testament): https://www.ccwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/71565-Pater-Si.png
Scapulis Suis Communion: https://www.ccwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/71566-scapulis-laon.png
Modicum has “Ut Supra”
These two differ; one does, one doesn’t
“Popule Meus” from Good Friday cf. pages 107-108
StDenisMissal|988
CANTUS: F-LA : Ms 0118
A.K.A. “Graduel, sacramentaire, lectionnaire de Saint-Denis”
A.K.A. “S. Gregorii magni liber Sacramentorum”
A.K.A. “Missel de Saint-Denis” + “Ms 118”
LAON 118 • Century: 9th or 10th • This manuscript, dated between the last third of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century, comes from the abbey of Saint-Denis. It was offered to the diocese of Laon by the monks of Saint-Denis in thanks for the protection that they and their relics received when they took refuge in Laon at the end of the 9th century, fleeing the Norman raids. In its current state, it consists of three manuscripts of very different presentations: a gradual not noted but with indications of tone in the margin of certain antiphons, a winter sacramentary accompanied by a lectionary, and finally a summer sacramentary. . Completely upset during a restoration in the 18th century, it is here restored in an order closest to its original order. This approach was based on the work of Abbé Leroquais as well as on the expert examination of Madame Marie-Noël Colette.
StDenisMissal|988 has a very funky REPETENDUM: “Sacrificium deo spiritus (…)”
84Troped|1297
P-Ln (Lisboa) Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Iluminado 084
Date: after 1297
http://pemdatabase.eu/image/53092
Perhaps a Cistercian Gradual • The manuscript consists of Proprium de Tempore (fols. 1–158r), Proprium Sanctorum (fols. 158r–215), Commune Sanctorum (fols. 216–244) and a final section with Kyriale and other chants (fol. 245 to the end). The Proprium de Tempore starts with the Mass for the first Sunday of Advent and ends with the Mass for the 24th Sunday after the octave of Pentecost. The Proprium Sanctorum starts with the Vigil for Andrew and ends with the Mass for Catherine. Then, there is the Commune Sanctorum whose last Mass is for the Common of one Virgin, followed by a lacuna and the final section. The style of foliation and the Mass for St Louis connect Iluminado 84 to a French milieu while the absence of custodes restricts the area of provenance to Northern France. The Alleluia verses and the sequences allow a secure identification of the origins of Iluminado 84 in Sens. Specifically, the examination of the sequences demonstrates that Iluminado 84 can be considered as the oldest surviving manuscript transmitting some of the earlier sequences for Sens fully notated. The manuscript is made of two codicological units written respectively by scribe A (fols. 1-250) and scribe B (fols. 251-267). No interventions of Scribe A can be found on Scribe B’s final supplement, whereas Scribe B made several later changes/additions to Scribe A’s folios. The analysis of the liturgical feasts found in Scribe A and B’s sections confirms two phases in the creation of Iluminado 84. Scribe A’s section does not contain any feast instituted after the middle of the thirteenth century; here the most ‘modern’ feast is the Reception of Crown of Thorns, instituted in the early 1240s. Scribe B’s section contains the most recent liturgical feasts of Iluminado 84. The section starts with the Corporis Christi (fols. 251r-255r), a feast instituted by Pope Urban IV in 1264 . Iluminado 84 provides also chants for the dominica infra octava and the octave (fols. 255r-258r). Besides, in this section we can read the Mass for St Louis, which is the most recently instituted liturgical feast of Iluminado 84. All these pieces of evidence hint that Scribe A copied from a model dated after 1240s (but not much later than 1264). Scribe B instead copied from a model dated after 1297 (the date of the institution of St Louis’s feast) and the supplement he created was probably supposed to integrate the contents of Iluminado 84 with some recently instituted liturgical feasts and their chants. Nothing is known about the date and the reason why the manuscript was brought to Lisbon.
More Details: http://pemdatabase.eu/source/11083
Montpellier H. 159 does not include the Communion Verses (as far as I can tell) for any Communions:
Finn Hansen (Montpellier H. 159): Cantabo Domino
Missel de Saint-Martin de Tours
A.K.A. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat 9434 – St-Martin de Tours
Date of publication: 1001-1100
Has been catalogued on https://gregorien.info/chant/id/3803/0/de
Many Communions seem to have “Gloria Patri”
The same thing is done here:
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica 123 – Angelica 123
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SEARCH FOR TEXTS: https://usuarium.elte.hu/
Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale 0075 (0076) – St-Vaast d’Arras f. 119v
https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/consult/consult.php?mode=ecran&corpus=manuscrit&COMPOSITION_ID=4675&IMAGE_ID=530725
…has been catalogued on https://gregorien.info/type/index/en
Lovely 11th century MS — gorgeous! but no comm verses
CANTUS: GB-Lbl : Egerton 0857
http://musmed.eu/source/29583
Very cool MSS:
CANTSU = D-KNd : Ms 1001b
http://www.ceec.uni-koeln.de/ceec-cgi/kleioc
