F-Pn nal 1906

Premonstratensian Missal of Drongen Abbey, 1524.

Missel, not noted. Incipits for the priest's chants are in square notation on red staves; noted prefaces: fols 85v ff. Beautifully decorated, a.o. several strewn borders in Ghent-Bruges style.

Calendar
30 January: Aldegundis virginis iii lect
3 May: Dedic. Eccl. Trunchinensis
4 May: Dedic. eccl. Premonstratensis
6 June: Commemoratio domini Norberti primi patris premonstratensis et archiepiscopi Meymdeburgensis ecclesie
7 July: Dedicatio loci restaurati
14 July: Basini regis et martiris triplex
22 Sept.: Passio sancti Gerulphi martiris triplex
8 oct.: Adventus sancti Gerulphi duplex

Among the contents (the sequences are inserted in the masses and not in a separate gathering; they are not noted):

* 113v: Aldegundis of Drongen, incl seq. Digne decet gloriari et devote laudes fari aldegundis virginis. This sequence refers to Trunchinium and may be considered a local product
* 120r: Basinus, incl seq. Regi regum laus sit deo quem adivit cum tropheo rex basinus hodie (strophe 7 (or 4a): Aldegundis regis nata ceta vidit illic lata per equum indomitum)
* 129: Gerulphus, incl seq. Hodiernus dies iste procul pellat omne triste sub rogando gaudia
* 131r: Omnium sanctorum, incl seq. Resultet tellus
* 135r: Missa de nomine ihesu, incl seq. Dulcis ihesus nazarenus and tractus Dulce nomini ihesu christi
* 139v: De vulneribus christi, incl seq. Hodierna festum lucis and prosa Meste parentis

Literature

* Haggh 1996, p. 63
* A more extended note (from the Delisle catalogue ?) is in the front of the manuscript

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