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. 1-57; 66-69; 62-64; 58-59; 65; 70; 60-61; 71-103; 128-135; 104-127; 136-151; 160-175; 152-159; 176-183
• 2 Liber Canticorum
• Table of Canticles
• 143 Ordo ad Medium Noctis
• 166 Ordo ad Celebrandum Nocturnis + Incipiunt Responsuria Dominicalis Nocturnis
• 176 Quicumque
• 182 Litania idest Rogationes
• MS 609
• 7 Kalendar PDF
• 13 Poem from Florus of Lyons to Isidore. Preface of Jerome to the Book of Psalms. Lacuna
• 13 Prologue
• 14 Psalm Suggestions
• 19 Beatus vir
• 103 Ps 50
• 144 Ps 74
• 275 Ps 151
• 276 Canticles (Lacuna)
• Table of Canticles
• 398 Oratio de Sancta Trinitate (Quicumque Vult)
• 401 Oratio Sancti Augustini
• 403 Litany
• 407 Three Prayers of Fifty Psalms
• 410 The second Fifty-Psalm Prayer
• 413 The third Fifty-Psalm Prayer
• 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
• 454 Ordo Nocturnalis In Resurrectione Domini
• 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.
• Oratio: Sunday option in margin of MS 2668 & 30851. Supplied from Archive, as MS2668 is barely legible and 30851 is unavailable.
• Laudes: 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.
• Second Hour Oratio: Taken from 30851 transcription.
• 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. (Gloria given only at the end)
• Lesson reponses from Tradition B.
• The Hymn is split into three hymns in other sources, but there is written as one continuous hymn.
• The Clamorings are vague. It is unclear whether 2 are said sequentially or given as options. The 2nd seems have the respond, "Kyrie, miserere" from the bottom of MS 2668. Otherwise they end with "k." Otherwise the 2nd seems to correspond to a Miserationes (Mercy Prayers). This actually implies Kyrie eleison, then repeat the first line, Miserere.
• Dismissal from Tradition B.
• Nocturnos: 6 responsories for each day; Sunday is repeated.
• Ad Nocturnis
• The beginning begins with a verse from Ps 94. Then the three canonical psalms are said, expanded from their incipits, taken from Tradition B. Then it ends with their incipits. C.f. canticles from Medium Noctis.
• Three Missas are prescribed, with a fourth for canticles. In other words, 9 psalms plus 3 canticles.
• Responsory style from Tradition B. (Gloria given only at the end)
• If the canonical psalms, (ie 3,50,56) counts as a Missa, then it would make sense if 5 responsories were said. But six are given (per MS, totalling eight). One per Feria? One per the 8 Sundays post Epiphany?
• Also not immediately clear why Lenten Ferias have a single unique responsory. How many Missas are said?
• Responsory: Magnus dominus. It is not immediately clear where the S. respond begins, source says Alle.
• Responsory: Lent begins on the Monday after the first Sunday of Lent, hence, what is called here the second Sunday of Lent is actually what most would call the third Sunday. Note Lazarus Sunday is the same week where the Byzantines celebrate Lazarus Saturday.
• Ad Nocturnis Resurrectionis
• The MSS simply lists the beginning of how it should begin, with no further indication which responsories are said.
• Ad Gallicantum Post Nocturnis
• Simply says KKK. Pater noster. Deus miserere. VIIII uicibus.
• Conclusion from Tradition B.
• Responsorium Alia: The responsories are found in MS 609, coming after the Resurrection Nocturns, but appear to be of funerary character, however Musica Hispanica and 30851 lists it as Lenten material.
• No Glora... per 1775 mortuorum.
• Responsory Typo: inunundantes, should be inundantes.
• Responsory Quis michi: Not clear where to repeat.

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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