B-TO 57

Olim: Codex 7. Graduale of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk in Tongeren, late 14th century; square notation on red staves; chant dialect: western, or at least displaying more western influences than the antiphoners B-TO 63 and B-TO 64 of the same church.

Contents

There is no separate sequentiarium; sequentiae are recorded in the Masses. De Corswarem, pp. 145-149, mentions the following sequentiae:

Salve porta perpetue (Christmas)
Natus ante secula (2nd day of Christmas)
Ecce iam votiva (3rd day Christmas)
Unus amor (Stephanus)
Laus gloria (Johannes Evangelist)
Pura deum laudet (H. Innocents)
Eya recolamus (Circumcision)
Festa Christi (Epiphany)
Eya dic nobis (Easter)
Altissime Jesu (2nd day of Easter)
Sancta cunctis (3rd day of Easter)
Laudes salvatori (4th day of Easter)
Victime paschali (Sunday after Easter)
Rex omnipotens (Ascension)
Sancti Spiritus adsit (Pentecost and Sunday after Pentecost)
Placatus quesumus (Monday after Pentecost)
Veni sancte spiritus (Tuesday after Pentecost)
Sancti spiritus (Wednesday after Pentecost)
Lauda Syon (Corpus Christi)
Benedicta semper (Trinity)
Sacrosancte (Andreas)
Psallat cum letitia (Barbara)
Congaudentes (Nicolaus)
Letabundus (Conceptio & Purificatio BMV)
Clare sanctorum (Thomas)
Martiris egregie (Vincentius)
Doctori gentium (conversio Pauli)
Salve porta perpetue (Annuntiatio)
Laudes crucis (Inventio & Exaltatio crucis)
Verbum Dei (Johannes Evangelista & Joannes ante portam latinam)
Altissime Jesu (Dedication)
Lux preclara (Servatius)
Sancti Baptiste (Johannes Baptista)
Petre summe (Petrus & Paulus)
Verbum bonum et suave (Visitatio BMV)
Mane prima sabbati (Maria Magdalena)
Exultet hodie (Jacobus)
Luce clarens (Anna)
Letabundus (Transfiguratio Domini)
Laurenti David (Laurentius)
Ave mundi spes Maria (Assumption)
Veni virgo (2nd day of the octave)
Salve virgo (3rd day of the octave)
Res est admirabilis (4th day of the octave)
Benedicta es (5th day of the octave)
Ave nostre salutis (6th day of the octave)
Eya Christi (Bartholomeus)
De profundis (Augustinus)
Ave preclara (Nativitas BMV)
Cristi laudem (Lambertus)
Ave clemens apostole (Mattheus)
Laudes Cristo (Mauritius)
Syon gaudens (Maternus)
Ad celebres (Michael)
Clare sanctorum (Lucas)
Jocundare (Lucas)
Virginalis turma (11.000 virgines)
Clare sanctorum (Simon & Judas)
Resultet tellus (All saints)
Gratuletur chorus iste (Hubertus)
Sacerdotem (Martinus)
Gaude Syon (Elisabeth Hungariae)
Mater Syon (Cecilia)
Vox sonora (Catharina)

There is a sequence for the Common of Saints Hic sanctus / He sancta / Hi sancti. The sequences for Our Lady Purification and Annuntiatio are sung, even when these days fall in Lent. Almost each Saturday there was a Mass for Our Lady incl. a sequence: Salve porta (Advent), Letabundus exultet (Epiphany to Purification), Virgini marie laudes (Easter tide), and on other days Verbum bonum or Hodierna lux diei.

Literature

P. de Corswarem: De liturgische boeken ..., pp. 46-49. Another Graduale is mentioned by De Corswarem (Codex 8. pp. 49-50), a more or less identical one; unfortunatlely this one has disappeared.


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