'Cantorale Sancti Hieronimi' from the Monasterio de San Jerónimo de Murtra, Barcelona. Contains: fol. 1-14 reciting tones; fol. 15-137r: hymns, responsories, antiphons; fol. 137v-143r: polyphonic pieces; fol. 143v-145: Marian antiphons. There are some polyphonic additions in choirbook format.

modern parchment covers.

black chant or semi-mensural (monophony); black void mensural (polyphony)

6 red 5-line staves per page

137v-143

Old foliation 1-144, beginning on fol. 4

Original index on f. i

Mixed parchment and paper

Cantorale of 145 folios in total plus 3 flyleaves. Original foliation 1-144 at top left of verso face of leaf. 6 red 5-line staves per page. Modern parchment binding.

RISM B/IV 3: 15. Jh.; 145 Blätter Papier und Pergament gemischt + je 3 Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblätter, 215 x 142 mm. Alte Foliierung von f. 1-144: 1. Blatt ohne Foliierung (Register). Je Seite 6 rote Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer und, bei mehrstimmigen Stücken, weißer Mensuralnotation oder teilweise mensurierter Notation - Einband: modernes Pergament.

Dieses Cantorale des 15. Jh. stammt aus dem catalanischen Kloster St. Jerònim de la Murtra (Diözese Barcelona). Die mehrstimmige Stücke sind in der 2. Hälfte des 15. Jh. geschrieben, zeigen aber einen altertümlichen Stil.

Inhalt: f. 1-14 Lektionstöne; f. 15-137r Hymnen, Responsorien, Litaneien, Antiphonen;

f. 137v-143 siehe Incipitverzeichnis; f. 143v-145 Marianische Antiphonen.

[Translation] 145 leaves of paper and parchment plus 3 forepapers and an end paper, 215 x 142 mm. Old foliation on f. 1-144: 1 Sheet without foliation. The 6-per-page five-line staves contain red with black line systems and, in polyphonic pieces, white or partly mensural notation - Binding: modern parchment.

This Cantorale of the 15th Century comes from the catalan Monastery of St. Jeronim de la Murtra (diocese of Barcelona). The polyphonic pieces are from the 2nd Half of the 15th Century, but show an ancient style.

Contents: f. 1-14 Lesson tones, f. 15-137r hymns, responsories, litanies, antiphons; f. 137v-143 see Incipit list; f. 143v-145 Marian antiphons.

RISM B IV, 3, p. 425f. (siglum E-Bd251).

Polyphonic mass settings:

1 (no. 1) fols 140v-143r

[Anonymus]

[Credo/E-Bbc: Ms. 251; 2 voces]

Credo (alternatim).

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1 Credo, 2 motets (in a Cantional containing monophonic pieces) = 3

Anonymous

iii + 145 + iii mixed paper and parchment folios, 215 x 142. Original foliation. Modern parchment covers. Original index on f. i. Polyphony (ff. 137'-139 and ff. 140'-143) is in white mensural notation; monophony in black chant or semi-mensural notation.

Polyphony copied in second half of 15th century. From the monastery of St. Jerònim de 1a Murtra, in Catalonia, diocese of Barcelona (RISM).