Gothicum Tradition A Mockup Index

Notes

1. The goal is to create a mockup of the Night hours as represented by the ancient manuscripts.
2. The Musica Hispanica site is more than helpful, but a shortcoming is that many non-music Orations are ignored.

Sources

• MS 2668
• This material must be read: "f. 1-151; 160-175; 152-159; 176r-183v
• 2 Liber Canticorum
• 140 De Noctis, Isaias
• 141 Night Canticle?
• 143 Ordo ad Medium Noctis
• 166 Ordo ad Celebrandum Nocturnis + Incipiunt Responsuria Dominicalis Nocturnis
• 182 Litania idest Rogationes
• MS 609
• 7 Kalendar PDF
• 13 Prologue
• 14 Partial Index
• 19 Beatus vir
• 103 Ps 50
• 144 Ps 74
• 275 Ps 151
• 276 Canticles
• 335 More Isaias Canticles
• 361 Adtende caelum
• 396 De Nocte, Isaias
• 397 Night Canticle?
• 398 Oratio de Sancta Trinitate (Quicumque Vult)
• 401 Oratio Sancti Augustini
• 403 Litany
• 407 Three Prayers
• 410 Oratio de sacerdo numero quinquageno (priest #50) selection of Ps 50
• 413 Ps 101
• 416 Oratio ad Dominum Deprecandum Here
• 426 Ordo ad Medium Noctis
• 439 Ordo ad Celebrandum Nocturnos
• 440 Incipiunt Responsuria De Nocturnos Dominicalis.
• 452 Ordo Post Nocturnos
• MS 30851
• The Psalter gives an Antiphon, Psalm, and an Oratio or two. Not particularly interesting or inspiring.
• 1r Incipit Ps 16
• 10v Ps 47
• 18r Ps 55
• 27v Ps 68
• 42v Ps 84
• 54r Ps 98
• 67r Ps 113
• 77r Ps 119
• 91v Ps 150
• 92r Liber Canticorum (missing fol.)
• 99r Gen. 47:8
• 105r Incipit Cantici de Cotidiano
• 110v Explicit Liber Canticorum Incipit Hymnorum De Toto Circulo Anni Mensis in Diem (As in Breviary.)
• 111r St. Aciscli Ad Matutinum in quo ante Adventu Domini quod est XV Kal. Decembris. Gaudete flores.
• 111v St. Romani Hymn. Romane Christi.
  Advent Vesperum Hymn. Christi Caterva
• 112r Vesperum Hymn. Verbum supernum.
  Matutinum Hymn. Vox clara.
• 112v St. Caecilia Hymn. Inclyti festum.
  St Clement Hymn. Clementis festum.
• 113r St. Saturnini Hymn. Vocis audite.
• 114r St. Facundi & Primitivi Hymn. Fons Deus eterne. (Fons Deus vitae)
• 115r St. Andrew Hymn. Decus sacrati.
  St. Leocadie Hymn. Sanctissime Leocadie.
• 115v St. Eulalie Hymn. Germine nobilis.
• 118r Another Hymn. Laudem beate.
• 118v Expectation BMV Hymn. A solis ortu.
  Ad Matutinum Hymn. Fit porta.
  St. Thomas Hymn. Festum Christe.
• 120r Nativity Hymn. Veni redemptor. Ad Mat. Foeno jacere.
  Apparitione Domini Hymn. Hostis Herodes.
• 120v Allision of the Infants (Holy Inn) Venite + Hymn. (K)Caterva matrum.
  Lazurus Ad Mat. Venite + Hymn. Quarto die jam. (Hostis Herodes)
  In Cena Domini ad Mat. Hymn. Tunc ille Judas.
• 121r St. Stephan Hymn. Christus est vita.
• 121v St. Eugenie Hymn. Adstantes pariter. (Not in Breviary)
• 123v St. James (Frater Domini) Hymn. Clara sanctorum.
• 124r St. James (Frater Johannis) Hymn. O dei verbum.
• 125r Missing a page. St Sebastian Last line and Doxology. Offerte summo.
  St. Agnetis Hymn. Agnes sepulcrum.
  St. Fructuosi Hymn. O triplex honor.
• 125v St. Vincent Hymn. Adest miranda.
• 126r St. Babilae Hymn. O sacerdotum.
• 127r Missing a page. St. Agathae Last line and Doxology. Sit tibi semper.
  St. Peter's Chair Hymn. O Petre petra.
  St. Emeterii & Celidoni Hymn. Scripta sunt caelo. Prefixes Breviary Hymn.
• 129v Verse? Iustorum anime. Carnes tollendas (1st Sun. Lent) Hymn. Alleluia piis edite.
  Terce Hymn. O nazarene lux.
• 130r Missing a page. Sext Hymn. (In ninivitas) germinis hoc. Placet frementem. Etc.
• 130v Verse. A ruina et demonio. None Hymn. Sed quur.
• 131r Alius ad mediante Hymn. Fabens redemtis.
• 131v Sabbato Mat. Hymn. Aurora iam.
• 167 Sunday Oratio

The Nocturnal Hours

Choices and Changes:

• There are 12 hours in total. 7 plus Aurora (Peculiaris), and 4 night hours.
• Ante Lectulo: This is based entirely off of Gilson's transcription of MS 30851, as the online version is not available.
• Kyrie is kept from Medium Noctis
• Deus miserere: novem vicibus
• Ad Medium Noctis
• In general, braces are self-inserts.
• Beginning pulled from MS 2668 Gloss
• Self-insert of Dominus sit, etc., is from the modern Tradition B.
• All Psalms end with Gloria ... Sicut ... , unlike the modern rite, which leaves out the Sicut, etc.
• The conclusion is also a self-insert from the modern Tradition B.
• Oratio: Sunday option in margin of MS 2668 & 30851. Supplied from Archive, as MS2668 is barely legible and 30851 is unavailable.
• Lauda: Last Alleluia in braces are a self-insert (to be consistent with Trad B).
• Hymn: Doxology simply notes "Presta."
• Verse: Fiat domine. (Ps 32.) Kirrieleison, kk.
• We have a missa of canticles. It is not clear when there is a Gloria. It states: (last canticle) Gloria. 1st Canticle, Sicut, 2nd & 3rd Canticle. This is interpreted to: finish the canticle, Glora, 1st line of canticle, Sicut, 1st line of 2nd and 3rd canticles.
• Prayer of Manasses: KJV. Cf. Byzantine Great Compline.
• The following rubric is unclear: Deinde recitabis VIIII psalmos: et III (alios) canticos et sic dicis istos responsis.
• Responsory style from Tradition B.
• Lesson reponses from Tradition B.
• The Clamorings are vague. It is unclear whether 2 are said sequentially or given as options. The 2nd seems have the repond, "Kyrie, miserere" from the bottom of MS 2668. Otherwise they end with "k." Otherwise the 2nd seems to correspond to a Miserationes (Mercy Prayers).
• Dismissal from Tradition B.
• Nocturnos: 6 responsories for each day; Sunday is repeated.

Other Links

• MS 7
• Ferial Friday
• MS 30834
• 2r: Magna est omnipotens deus misericordiam tuam et preclara est martyrum tuorum quis ici et genetricis eius jubet qui inter tyrannorum minus ad suplicia sunt constituti set non negaverunt nomen filii tui quia dedisti fidem predicationis
• Cod 56
• Its a ceremonial with Masses. Not relevant at all

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