Guide to the Illuminated Sacred Music Manuscripts
collection, ca. 1400-1600
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Creator: |
Catholic Church |
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Title: |
Illuminated Sacred Music
Manuscript Collection |
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Dates: |
15th-16th
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Abstract: |
Thirteen individual
leaves of rare 15th and 16th century original music manuscripts depicting
portions Catholic masses and prayers in Latin, hand drawn and beautifully
illustrated with brilliant tempera paints on large vellum sheets. |
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Identification: |
MS
510 |
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Extent |
3 linear feet (13
leaves) |
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Languages |
Materials are in
Latin. |
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Repository: |
Brown Fine Arts Library / Woodson
Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX |
Thirteen individual leaves of rare 15th and 16th century original music
manuscripts depicting portions Catholic masses and prayers in Latin, hand drawn
and beautifully illustrated with brilliant tempera paints on large vellum
sheets.
Each of these individual leaves originally formed part of various larger
missals, or bound volumes containing all the words either said or sung in
Catholic mass during the entire year, and including the ordinary, proper, and
common votive masses and supplementary prayers and masses for certain
localities or orders.
Being individual leaves taken from bound volumes,
the specific location and date of their original creation and use is very
difficult to determine. It appears that most are Southern European (Italian and
Spanish), but one may be Central or South American, as noted in the more
detailed description below. Dates range from 15th to 16th century, based on
evaluation of the style of musical notation, illuminations, and formation of
the letters, use of punctuation and abbreviations.
Descriptions include
translations of the original Latin when possible and an indication of the
placement of the manuscript within the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar.
Titles of materials as listed here are taken from the first line of text
on the item itself.
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Access Restrictions
This materials is open for research. It is the property of the Brown
Fine Arts Library (part of the Fondren Library), but is accessed through the
secure reading room at the Woodson Research Center.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Illuminated Sacred Music Manuscript
Collection, MS 510, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren
Library, Rice University.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Stephen, Saint, d. ca. 36
-- Songs and music |
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
-- Songs and music |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Catholic Church |
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Subjects: |
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Music - manuscripts |
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Illumination of books and
manuscripts, Reniassance |
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Illumination of books and
manuscripts, Medieval |
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Illumination of books and
manuscripts, European |
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Epiphany |
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Kyrie eleison
(Music) |
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Gloria in excelsis Deo
(Music) |
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Gregorian chants |
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Antiphon for Christmas
day |
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Antiphon for the Feast of
Saint Stephen |
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Graduals (Music) |
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Alleluia (Music) |
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Advent music |
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Introits |
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Illuminated Sacred Music Manuscript Collection, MS 510, Woodson Research
Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
This material belongs to the Brown Fine Arts Library (part of the
Fondren Library) and is of mixed provenance, with some items having been
donated to the library in the 1950s by Stanley S. Slotkin and Mrs. Ralph D.
Looney, and another donated by John Wright in the early 1990s.
Many thanks to Barbara Schreffler,
M.L.S.; Dr. Michael H. Gelting of the Danish National Archives, and Dr. Snyder
of University of Houston, and Keith Chapman, Fondren Library Cataloging, for
their expertise in musicology and Medeival / Renaissance period manuscripts and
their kind assistance in describing this material.
The majority of this material is
available online through Fondren Digital Collections: visit
http://www.rice.edu/fondren/hyperion/collections/medieval_info.htm
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Venite adoremus eum
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf (65 x 47 cm.). Verso only. Five five-line
staves with square notes. |
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Text: Venite adoremus eum quia ipse est Dominus De[us
noster.]. Forms part of the Antiphon for Psalm 94 for Epiphany
Sunday. |
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Tota pulchra Maria
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf (52 x 33 cm.). Six five-line staves with square
notes. |
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Text: tota pulchra es Maria, et macula [originalis] non est
in te. Forms part of the Antiphon for the Feast of the Immaculate
Conception. |
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Maria matre eius et procidentes
15th-16th century
1 leaf on vellum |
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Sepelierunt Stephanum viri timorati
1550-1575
1 vellum leaf (47 x 34 cm.). Six four-line staves with square
notes. |
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Text: Sepelierunt Stephanum viri timorati, et fecrunt
plan[c]tu[m] magnu[m] super eum. Iste est Iohannes, qui supra pectus Domini in
cena recubuit beatus Apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta celestia. Euouae.
Forms part of the Antiphon for the Feast of Saint Stephen. |
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Ad te levavi animan meam
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf (52 x 37 cm.) Eight four-line staves with
square notes. |
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Text: Ad te levavi anima[m] meam : Deus meus in te confido,
non erubescam : neque irrideant me inimici mei : etenim universi qui te
ex[s]pectant, non confundentur. Vias tuas, Domi[n]e demonstra m[ihi] : et
semitas tuas edoceme. Universi qui te ex[s]pectant, non confundentur, Domine.
Vias tuas Domine notas fac mihi: et se mitas tuas edoceme. Alleluya. Ostende
nobis Domine miseracordiam tuam: et salutare tuum da nobis. Forms part of the
introit, gradual, alleluia, and alleluia verse for the first Sunday in
Advent. |
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Leaf from Missa Angelorum found in an Italian Gradual,
ca. 1490.
1 vellum leaf (63 x 47 cm.). Five four-line staves with
square notation. |
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Text: Kyrie [e]leyson. Christe [e]leyson. Kyrie [e]leyson.
Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax homini[bus]. Forms part of the Ordinary
of the mass. |
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Hodie Christus natus est
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf (83 x 61cm.). Six five-line staves with square
notes. |
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Text: Hodie Christ[us] nat[us] est : hodie Salvator apparuit
: hodie in terra canu[n]t A[n]geli, leta[n]tur Arca[n]geli : hodie exulta[n]t
justi dici[n]tes : Gloria in excelsis Deo, alleluya. Forms part of the Antiphon
for Christmas day. |
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Mihi au te ad herere deo bonus est
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf |
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Beati immaculati in via
ca. 1450
1 vellum leaf (61 x 43 cm.). Six five-line staves |
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Text: Beati immaculati in via qui ambulant in lege Domini.
Gloria patri et filio et spiritu sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et
semper et in secula seculorum. Amen Diffusa est gratia in labiis tues propterea
benedixit. Forms part of Introit and gradual for the Common Mass for a Holy
Woman and a Martyr. |
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Mirificavit Dominus Sanctos suos
ca. 1490
1 vellum leaf (57 x 42 cm.). Six four-line staves of square
notes. |
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Text: Mirificavit D[omi]n[u]s Sa[n]ctos suos, [et] exaudivit
eos clama[n]tes ad te. Admirabile e[st] nom[en] tuum D[omi]ne : quia Gloria et
honore coro[n]asti S[an]c[t]os tuos et co[n] est constituisti eos sup[er]
op[er]a manuum tuarum. Forms part of the Feast of All Saints. |
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Sacerdo tes Dei benedicite
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf |
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Psalm 66 fourth verse
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf |
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(uncataloged)
15th-16th century
1 vellum leaf |
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