Index Sequentiarum Bohemiae Medii Aevi | Codicologica et Hymnologica Bohemica Liturgica

Introduction

The catalogue Index Sequentiarum Bohemiae Medii Aevi includes documentation of sequences in liturgical and non-liturgical manuscripts in medieval Bohemia (up to ca 1550). Currently, the catalogue covers period up to ca 1420 (up to the outbreak of Hussite wars) and includes primarily sources of secular (= non-monastic) origin. The database enables various search options (individual manuscripts, repertory for one particular feast, use in and outside liturgy) and is compatible with Cantus index. Complementary to the sequence database is the rubric Manuscripti sequentiarum (that includes short description of sources that are not included in the catalogue Manuscripti Liturgici Ecclesiae Pragensis.

Each description is composed of following components:

• Siglum (following the RISM system) and folio / page, where the sequence can be found

• Incipit of the sequence (as it appears in the source, not standardized) and the Rubric that precedes the entry in the manuscript

• Rubrics2 that is used in cases, when a sequence is part of a larger set (i. e. Alia prosa [de sancta Maria], etc.) or included in the Mass (In octava sancti Wenceslai, etc.)

• Feast in standardized form, as defined in cantusindex

• Form of the inscription (M: text and music; T: text only; R: rubric; C: text with commentaries, as used in manuscripts coming from the Prague University)

• Cantus ID that provides link to other databases included in cantusindex.

10 chants

Feast

Source

Siglum / folio	Incipit / Rubric		Genre	Feast	Form	Cantus ID
CZ-R R 600 27v	Antequam convenirent inventa est Maria habens Super psalmos antiphonae	V	A	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	001440
CZ-R R 600 28r	Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini	V	W	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	007978
CZ-R R 600 27v	Completi sunt dies Marie ut pareret	V	A	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	001862
CZ-R R 600 28r	Constantes estote videbitis auxilium domini super	V	V	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	007040a
CZ-R R 600 28r-28v	Cum esset desponsata mater Iesu Maria	V	A	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	002000
CZ-R R 600 28r	Ecce iam venit plenitudo temporis in	V	A	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	205394
CZ-R R 600 27r	O Iuda et Ierusalem nolite timere In laudibus antiphona	L	A	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	003511
CZ-R R 600 28r	O Iuda et Ierusalem nolite timere	V	R	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	007040
CZ-R R 600 27r	Orietur sicut sol salvator mundi et Antiphona in evangelium	L	A	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	004195
CZ-R R 600	Yoseph fili David noli timere accipere	V	A	Vigilia Nat. Domini	M	003507