Collection of diverse fragments, most of which were found in bindings ("Fragments de plusieurs manuscrits, trouvés la plupart dans des reliures", is the BnF's description of them). Three fragments in this collection are the object of this entry (ff. 14r-16v) because they belonged to an Old Hispanic antiphonary (i.e. type of book containing chants readings and prayers for the cathedral ordo, i.e. vespers, matutinum and mass), pace BnF who calls these folios "fragments de graduel wisigothique" (see http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105243380/f44.image.r=NAL%202199). Ff. 14r-v it have part of the liturgy for the consecration of a church. Ff. 15r-v have material for quotidian offices, displayed in lists of chant genres (in a similar way as in E-L Ms. 8, f. 281v onwards). Ff. 16r-v is a tiny fragment, but it is possible to see part of the miniature (a hand holding a bishop crosier) and identify its chants; these chants are used for the Ordination for a Bishop office in other manuscripts (e.g. E-L Ms. 8).

Date: most authors date these fragments of antiphonary as ninth to tenth century, following Férotin (1912), despite the facts that he did not specify why he proposed this early date. Note that other of his early dates have been refuted by Mundó (1965), e.g. Férotin's ninth to tenth century date for T7, which Mundó re-dated as much later, namely, ca. 1100 or later. Some authors specify late ninth or early tenth century for these fragments (Brou, 1955; Millares Carlo, 1961 and 1999; Pinell, 1965). Other authors date it as early-tenth century (Brockett, 1968; Díaz y Díaz, 1983). The earliest published record of these fragments, by Robert (1882), dated them as eleventh century; BnF follows this date. If these fragments belonged to the same antiphonary to which E-SI fragmento musical número 26 and the fragments stitched to E-SI MS 1 belonged, it would date from before 945, which is the date of production of MS 1 (as stated in its rubric on its f. 179r).

Provenance: it is very similar to E-SI fragmento musical número 26, and fragments stitched into MS 1 of this abbey. However, no evidence exists for the provenance of the antiphonary (or antiphonaries) to which these fragments originally belonged.

Liturgical tradition: A.

Randel responsorial tone tradition: unknown because this fragment lacks responsories.