This 12th-century manuscript from France contains Gospel readings
(lections) for the moveable liturgical feasts for events related to
Easter ( Temporale ) and the immovable liturgical feasts for
Christmas and the saints ( Sanctorale ). Its original contents and
additions suggest that the manuscript was produced for and owned by
one or more Cistercian monasteries during the Middle Ages.
Contents: ff. 1r-112r: Temporale , beginning ‘In vigilia natalis
domini sequentia sancti evangelii; secundum Matheum’; Gospels for
matins and masses from Christmas Eve untill the 25th Sunday after
Pentecost and for the four Sundays in Advent. ff. 112r-132v:
Sanctorale , beginning ‘In natale sancti Stephani protomartiris
secundum Matheum’; gospels for matins and mass from the feast of
St Stephen Protomartyr to that of St Thomas the Apostle. Provision
is made for the two masses traditional on the feasts of St John the
Baptist (ff. 119v-120v) and St Lawrence (ff. 123v-124r). ff.
132v-146v: Lections for the feasts of apostles, martyrs, virgins,
the dedication of a church, the Trinity, Holy Cross, the Virgin
Mary, masses for family, the ill (imperfect due to the loss of a
folio between ff. 144 and 145) and the dead, with marginal
directions for the epistles. The manuscript contains a number of
additions:ff. i verso-ii recto [bound upside down]: The Mass for
the feast of the Crown of Thorns, added in a 14th-century Italian
hand, beginning ‘In Festo Sancte Corone domini Introitus’. ff.
112r-132v: Added notes for saints' days, including those of St
Thomas of Canterbury (f. 113v) and St Bernard (f. 124v), in various
hands of c. 1200-early 14th century. f. 146v: A lection for Corpus
Christi , added in a 14th-century Italian hand, beginning ‘In
illo tempore dixit ihesus discipulis et turbis iudeorum’. f. iii
recto: Text and melody of the intonation for the Passion in Holy
Week, added in a 17th-century Italian hand. [ff. ii verso, iii
recto, are blank].Decoration: 2 large puzzle initials in red and
blue (f. 1r [2x]); medium initials in red, some with penwork
decoration in the same colour; added foliate penwork decoration in
black to two red initials (ff. 128v-129r); highlighting of letters
in yellow, some highlighting of letters in red. Rubrics in red or
blue. On Holy Saturday the text and melody of the Paschal Prophecy
are given with transitional notation on a staff of one red ( Fa )
and three drypoint lines (ff. 74r-78r).
Place
Preferred form
France, Southern
Original form
Southern France
Other form
France méridionale (?)
France (Sud)
France (Midi)
France (sud).
France (Sud) (?)
France (Sud).
France (Midi ? d'après le fichier Avril : voir infra).
