Item Summary

Troped or farced Kyrie, a form developed since the 10th and 11th centuries in which additional texts based on attributes (e.g., "Kyrie lux et origo") provided sufficient syllables to set the plainchant melodies.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Kyrie eleison with prosulae].
Call Number
Princeton MS. 102
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6t053v96q
Publisher
[Hereford?, England], [between 1200 and 1300]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1200-1300
Format
Musical score
Extent
8 leaves : parchment ; 151 x 105 (135 x 180) mm bound to 159 x 115 mm.
Provenance
Early and intermediate provenance unknown. Bookplate of George Dunn of Woolley Hall, near Maidenhead, Berkshire added from a former binding after rebinding for Wilfred Merton. After Merton's death, sold by Martin Breslauer. In 1961 Bernard M. Rosenthal sold it to the Princeton University Library, which purchased it with funds provided by William H. Scheide, Class of 1936 (Acc. no. AM 17757).
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, 1961.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 322-323.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1r-v: "Pater creator omnium tu theos ymon nostri pie eleyson ..."
2. fol. 1v-2r: "Cunctipotens genitor, deus omni creator eleyson ..."
3. fol. 2r-3r: "Kyrie fons bonitatis, pater ingenite a quo bona cuncta procedunt eleyson ..."
4. fol. 3r-v: "Lux et origo lucis summe deus eleyson ..."
5. fol. 3v-4r: "Summe deus qui cuncta creas eleyson ..."
6. fol. 4r-v: "Orbis factor rex eterne eleyson ..."
7. fol. 4v-5v: "Rex uirginum amator deus marie decus eleyson ..."
8. fol. 5v-6r: "Kyrie rex genitor ingenite uera essencia eleyson ..."
9. fol. 6r-7r: "Kyrie rex saeculorum consolator mestorum susceptor contritorum et sola spes merencium eleyson ..."
10. fol. 7v-8r: "O rex clemens rex omnipotens eleyson ..."
11. fol. 8r-v: "Kyrie genitor eleyson ..."
12. fol. 8v: "Kyrie omnipotens pater ingenite nobis benigne eleyson ..."
Notes
Incipit: "Pater creator omnium tu theos ymon nostri pie eleyson ..."
Ms. codex.
Title from print catalog.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. iii (modern) + 8 + iii (modern) ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 10 lines and 10 4-line staves using square neumes per page ; ruled.
Decoration: The first Kyrie (fol. 1r) begins with a zoömorphic initial P in blue and red depicting two winged creatures extending two-thirds of the way down the inner margin. Subsequent Kyries begin with red, green, or red and green Romanesque initials. Verses begin with alternating red and green initials.
Origin: Probably from Hereford.
Binding Note
Later binding. England, 20th century. Brown morocco over paste-board. Gold-stamped circular central design and gold-tooling edging. Gold-tooled turn-ins. Design depicts a barrel (with the letter W) floating in the sea; i.e., mere (sea) plus tun (barrel), referring to the surname of the owner Wilfred Merton.

Discovery Information

Subject
Kyrie eleison (Music)—Early works to 1800
Chants—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
32

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cee8ad3c-6c14-49de-b480-4aa0e4ed62ed/manifest