Image: Cistercian neumes - Medieval music - Offertorium. In omnem terram - Schøyen collection - MS 207, 12th century - detail
Description: Medieval music manuscript. Neumes of cistercian monks, St. Denis/St. Evrault, North France, 12th century. Variation of the letter F to the left of each read line. (image: The Schøyen Collection) Latin text: "(Quon)iam prevenisti" from Psalm 20:4-14 https://www.biblestudytools.com/vul/psalms/passage/?q=psalm+20:4-14 "In omnem terram exivit sonus", Offertory for the feasts of Thomas the Apostle and SS. Simon & Jude (Oct 28). Source of text is Psalm 18:5 (Vulgate) and Romans 10:18. https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/In_omnem_terram (Quon)iam prevenisti eum in benedictione dulcedinis (v.) Posuisti super caput eius coronam de lapide precioso off(ertorium). In omnem terram exivit so(-) nus eorum et infines orbis terre verba eorum Translation: ... Their sound has gone out into all lands, and their words to the ends of the world. Description in source at Schøyen collection: - MS 207 - MS Short Title GRADUAL: CISTERCIAN NEUMES ON 4-LINE STAFF - Text GRADUAL: SERVICE FOR GREGORY (12 MARCH), BENEDICTI ABBATIS (21 MARCH), ANNUNCIATION OF THE VIRGIN (25 MARCH) AND HOLY CROSS (3 MAY) - Description MS in Latin on vellum, St. Denis/St. Evrault region, Northern France, 12th c., 2 ff., 28x20 cm, single column, (25x15 cm), 10 lines in a formal Romanesque book script, Cistercian neumes on a 4-line staff, (yellow, green, red, green) with C- and F-clefs indicted,, 15 initials in red, blue or green, 2 large decorated initials in red. - Provenance 1. Bernard Rosenthal, San Francisco, Feb. 1989. - Place of origin France - Dates 12c AD
Title: Cistercian neumes - Medieval music - Offertorium. In omnem terram - Schøyen collection - MS 207, 12th century - detail
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