Exultet--music manuscript (DS6289) (Q26367)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis T637, Lewis T637)
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Exultet--music manuscript (DS6289)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis T637, Lewis T637)

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    Exultet--music manuscript
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    Parchment
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    Leaf from a missal
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    This leaf is an example of music from the Exultet or Easter Proclamation: Flammas eius Lucifer matutinus inveniat, ille inquam, lucifer, qui nescit occasum (May the morning-star find its flame alight, that Morning-Star which knows no setting...). The Proclamation would be intoned during the Easter Vigil, or the night before Easter Sunday.
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    Missals were usually in two-column format: most missals did not contain music. This leaf has been simply rubricated (initials drawn in blue and red ink for delineation and ease of reading). Additionally, it is clear that there are many erasures and rewritings of the music in this leaf. Erasing parchment involved scraping the page (which is animal skin) with pumice or other scraping tools. It...
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    Script: Gothic bookhand
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    Contributor: David Kalish
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    Cataloger: Dot Porter
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    5 December 2023
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    5 December 2023
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