Two Versions of the First-Mode Gradual Sacerdotes eius in the Manuscript: Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, II 3824

Wasson, Jeffrey (2004) Two Versions of the First-Mode Gradual Sacerdotes eius in the Manuscript: Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, II 3824. Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 45 (1-2). pp. 237-254. ISSN 0039-3266

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Abstract

The manuscript Brussels Bibliothèque royale II 3824 is a chant manuscript in French notational style. It was written for Saint-Bénigne of Dijon. The writing of the manuscript dates it after 1228 and before 1288. The appearance of the gradual, Sacerdotes eius, twice in close placement to one another (folio 244r, 255 v) is to be regarded as unusual. It seems probable that the Brussels manuscript was copied from one or more exemplars. The important manuscript, Montpellier H 159 also originated in Dijon. There are several minor differences between the readings of Sacerdotes eius in the two manuscripts. The melodic versions are not identical. They are not organized in the same fashion. The appearance of two variant versions of Sacerdotes eius is tied to the copying process, either from one or more exemplars. The copying process was wedded to the process of faithful copying rather than critical editing.

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