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Sorry if I missed to clarify the date of the Mass
of the 'Invention of St. Stephen'
In this case it is, as John Briggs has pointed out, the 'Inventio CORPORIS Sci
Stephani' - celebrated on August 3rd. (as it is
written in the margin of the leaf).
This does, however, not change anything, because the liturgy on 3rd
August was exactly the same as on December 26, as the 'Liber Usualis' says:
'Omnia ut in die 26. Decembris, praeter Orationem'
(everything is the same as 26 Dec., except for the prayers)
Which means that all music on 3. August is the same as on 26. December,
for which reason the 'Liber Usualis' not has a reference to this day.
According to the apparent 'original' contents of the leaf, was there a Mass on
the same or following day for St. Martha (without
proper music), after the feast
of St. Peters Chains on August 1st .
Martha was, however, celebrated on July 29th in medieval times (at least in
France, according to V. Leroquis: Les Sacramentaires et Missels).
The text on the 'back' of the leaf (the supposed recto side!) has been almost
entirely rewritten, and keen observers with
detective skills will be able to read
some erased and bleaked lost original text
beneath when this picture is reversed:
http://www.neumann-walter.de/NW/November2007/27.11.07/36.jpg
Even without basic knowledge of medieval music is it easy to see that there not
is any correlation between the notation and the words, - too much notes!
Best
Eric
>At 22:29 +0100 21/04/09, John Briggs wrote:
>Of course, if this is a leaf from an Antiphoner,
>it would contain the Office chants, so the
>Introit to the Mass is not particularly
>relevant. "Sederund principes" is indeed proper
>to Stephen, but usually as the Gradual on 26th
>December, although it can obviously be used
>elsewhere. This leaf does seem to relate to
>August (Invention of St Stephen is on 3rd
>August, but there is confusion with Pope St
>Stephen I on 2nd August. Both are within the
>Octave of St Peter Ad Vincula [1st August] -
>hence the Verse "Solve jubente deo" on the verso
>of the leaf which is proper to St Peter, and
>that feast.)
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Erik Drigsdahl CHD Center for Håndskriftstudier
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