Liturgical fragments in Leuven: GBIB

These are the liturgical fragments of B-Leuven, GBIB:

Folder Mechelen 287

This folder contains some liturgical fragments from Mechelen, some of which are very small and dirty. One of the fragments (wrapped in a brown envelope with the text Fragment d'Antiphonaire manuscrit (Grand Séminaire de Malines) written in large blue letters) is a double leaf of an 11th (?) century antiphoner fragment with Lorraine (or Lorraine-like) neumes.

Folder SJ X 13

Several fragments, liturgical and non-liturgical, from bookbindings of the Jesuits, among which:

	B-C: Double leaf of an 11th (?) century notated missal, Low Countries neumes
	Z: Two leaves of an early or mid 12th century antiphonarium with Low Countries staff notation

Membra disjecta in situ

B-LVgbib Mechelen 5

Ms B-LVgbib Mechelen 5 has some interesting flyleaves.

The front fly leaf contains a sequence for Trudo, with Hufnagelschrift on ink staves, ca 13th century (not in AH). Preliminary transcription:
De beatissimo patrono nostro Trudone (?) sequentia
Voce ... non .... xpisto detur gloria. Quis
Tuis? (Eius?) non rigatus rore meritis ... flore .... mundi ...ulia. Flam
uit ei revel... in patria. Huius clarum fecit signum adhuc puero
Quod natura? non exegit ylaris hoc totum dedit oppressis inopia. In
libus hoc dum calcatur stulta quadam? femina. In pervis iusti privata fusa per
Mente tota sitienti inte... et querenti amplexari studia. Angelus
ultu decorem remacli presidia. Implet iussum monitoris trudo puer
Of... meth... paterno agros prata fluas dono larga patrimonia. Ver
... divina doctorum sollersia. Huic sacerdos unctus redit verbi dei

The back flyleaf is part from a 12th century ordinarius or ceremoniale with a description of the Palm Sunday procession. Preliminary transcription of part of the text:
[left column] Finita hac oratione dat sacerdos palmas ad populum cantando antiphona Ante [sex?] dies solempnitatis pasche. Sed vit ?
[oratio] Omnipotens sempiterne deus
[right column] ubi missam debent celebrare cantantes perviam antiphonas processionales Cum appropinquaret dominus, ant. Cum audisset populus.
Item imponit cantor antiphonam Turba multa, [ps.?] Cantate domino.
Item ceteras antiphonas huic festivitati congruas.
Ut autem pervenerint cum psalmis ubi statio est sanctae crucis clerus populusque reverenter stent per turma in ordine cum baiolis et reliquo ornatu et infantes paraphonistae in loco competenti subsistentes imponant antiphonam Fulgentibus palmis prosternimus (NB: CAO 2909: prosternimur) adveniente domino huic omnes occuramus cum ymnis et canticis glorificantes et dicentes benedictus dominus.
Responde scola ex parte populo Occurunt turbe.
Tunc scolastici eregione crucis lento gradu ? veniant ante eam et cum omni reverentione casulas vel cappas in terram iactantes pnt?... adorent crucifixum. clero interim cantantur antiphona Pueri hebreorum.
Hic recedentibus continuo veniant ex alio latê pueri laica ? Kyrieleyson cantantes. et sequendo vexillum quod ante eos portatur veniant ante crucem et annuente edituo iactent ramos palmarum in terram p? adorando crucifixum et clerus interim cantet anti[phonam] Pueri hebreorum. His recedentibus ex scola infantes paraphonistae iuxta crucem hec hymnum cantent Gloria laus et honor tibi, clero persequente eundem versum Eo ordine secuntur alii versus Israhel estu rex
Et inter omnis huic hymni versus aspiciens ad sanctum evangelium seu inclinans capita ad sanctam cruce. His versibus finitis incipiat scola cum baiolis hanc ant. Omnes conlaudate (conlaudant ?) nomen tuum dicentes benedictus qui venit in. [ps.] Lauda ierusalem Gloria patri adiungentes. Et tunc prosternit omnis populus hinc inde frondes clero cantante Cum angelis. His ita peractis venit episcopus vel sacerdos ante crucem et prostatur in terram cum omni populo adoret crucifixum clero interim cantante ant. S....