djolios. 18.5-19 x 30 cm. I column, 12 lines. The upper part of the bif. I !4 has been cut out.
15th c. Large initials: 1) red (vermilion), and 2) blue. Small initials are highlighted with straw yellow as Jar as can be seen. In many cases a human head-like figure has been added to them. For instance, the initial letter ofi the Magnificat antiphon ofi St. Olafi Hodie preciosus martyr (onf. 4"), seems to depict the face of the said king. Quadratic notation on a red four-line staff (13 mm, ruled with a rastrum), b rotundum, linea, custos. Photograph off. 3" on p. 165.
ANTIPHONARIUM. Very probably Dominicanum-Aboense. The fragment contains a rhymed office for the feast of the Visitation, written by- Dominican master-general, Raymundus de Vineis (R. a Capua, d. 1399). Analecta hymnica XXIV 1896 No. 30 (Collaetentur corda fidelium).The office is based on that of St. Dominic, and it was adopted into the Dominican - and Finnish secular - tradition during the later Middle Ages, see Antiphoner No. 158 ff. 14'-19', for example. Malin 1925 p. 92 n. 1 points out that the Visitation was not commonly observed among the Dominicans, even in the mid-15th century.
A statute concerning the feast within the entire province of Uppsala was declared in 1412:"festum visitacionis beate Marie virginis per totam provinciam sit solenne et festum terre", Reuterdahl 1841 pp. 108, 114. This decision meant that the observance, new to the Nordic realms, was established as a festum terrae and at the rank tottim duplex. Helander 1957 pp. 42, 88, idem 2001 pp. 179, 255, 307 and 356 (mass). UrbanusVI (1378-1389) extended the feast to the universal church in 1389. The earliest documentary evidence for the feast in Finland, from the year 1420, is applied to its octave (9th of July, Finlands medeltidsurkunder II 1915 No. 1636), but naturally it proves the celebration of the main feast as well, see Malin op.cit. p. 238, Vilkuna 1977 pp. 61-63, 65, and Binder 1996 pp. 55-56. Thus we are able to suggest the terminus post quern for our fragment.
On f. 91a'of the manuscript Uppsala, UB C 421 (Dominican, of Finnish origin from 1407, described by Malin 1925 pp. 93-95), there are melodic incipits of antiphons which belong to the office Analecta hymnica XXIV 1896 No. 30.These are later additions, but written in a style which imitates the original script.
It seems quite possible that another rhymed office for the same feast was known in Finland as well. We find its "standard edition" in Analecta hymnica XXIV 1896 No. 36 (Sacerdos novae gratiae). See, for instance, Antiphoner No. 156 ff. 3r-6", and HUL C IV 20 appendix ff. 30"-31". (AntiphonerTMATtkad Gu 1:4 ff. 32'-38r associates the office with the Annunciation.) The office is no doubt of Swedish origin.
In an uncatalogued breviary-missal of the F.m. collection ("Saacköris Register wti nedre herede I Sathegunden. Pro anno etc 1565", one bifolium, Grönblads No. 2174) there is a remainder of the office Analecta hymnica XXIV 1896 No. 29 (Accedunt laudes virginis), a work by Adam Easton (d. 1397). The office was adopted in the diocese of Linköping in the 15th century. Cf. Helander 1957 p. 90 n. 4, idem p. 376 and Breviarium Lincopense 1950-1958 pp. 689-696.The alleluia verse in this fragment is rare: In maria benignitas per secula laudatur dum visitans elyzabeth vt subdita paratur.
Concerning the Visitatio offices in Sweden and Finland in general see Reuterdahl 1841 pp. 112, 158, Schmid 1938 (a) pp. 140, 156-159, Milveden 1963 pp. 23-24, and idem 1972 (b) p. 19. Szövérffy 1965 p. 362.
For the feast of St. Helen of Skövde see the reviews accompanying the descriptions of Antiphoners Nos. 36 and 156.
Concerning questions about the provenance of the fragment see cameral records on f. T.
F. 1 [Visitationis Mariae] beginning with the resp. at I vespers, [VirgaJesse iam] V Sol, from a passage which cannot be identified because of the fragmentary state of the leaf. Ends quod ad of the 2nd resp. of the I nocturn, Datum signum [ V Sic festina]. w Analecta hymnica XX7K1896 No. 30 (Collaetentur corda fidehitm). F. 2 [Idem] continuing matris of the 3rd resp. of the II noct., [Graiium quod] V Plena, and ending in the rubric of lauds. F. 3 [Olavi regis et martyris] beginning commutans terrentun of the 3rd resp. of the III noct., [Rev iiiclitus V Felici];De sancta helena ending laudem ucsgo[thiae] of the ant. ad Magnificat at I vespers, Salue deus (sic) patrie. ¦*" Analecta hymnica XXVI 1897 No. 31. A later addition at the bottom off. 3" contains the text of the hymn Felix parens vesgucia.
F. 4 [Idem] continuing with the 1st resp. of the II noct., [Offert se] V Non, from a passage which cannot be identified because of the fragmentary state of the leaf. Ends indi[cio] of the 2nd resp. of the III noct., /;; cell rosario V Hoc.
F. l'"Ifrro preste gorden till [...] till hanga salmi honcameki haltusen [?] Syns[...]".A route guide or perhaps chain of landmarks. Interpretable nouns in modern Finnish are Hankasalmi and Honkamäki.
F. 3'"Ärlige Rentan oc Kroketals [...]". Small script in margin. F. 4" 3890 "Vykukostenn, vthspysningen, Brygningen, Bagningen, Mantaledt, och Quittencie Registren På Taffuesthus Slätt Anno etc 1560".
DATE: Probably after 1412 or 1420. LITURGICAL USE: Secondary use: Probably Dominican or diocese of Åbo (Taitto); probably Diocese of Åbo (Keskiaho 2010). OTHER NOTES: See also: F.m. VII.95 (previously uncatalogued breviary-missal, see Taitto).