B-GEELdgm Graduale

Graduale of the Dimpnakerk in Geel. Square notation on red staves. The manuscript bears a date on f. 21v in the initial E of introitus Ecce advenit: 1538.

In 1964 a restauration is undertaken by Kunstatelier Sint-Catharinadal. Between fols. 114-115 and 227-228 two bifolia of the B-GEELdgm Dimpna office are bound.

The ms bears a foliation, but some of the folionumbers are corrected by a second (post-medieval ?) scribe.

Chants for the patroness Dimpna are only written by a second scribe. On the last folium a sequence for Dimpna Hec in die grex noster is entered by a second hand. Incipits for Mass chants are added in the margin on fol. 169r (Decollatio ss. Dympnae & Gereberni).

Contents

1r: Temporale (99v: Easter, intr. Resurrexi; 117r: In vig. penthecostes, hymn Rex sanctorum angelorum)

147r: Kyriale, incl. a rhythmicized version of Credo I (fol. 154v) and Credo IV (fol. 155v)

161r: Sanctorale. Several proper chants (alleluia, tractus):
161v: Barbara: all. Veni sancte spiritus per barbare suffragium
162v: Nicolas: all. Tumba sancti nicholai
164v: Purificatio BMV: all. Senex puerum, tr. Nunc dimittis, tr. Gaude Maria (with verses Quem Gabriel, Dum virgo, Dei Genitrix)
166v: Petrus: tr. Tu es petrus
170r: Inventio Crucis: offertory Veniens vir.
180r: Bartholomeus: all. Vox sancti Bartholomeus
180v: Augustinus: all. Sydus splendidum aule
183r: Michael: all. Concussum est mare and all. Sancte Michael archangele (this last one on erasure)
185v: Presentatio Mariae: all. Felix virgo que nondum
186v: Katherina: all. Ut rosa pre spina
187v: dulc. nomen Jesu: all. Dulce nomen nostri Iesu and all. Haurite aquas

189v: Commons

229r (corrected folionumbers): Missa Salve sancta parens, grad. Benedicta, all. Virga radix Iesse, all. Dulcis virgo dulcis mater dulcia ferens pondera, all. Post partum, all. Salve virgo florens, all. O gratiarum balsamo, all. Pia mater o Maria, all. Alma virgo virginum, off. Recordare (without trope), off Felix namque, off. Ante thronum Trinitatis, off. Regina celi letare quia quem meruisti portare te matrem secum traxit ad ethera ora pro nobis deum virgo Maria, off. Regina celi (normal text), comm. Beata viscera, comm. Ave regina celorum mater regis angelorum, comm. Regina mundi.

233v: Requiem; votive Masses (fol. 236r: Tempore pestis: Recordare Domine)

237r: Sequentiarium

Sequentiae

All sequences are provided with notation.

(corrected folionumbers:)

237r: In nativ. domini: [...] organica. Hec dies sacrata in qua nona sunt gaudia
237v: Alia de nativitate: Natus ante secula
239r: Ad summam missam: Letabundus exultet fidelis
239v: De nostra domina: Salve porta perpetue lucis
239v: De s. Stephano: Unus amor et una concordia

(folionumbers without correction:)

237v: De s.iohanne evangeliste: Laus gloria virtus et gratia
238v: De innocentibus: Pura deum laudet innocentia
239v: In oct. nativit.: Eya recolamus laudibus
240v: In epiphania domini: Festa christi omnis christianitas
242r: In oct. epiph: Maiestati sacrosancti militans
243v: In conversione s. pauli: Dixit dominus ex basan
244v: Purificationis marie: Letabundus*
244v: In die sancto pasche: Victime paschali laudes (verse Credendum is crossed out)
245v: Feria ii pasche: Altissime iesu christe qui dignatus
246v: In dedicatione: Hec sacrata aula ... Ut eis eternam dones vitam.
246v: De resurrectione: Mane prima sabbati
248r: Iohannis ante portam latinam: Iohannis preconio nostra fervens contio
249r: In ascensione domini: Rex omnipotens die hodierna
250v: In die penthecostes: Sancti spiritus assit
252r: De s. spiritu: Veni sancte spiritus
252v: De s. trinitate: Benedicta semper sancta
254r: De venerabili sacramento: Lauda syon
256r: In nativ. iohannis baptiste: Christi baptista per maxima mundi
257r: Petri et pauli: Petre summi christi pastor
258r: Visitationis marie: Ave verbi dei parens
259r: In divisione apost.: Celi ennarent gloriam
261v: Marie magdalene: Laus tibi christe qui es creator et redemptor
263v: In transfiguratione domini: Letentur in christo rege syon
265r: Vincula petri: Gaude roma caput mundi
267r: de s. Laurentio martire: Laurenti david magni martyr
268r: Assumptionis marie: Area virga prime matris
269v: De s. bartholomeo: Eya christo cantica
271r: Augustini episc.: Interni festa gaudia
273r: Decollatio iohannis bapt.: Psallite regi nostro
274v: In nativ. beate marie: Ave preclara maria stella
276v: In festis s. crucis: Laudes crucis attolamus
279r: Michaelis archangeli: Ad celebres rex celice
280v: Undecim milium virginum: Dulci voce resonet
282v: In die omnium sanctorum: Superne matris gaudia
284r: Alia de omnibus sanctis: Mundi etate octana. Florebunt duplici palma
284r: De s. martino: Sacerdotem christi martinum
285v: Presentationis marie: Altissima providente
287v: Catherine virginis: Hec in die mentes pie celi
290v: De s. andrea: Sacrosancta hodierne festivitatis
292r: De s. Nicolai episc.: Congaudentes exultemus
294r: Conceptionis marie: Gratuletur orbus totus
295r: In commem. bmv: Inviolata intacta et casta es maria
295v: Tempore pasche de nostra domina: Virgini marie laudes
296r: Item de nostra domina: Verbum bonum et suave
297r: De nostra domina: Benedicta es celorum regina
297v: Item: Mittit ad virginem (square notation, not rhythmicized; melody: c f f g e f g a f g e f ...)
298v: Alia seq.: Ave virgo gloriosa
299r: Sequitur unius apostoli seq.: Clare sanctorum
299v: De evangelistis: Iocundare plebs fidelis
302v: De uno confessore: Ad laudes salvatoris
303v: De una virgine: Virginis venerande
304v: In dedic. templi: quam dilecta tabernacula
305v: De nomine Iesu seq.: Nomen iure sublimatum
308r: (second scribe) S. Dympnae: Hac in die grex noster

Literature

	De muziek in het leven. Tentoonstellingscatalogus (Gemeentekrediet-uitgave, 1985), p. 7 (incl. facs)
	De Loos: Saints in Brabant, pp. 20-25 (incl. facs) and 36-37