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Gregorian chants

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fragment of a music manuscript, undated

 Part
Identifier: MS 211/XXXIX
Scope and Contents

Music manuscript: plainsong, neumes on 4 lines. Most of the side which constituted the outer of the book wrapper is too dirty to read. On the other side the text include the responsory for Matins in the second Sunday after Easter: [Response] In diademate capitis Aaron lapides pretiosi fulgebant, dum perficeretur opus Dei, alleluia alleuia alleluia. [Versus 1] Corona aurea super caput eius expressa signo sanctitatis.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Fragments

Song Spe Mercedis et Corone (lyrics and musical notation), 13th century

 part
Identifier: MS 94/ff. 53v-54r
Contents

This part of the manuscript contains a song called Spe Mercedis et Corone, after the first words of the song. It has the musical notation and the lyrics corresponding to the melody. This song is included in several modern versions of Gregorian chants.


Starts on f. 53v with the following words: Spe Mercedis et Corone.

Dates: 13th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including five texts