GB-Lbl (London) Add MS 30845

Description: 

Liber misticus (type of book containing chants, readings and prayers for the cathedral ordo, i.e. vespers, matutinum and mass, and on penitential days only, also tertia, sexta and nona) with material for Post-Pentecost time offices from 13 June (Saint Quricus) to 12 November Saint Emilianus. This manuscript has the most complete rendition of these offices. The first quire has the office of Saint Jerome (normally observed on 30 September following the office of Saint Quiricus 13 June; it is possible that this manuscript reflects a practice in which Saint Jerome was observed on 15 June, like in East Christianity. The similarity of this quire's palaeographical and codicological features with respect to that of the remaining quires are sufficient to discard the hypothesis proposed by Díaz y Díaz (1980) that this first quire originally belonged to another book. Its last quire, with only one folio, is displaced: it contains part of the offices of Saint Christina and Saint Bartholomew, which were observed at the end of July. It is very likely that it's original place was between quires 6 (ending with the office for Saint Cucuphas, on 25 July) and 7 (quire that has the office for Saint Felix of Gerona, 1 August).

It has very interesting monograms preceding each office that have a style that is not present in any of the manuscripts currently preserved at Santo Domingo de Silos: some of them have human shapes, representing the celebrated saints, other have animal or vegetable shapes.
Though the musical notation is of the vertical variety several neumes are tilted towards the right as is typical of the horizontal notation. This is also one of the manuscripts with what Brou (1955) called "intermittent notation" (i.e. when a syllable bears one note only sometimes such note is not copied).

Date: most authors place its production in the tenth century; others date it as tenth-eleventh century (Férotin, 1912; Rojo and Prado, 1929), end-tenth century to beginning-eleventh century (Boynton); eleventh century (Walker, 1998; Millares Carlo, 1999). Díaz y Díaz (1983) dates: ff. 1r-7v, as end-tenth century; the fragment in ff. 86 bis r-v as tenth century; ff. 91r-94v as eleventh century; but does not give a date for the rest of the manuscript.

Origin: the British Library (when it was British Museum) acquired it from Quaritch, which had bought it from the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos in the late nineteenth century. As noted before, this manuscript does not resemble any tenth or eleventh century manuscript preserved there. Boynton and Whitehill proposed San Millán as its place of origin. Díaz y Díaz (1983) suggests that what he calls the main part of the codex is from Santo Domingo de Silos, but not from its monastery but from a place of exchange; he later (1995) adds that it has symptoms of the South of the Península.

Liturgical tradition: A.

Randel responsorial tone tradition: [La] Rioja, though "it shows a greater number of León symptoms" if compared with GB-Lbl Add MS 30851 (Randel, 1973, p. 70).

Archive: 
Shelf-mark: 
Add MS 30845
Source type: 
Provenance: 
Preserved for long at Santo Domingo de Silos, but there is no evidence to confirm this origin in the manuscript (see "Description" above).
Rite: 
Script: 
Cursus: 
cathedral
Category: 
Manuscript / Print: 
Material: 
Page layout (mm): 
365x255
Notes: 
(bibliography of this entry is to be completed)
Date: 
See "Description" above.
Indexed by: 

Raquel Rojo Carrillo (description), Marcus Jones & Pablo F. Cantalapiedra (index)

Bibliography: 

ASENSIO (2003)
BOYNTON (2002)
BRITISH MUSEUM (ed.), Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1876-1881, facsimile reprint of ed. originally published: London: published by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1882 (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968)
BROCKETT, Clyde W., Antiphons, Responsories, and Other Chants of the Mozarabic Rite (Musicological Studies, 15. Brooklyn, New York: Institute of Mediaeval Music, 1968).
CLARK, Charles Upson, Collectanea Hispanica (Paris: Libraire Ancienne Honoré Champion Édouard Champion, September 1920).
DÍAZ Y DÍAZ Manuel C., (1995)
-Códices visigóticos de la monarquía leonesa (León: Centro de Estudios e Investigación “San Isidoro”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de León, y Archivo Histórico Diocesano, 1983)
-(1980)
FERNÁNDEZ DE LA CUESTA, Ismael, Historia de la música española: 1. Desde los orígenes hasta el “ars nova” (Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1983).
Manuscritos y fuentes musicales en España: Edad Media (Opera Omnia: Colección dirigida por Rodrigo de Zayas. Madrid: Editorial Alpuerto, 1980).
FÉROTIN, D. Marius, Le Liber Mozarabicus Sacramentorum et les manuscrits mozarabes (F. Cabrol, H. Leclercq, & M. Férotin (eds.), Monumenta Ecclesiae Liturgica, Vol. 6. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie., 1912), pp. 820-42.
GARCÍA VILLADA, Zacarías, Paleografía española (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Históricos, 1923), Vol. 1.
GÓMEZ MUNTANÉ, Maricarmen, La música medieval en España (Kassel: Edición Reichenberger, 2001).
MILLARES CARLO, Agustín, Corpus de Códices Visigóticos, ed. M. C. Díaz y Díaz and others (Canarias: Fundación de Enseñanza Superior a Distancia de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1999).
—"Manuscritos visigóticos. Notas bibliográficas", Hispania Sacra, Vol. 14, N. 28 (1961), 337-444.
PINELL, Jordi, "Los textos de la antigua liturgia hispánica. Fuentes para su estudio", in Rivera Recio, Juan Francisco (ed.), Estudios sobre la liturgia mozárabe (Publicaciones del Instituto Provincial de Investigaciones y Estudios Toledanos, serie 3. Toledo: Diputación Provincial, 1965), Vol. 1, 109-64 (p. 120).
RANDEL, Don Michael, An Index to the Chant of the Mozarabic Rite (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1973).
The Responsorial Tones for the Mozarabic Office (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1969).
ROJO, Casiano and Germán PRADO, El canto mozárabe: Estudio histórico-crítico de su antigüedad y estado actual (Publicaciones del Departamento de Música, 5. Barcelona: Biblioteca Central. Diputación Provincial de Barcelona, 1929), pp. 20-1.
ROJO CARRILLO, Raquel, "BL, Add. MS 30845 (11th-c. Liber misticus)", paper given on 29 March 2014, at British Library, as part of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society annual study day.
SUNYOL (1925)
WALKER, Rose, Views of Transition: Liturgy and Illumination in Medieval Spain (London: The British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1998).

Submitted by Raquel Rojo Carrillo
Post date: 07 Apr 2017 | Last update: 29 Nov 2022

Chants of the source

Displaying 1 - 100 of 199 chants.
Folio Incipit Feast Mode Cantus ID
001r 1 Splenduit lucerna tua domine super... V VPR h00376
001r 2 Vestigia domini secuti sunt pedes... VPRV h00376a
001v 1 Exortum est in te V VPR Cyrici h00949
001v 2 Beati qui custodiunt judicium et... V SNO Cyrici h01629
001v 3 Dedit justis dominus claritatem... V ANT Cyrici h00951
001v 4 Dominus custodit* V ANTV Cyrici h00951a
001v 5 Deduxit sanctos dominus viam... V ALL Cyrici h00952
001v 6 Beati inmacu* V ALLV Cyrici h00952a
001v 7 Adest miranda passio Quirici... V H Cyrici h00953
002r 1 Super populum* MH ANT Cyrici h00971
002r 2 Sancti tui benedicunt te domine... MH ANT Cyrici h00972
002r 3 Dominus custodit* MH ANTV Cyrici h00972a
002r 4 Glorificetur deus in concilio... MH ANT Cyrici h00973
002r 5 Vox le* MH ANTV Cyrici h00974
002r 6 Pretiosa in conspectu domini... MH ALL Cyrici h00975
002r 7 Beati in* MH ALLV Cyrici h00975a
002r 8 Vincula sanctorum iam solute sunt... MH RS Cyrici h01046
002r 9 Qui sunt isti qui ut nubes MH RSV Cyrici h01046a
002r 10 Aedificentur* MH ANT Cyrici h00646
002r 11 Laetitia sempiterna* MH ANT Cyrici h01047
002r 12 Omnes sancti* MH BNMT Cyrici h00541
002r 13 Quis deus* MH SNO Cyrici h01049
004r 1 Credo in unum deum patrem... MH VAR Cyrici h04444
004v 1 Quem cuncta laudant ut bona valde MH VAR Cyrici h04470
004v 2 Tu patris verbigena factus caro... MH VAR Cyrici h04477
005v 1 Gloria et honore V VPR Hieronimi h01050
005v 2 Deus precinxit* V SNO Hieronimi h01051
005v 3 Ad propinquate ad me egeni et V ANT Hieronimi h01052
005v 4 Os meum loquetur* V Hieronimi h01052a
005v 5 Audite me magnati et omnes populi V ALL Hieronimi h01053
005v 6 In labiis meis pro* V ALLV Hieronimi h01053a
005v 7 Deus immensa trinitas corona... V H Hieronimi * a07011
005v 8 Deus immensa trinitas corona... V HV Hieronimi * a07011:01
005v 9 Hujus sancti pontificis et... V HV Hieronimi * a07011:02
005v 10 Ut confitentes erigas et... V HV Hieronimi * a07011:03
005v 11 Et ut Jeronimus confessus est tuum V HV Hieronimi * a07011:04
013r 1 Lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum... V VPR Joannis Baptistae h01024
013r 2 Juravi et statui custodire verbum V HV Joannis Baptistae h01024a
013r 3 Haec dicit dominus priusquam te... V SNO Joannis Baptistae h01686
013r 4 Prophetam quoque gentibus dedi te... V SNOV Joannis Baptistae h01686a
013r 5 Apparuit angelus Zachariae a... V ANT Joannis Baptistae h02445
013v 1 Caeli enarrant * V ANTV Joannis Baptistae * h02445a
013v 2 Ne timeas Zacharias quoniam... V ANT Joannis Baptistae h03759
013v 3 Manus enim * V ANTV Joannis Baptistae * h03759a
013v 4 Angelus domini dixit Zachariae... V ALL Joannis Baptistae h01136
013v 5 Potens * V ALLV Joannis Baptistae * h01136a
013v 6 Plange lyram Zacharias sacerdotum... V H Joannis Baptistae * a06906
013v 7 Plange lyram Zacharias sacerdotum... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:01
013v 8 Operibus sanctores praebolebant... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:02
013v 9 Mox enim ora refulsit incensorum... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:03
013v 10 Audit caelitus effectum et sonorum... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:04
013v 11 Jacte Zacharias inquid nimium... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:05
013v 12 Donec futura fueris pariendi... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:06
013v 13 Ecce juncta toro tibi conjux parit V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:07
013v 14 Hic erit summus propheta nuncquam... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:08
013v 15 Talia sacer ex contra dicta... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:09
013v 16 Ego sum missus ab astris angelorum V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:10
014r 1 Tempus nempe pariendi puer magnus... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:11
014r 2 In quaerunt propinquae noster... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:12
014r 3 Mox pueris parentum cetum... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:13
014r 4 Et cum in personat scriptum... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:14
014r 5 Tunc mirati sunt adstantes ternis... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:15
014r 6 Temporibus jam completis infans... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:16
014r 7 De isto dixit ad pater Jesu V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:17
014r 8 Qui meruit prophetizare per... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:18
014r 9 Et Joannes jam praedictus missus... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:19
014r 10 Tu puer propheta inquid vocaris... V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:20
014r 11 Malor est post me qui venit V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:21
014r 12 Ipse dixit quod implevit ut vates V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:22
014r 13 Gloria et honor deo usque quaeque V HV Joannis Baptistae * a06906:23
074v 1 Exortum est in tenebris lumen... V VPR Laurentii h00949
074v 2 Laetentur in * V VPRV Laurentii h00949d
074v 3 Gaudete justi in domino rectos... V SNO Laurentii h01685
074v 4 Justi epulentur et exsultent in... V ANT Laurentii h03610
074v 5 Beata gens * V ANTV Laurentii * h03610a
074v 6 Justi jucundentur alleluia et... V ALL Laurentii h01389
074v 7 Vox laetitiae * V ALLV Laurentii * h01389a
074v 8 En martyris Laurentii armata... V H Laurentii * 008299.1
152r 1 Dirigatur domine oratio nostra... V VPR Letanias Apostolicas h01003
152r 2 Timete dominum omnes electi ejus... V ANT Letanias Apostolicas h01506
152r 3 Magnificate dominum V ANTV Letanias Apostolicas * h01506b
152r 4 Alleluia quaerite dominum et... V ALL Letanias Apostolicas h00278
152r 5 Semen Abraham V ALLV Letanias Apostolicas * h00278a
152v 1 Adjuva nos deus salutaris noster... MH ANT Letanias Apostolicas h02195
152v 2 Ne quando * MH ANTV Letanias Apostolicas h02195b
152v 3 Si peccata nostra adversantur... MH ANT Letanias Apostolicas h03390
152v 4 Ostende nobis * MH ANTV Letanias Apostolicas h03390c
152v 5 Memento congregationis tuae domine... MH ANT Letanias Apostolicas h03398
152v 6 Convertere * MH ANTV Letanias Apostolicas h03398b
152v 7 Clamor noster ad te perveniat deus MH RS Letanias Apostolicas h02055.1
152v 8 Peccavimus cum patribus nostris in... MH RSV Letanias Apostolicas h02055b
153r 1 Exaltabo mane misericordiam tuam... MH MT Letanias Apostolicas h03868
153v 1 In firmamento virtutis ejus... MH LDMT Letanias Apostolicas h02984
153v 2 Inter vestibulum et altare... T RS Letanias Apostolicas h02301
153v 3 Peccavimus cum patribus nostris... T RSV Letanias Apostolicas h02301a
154r 1 Tuba canite in Sion praedicate... T ANT Letanias Apostolicas h03388
154r 2 Canite in initium T ANTV Letanias Apostolicas * h03388a
154r 3 Filii hominum simul in unum dives T ANT Letanias Apostolicas h03321
154r 4 Audite haec omnes * T ANTV Letanias Apostolicas h03321a
154r 5 Venite adoremus et prosternamus ei... T ANT Letanias Apostolicas h01525.2

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