Processional

Discubuit Iesus: Škof Tomaž Hren, Gornji Grad in slovenski koral

“…Raba spevov za procesije ni bila enovita, a zdi se, da so bili to pogosto responzoriji in antifone, vzeti iz oficijske liturgije. 118 Antifona Iniquitates nostras iz salzburškega antifonarja iz 14. stoletja je bila npr. namenjena pobožnosti za Marijino priprošnjo (»suffragio Mariae«), neposredno pred njo pa se v tem viru nahaja antifona za sv.…”

Downside MS 61166 and the Processional Liturgy of Poissy

“…The processional liturgy of most religious orders was relatively stable during the middle ages, and Michel Huglo has observed that the contents of processionals therefore remained 'substantially identical with the originals' specified in any given order. 12 In the Dominican context, this means that the base text for all processionals was the reformed liturgy produced under Humbert of Romans, Master General of the Order from 1254 to 1263. The Dominican Order had been founded in 1216, and the first generations of mendicant, itinerant brothers kept the liturgy as it was observed locally.…”

“…Indeed, given the uniformity and stability of the Dominican processional liturgy, Michel Huglo has remarked that the study of individual manuscripts of this type more or less 'amounts to the study of the peculiarities distinguishing the copy from the exemplar'. 22 The question therefore becomes: which, if any parts, of Downside 61166 can be identified as liturgical peculiarities?…”

“…23 This was a straightforward arrangement made, in the words of Michel Huglo 'for the sake of convenience'. 24 Conventional inclusion of this kind of material in medieval processionals accounts for various other parts of the Downside manuscript, such as the Benediction of Ashes on Ash Wednesday (fols 32r-42r); the Gospel (fols 1r-24v), Mandatum (fols 55v-64v), and Kyrie (fols 150v-152r) for Maundy Thursday; and the Adoration of the Cross on Good Friday (fols 150v-174v). Processionals made for Dominican nuns also routinely included a variety of additional chants not specified by the prototype.…”

“…The prototype Dominican processionarium was first printed in Venice in 1493, and relatively cheap copies were readily available on the Parisian market a few years later. 60 These printed books, however, lacked the distinctive features of the Poissy processional liturgy, providing an additional stimulus to continue updating and using existing manuscript copies.…”