Gradual, Western MS 080, Columbia University, Butler Library

Gradual, Western MS 080, Columbia University, Butler Library

Liturgy

106 r and v: Kyrie and Alleluia for the Service of Holy Saturday with Decorated Initial

Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Butler Library, Columbia University in the City New York

Last quarter of the 13th century

Latin

Liturgical Book

Western MS 080 (Columbia University, Butler Library, Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

1 leaf

Manuscript

508 x 345 mm

Square notation on four-line staff

Parchment

Regensburg, Germany (?)

Folio "106" marked in red ink using Roman numerals (cvi.) on verso

Transcription
106r:
[digner]is te rogamus audi nos Ut omnibus benefactoribus nostris sempiterna bona retribuas te rogamus audi nos Ut fructus terrae dare et conseruare digneris te rogamus audi nos Ut omnibus fidelibus defunctis Requiem aeternam donare digneris te rogamus audi nos Ut nos exaudire digneris te rogamus audi nos Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mundi parce nobis domine Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mundi exaudi nos domine Agnus dei qui tollis

106v (liturgy):
Peccata mundi miserere nobis / Christe audi nos / Christe exaudi nos Kyrie elesion christe eleison Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleyson Alleluia verse Confitemimi domino quoniam Bonus quoniam in seculum mi[sericordiaeius ejus]

106v (folio number):
cvi

106v (rubric):
Hic cantores incipiunt sollempniter sub scriptiūm Kirie eleison quo incepto sacerdos de vestiario cum ministris redeunt. facit confessionem debitam in loco consueto. et ascendit postmodum ad altare

Finito Kirie eleison sacerdos incipit sollempniter Gloria in excelsis deo. Et Campana pulsatur . finito Gloria in excelsis dicit sacerdos dominus uobiscum orom deos qui hanc sacratissimam. noctem. per eundem. In unitate eius deo Spiritus Sancti Epistola ad colonsenses fratres si consurrexistis cum Christo finita epistola sacerdos qui cantat missam incipit Alleluia et totum de cantat ter exaltando vocem gradatim. et chorus post quam libet vicem in eadem voce repetit illud idem. postea verse Confitemini. cantatum communiter vel sicut cantor disposuerit


Transcription following spacing on leaf, parentheses indicate resolved abbreviations
106r:
[digner]is te rogamus audi nos Ut om(n)ibus b(e)n(e)f(a)c(t)oribus
n(ost)ris sempit(erna) bona retribuas te rogamus audi
nos Ut fructus t(er)r(a)e dare et co(n)s(er)uare digne(r)i(s) te ro-
gamus audi nos Ut om(n)ib(us) fidelib(us) defunctis
Requiem (a)et(ernam) donare digneris te rogamus audi
nos Ut nos exaudire digne(r)i(s) te rogam(us) audi
nos Agnus dei qui tollis pec(cat)a mundi parce
nob(is) domine Agnus dei qui toll(is) p(e)cca(ta) mu(n)di
exaudi nos domine Agnus dei qui tollis

106v (liturgy):
P(e)cca(ta) mu(n)di miserere nob(is) / Christe audi nos / Christe ex-
audi nos
Ky-rie (e)lesion xpe [christe]
(e)lei-son
Ky-rie (e)lei-son K-y-ri-e
(e)ley-son
Alle-lu-ia v’s
Confitemimi domino quoniam
Bonus quoniam in seculum mi (end of folio) [misericordiaeius ejus]

106v (folio number):
cvi

106v (rubric):
Hic cantores incipiunt sollempniter sub
scriptiū(m) Kiri(e) el(eison) quo incepto sacerdos de vestiario
cum ministris redeunt). facit confessione(m) debita(m)
in loco consueto. et ascendit postmodum
ad altare


Finito Kiri(e) el(eison) sacerdos incipit sollempniter Gl(ori)a in excelsis d(e)o. Et
Campana pulsatur . finito Gl(ori)a in excelsis dicit sacerdos d(omi)n(u)s uobiscum
oro(m) d(eo)s qui hanc sac(ratissimam). noctem. per eundem. In unitate eius de(o) Sp(iri)t(us) S(an(ct)i Ep(i)s(to)la
ad colonsenses fr(atre)s si consurrexistis cum xpo (Christo) finita ep(isto)la sacerdos qui can-
tat missam incipit Alleluia et totum de cantat ter exaltando vocem
gradatim. et chorus post quam libet vicem in eadem voce repetit illud
idem. postea vs (verse)
Confitemini.
ca(n)tat(um) communiter
vel sicut cantor
disposuerit

Illuminated initial "K" with foliate design and burnished gilded background. Palette characterized by shades of green, pink, and blue. Initial fills three sections of staff lines and text. X initial of xpe (Christus), K initial of Kyrie, and A initial of Alleluia enlarged in alternating blue with red pen flourishing and red with blue pen flourishes. U initial of ut, A initial of Agnus enlarged alternating blue and read without pen flourishing. Other initial marking the beginning of verse enlarged in black and distinguished with red pen.