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Hymnarium.
Penitential Psalms for Cistercian Order.
(Germany) Middle Europe, 13th C. [inserted] late 14 [end inserted] Written in black + red on
vellum page 8 1/2 X 6" in heavy gothic letters.
Black notes on a 5 [inserted] line [end inserted] stave with large initials in red
+ blue. (Gothic notation - the latest of the distinctive
neumatic styles - originated in the 14th C. - predominating sign
[illegible]
Serifs, generally regarded as a mark of deterioration of a script
Extensive flourishes + excessive serifs betray its lateness
hardly a word that does not show flourishes of which script
of the more vigorus 13th C was free.
yn9 = ymnus (hymnus) yno = ymno (hymno) ynu = ymnum (hymnum)
Hymnary - medieval liturgical book of the Roman rite containing the hymns of the Divine Office arranged according to the
days of the week + the feasts of the ecclesiastical year.
Its contents, often appended to the Psalter or to the
Antiphonary, were later incorporated into the Roman
Breviary.
The principal features of the Offius are the chanting of psalms with
their antiphone, the singing of hymns + canticles, + the chanting of lessons (passages of Scripture) with their responsponsorus. From the
musical point of viiew the most important Offius are [?Matins?]
Lando + Vespers. The Gregorian music for the Officus is
collected in a liturical book called the Antiphonale.
Hymns - songs of praise, rendered syllabicaally, or with each
syllable sung to its own individual tone.
St. Ambrose has been credited with a number of hymns but only
3 can be certainly ascribed to him (being so attributed by
St. Augustine himself) Deus creator omnium, Aeteune rerum
conditor, + iam surgit hora tertia.
The Ambroeian hymn formed the basis for Cistercian
liturgical reform in the late 11th + the early 12th C.