Royal MS 8 C XIII

TROPER, with neums, containing:-

i. Kyrie withtropes, viz..-(a) 'Te, Christe, supplices' (Chevalier, Rep. Hymn. no. 20182). f. 1;-(b) 'Christe, unice patris' (ib, no. 3037), without neums and imperfect. f. 1 b;-(c) [Kyrie rex genitor, ib. no. 17448]. Imperfect, ending 'consolator dolentis anime, eleison, eleison '. f. 2;-(d) 'Cunctipotens genitor' (ib. no.

4I28). f. 2;-(e) 'Teoricam practicamque vitam' (ib. no. 20417). f. 2b;-(o) 'Conditor Kyrrie' (ib. no. 3737). f. 3;-(g) 'Hiesu, redemptor omnium, tu theos'. f. 3 b;-(h) 'Summe pater, a quo' (ib. no. 19683). f. 4; -(i) 'Clemens rector' (ib. no. 3393). f. 4b;-(k) 'Kyrrie deus sempiterne' (ib. no. 4508). E 5;-(l) 'Kyrri (sic) genitor, rex regum'(ib. no. 7208). f. 5.

2. Gloria in Excelsis, with tropes. Beg. 'Laus tua, deus, resonat' (ib. no. 10570). f. 6.

3. Proses, imperfect at the beginning and by loss of leaves after f. 20, viz.;-(a) Ends 'pollens laude aeterna'. f. 14;-(b) 'De Pascha', beg. 'Concinat orbis cunctus' (ib. no. 3714). f. 14;-(c) 'De Pascha', beg. 'Dic nobis quibus aeternis' (ib. no. 4567). f. 14 b;-(d) 'De Resurrectione Domini', beg. 'Laudes Christo redempti' (by S. Notker, ib. no. 10356). f. 15;-(e) 'Sancta cunctis letitia'(ib. no. 18371). f. 15 b;-(f) 'De Pascha', beg. 'Laudes saluatori uoce modulemus' (by S. Notker, ib. no. 10417). f. 16 b;-(g) 'De Pascha', beg. 'Promc, casta concio, cantica' (ib. no. 15602). f. 17 b;-(h) 'De Pascha', beg. Ecce uincit radix Dauid' (ib. no. 5204). f. 17 b;-(i) 'De S. Martino', beg. 'Candida contio, melos concrepa' (cf. ib. nos. 2556-2561). f. 18 b;-(k) 'De Resurrectione', beg. 'Psalle lirica carmina' (ib. no. 15744). f. 19;-(l) 'De Pascha', beg. 'Hec est sancta solennitas solennitatum'(ib. no. 7610). f. 19 b; -(m) 'De S. Cruce', beg. 'Salue, crux sancta, arbor digna' (ib. no. 17872). f. 20;-(n) 'De Ascensione Domini', beg. 'Rex omnipotens die hodierna' (by Her. mannus Contractus? ib. no. 17479). f. 20;-(o) Imperfect at beg., ends 'in qua sibi laus est aeterna'. f. 21 (p) 'Christe salvator Hiesu El A et ()' (ib. no. 2985). f. 21 b;-(q) 'Clangant filii ploratione' (ib. no. 3287). f. 22;-(r) 'Almisona iam gaudia' (ib.no. 919). f. 22b; -(s) 'De Epiphania Domini, beg. 'Ephiphaniam domino canamus' (ib. no. 5497). f. 23 b;-(t) De S. Benedicto', beg. 'Quem superne tripudiatim' and 'Cuius nomen beatum' (ib. no. 16340). f. 24b;-(U) ' In omnem terram deo laus personat dulcissona' (ib. no. 8711). Without neums. f. 25 b;-(v) 'In Purificatione S. Mariae', beg. 'Claris uocibus inclita' (ib. no. 3356). f. 26b;-(w) 'De S. Maria', beg. 'Salue, porta perpetue' (ib. no. 18127). f. 27;-(x) 'Virginis uenerande' (by S. Notker, ib. no. 21717). f. 27 b;-(y) 'In Dedicatione Aecclesiae', beg. 'Psallat ecclesia mater' (by the same, ib. no. 15712). f. 28;-(z) 'Iubilans concrepans nunc paraphonista' (ib. no. 9794). f. 28 b.

4. Sanctus, and Agnus Dei, with tropes. ff. 29, 32 b.

5. Miscellaneous additions in 12th cent. hands, viz. (a) Kyrie, 'Regum summe, celi domine' (ib. no. 32857). f. 34;-(b) Gloria, 'Terrea tempnentes' (ib. no. 20380). f. 34 b;-(c) Prose for S. Nicholas, 'Congaudentes exultemus' (ib. no. 3795). f. 35;-(d) 'Kyrrie resplendens celi' (ib. no. 17359). f. 36;-(e) Prose for Apostles, 'Clare sanctorum senatus' (by S. Notker, ib. no. 3336). f. 37;-(f) Prose for S. Andrew, 'Deus, in tua uirtute' (by the same, ib. no. 4449). f. 37 b;-(g) Sanctus. f.38. Vellum; ff. 38. 91/2 in. x 6 in. Early XII cent. Written probably in England. See pl. 57 f. Initials in red, green, and blue. Name and book-mark of John Theyer on f. 38 b. Theyer salecat. no. 165? ; CMA. 6573 or 6584.