Raquel Rojo Carrillo, From the Hispanic rite to the Franco-Roman rite: Musical notation and liturgical change

APPENDIX 1 - NEUME TABLES

BL47 (Franco-Roman rite, Silense notation)

N

1.

5r
2.

3v
3.

3v
4.

2r
5.

67r
6.

3v
7.

12v
8.

56r
9.

27v

NH

1.

32v
2.

67r
3.

28v
4.

19v
5.

28v
6.

2r
7.

56v
8.

62v
9.

4v
10.

8r
11.

56r
12.

56v
13.

62v
14.

56r

NHH

1.

62v
2.

29v
3.

20r
4.

48v
5.

15r
6.

64r
7.

65r
8.

59v
9.

35r
10.

10r
11.

43v

NHHH

1.

48v
2.

25v
3.

26r
4.

25r
5.

59v
6.

3r
7.

2v
8.

26r

NHHH+ gapped

NHHHH
1.

43v

NHHHL
2.

19v
3.

64r
4.

81v
5.

2v
6.

82r
7.

45r
8.

29r
9.

70v

NHHHHLL
10.

38v

NHHH+ joined

[No cases]

NHHL

NHHD
1.

30r

2.

62v
3.

68v
4.

14v
5.

32r
6.

5v
7.

11r
8.

3r
9.

62v
10.

19v
11.

3v
12.

8r
13.

40r
14.

36r
15.

69v
16.

12r

NHH(L/D)+

NHHDH
1.

62v
2.

47v
3.

3r
4.

68v

NHHLH
5.

61r
6.

28v
7.

5v
8.

56v
9.

19v
10.

80v
11.

37r
12.

2v
13.

15r
14.

37r

NHHLL
15.

60v
16.

62v
17.

19v
18.

38r
19.

35v
20.

2r

NHHLHL
21.

19v
22.

56r

22. Line 2, on “agno” [ends with cephalicus]


NHHLLH
23.

60r
24.

60v
25.

63v
26.

7v
27.

20r
28.

30r
29.

68v
30.

55r

NHHLLL
31.

55r
32.

61r
33.

61v
34.

4r
35.

30r
36.

71v

NHHLLLH
37.

3r

NH(L/D)

NHL
1.

58v
2.

29v
3.

56v
4.

19v
5.

6r
6.

9r
7.

3v
8.

12r
9.

26r
10.

33r
11.

62v
12.

28r
13.

5v
14.

2r
15.

2v
16.

40r
17.

62v
18.

62v
19.

11r
20.

33v
21.

13v
22.

31r
23.

82r
24.

11r
25.

27v
26.

56v
27.

3r
28.

4r
29.

56r
30.

4r
31.

19v
32.

28r
33.

44r
34.

56v
35.

65r
36.

56r
37.

64r
38.

34v
39.

56v
40.

57r
41.

36r
42.

17v
43.

52v
44.

18r

3. Line 3, “enim per” [ends with cephalicus]

NH(L/D)(H/U)(+)

NHLH
1.

26r

NULH
2.

31r

NHLH
3.

62r
4.

4r
5.

2r
6.

63r
7.

3r
8.

26r
9.

13v
10.

62v
11.

65r
12.

15r
13.

29r
14.

70v
15.

29r

NHLUL1
16.

15r

NHLL(+)

NHLL
1.

62v
2.

33r
3.

26r
4.

62v
5.

4r
6.

6v
7.

4r
8.

56v
9.

3r
10.

56r
11.

14v
12.

5v
13.

55r
14.

61v
15.

60r
16.

61r
17.

56v
18.

60r
19.

63r
20.

13v
21.

12r
22.

54v
23.

71r
24.

71r

NHLLH
25.

20v
26.

62v
27.

61r
28.

56v
29.

2r
30.

34r
31. ¡.

53v

NHLLL
32.

29r2
33.

62v2
34.

3v2
35.

61v2
36.

61v2
37.

3v
38.

7v
39.

20v
40.

59v
41.

67v
42.

33r
43.

69v
44.

69v
45.

31r
46.

28v
47.

29r
48.

56v
49.

14v

NHLLLH
50.

60r
51.

51v
52.

3r
53.

63r
54.

18v
55.

40v

51. The line over the column of three dots belongs to a letter (is not part of a neume


NHLLLL
56.

66v
57.

29v
58.

8v
59.

49v

NHLLLLHH
60.

32v

NHS(+)1

NHS
1.

28v
2.

11v
3.

27v

NHSS
4.

29r

NHHS
5.

63r

NUH(+)

NUH
1.

3v
2.

15r1
3.

70v1
4.

19v1
5.

57r1
6.

59r1

NUU(+)

NUU
1.

38r

NUUL
2.

17r

NUL(+)

NUL
1.

20r
2.

17v
3.

31r
4.

5v
5.

29r
6.

44v
7.

13r

NL

1.

57r
2.

39r
3.

20r
4.

55r
5.

3v
6.

2r
7.

55r
8.

42v
9.

55r
10.

63v
11.

21r
12.

68r
13.

2r
14.

63v
15.

55r
16.

62v
17.

56v
18.

2r
19.

56v
20.

29r
21.

62r
22.

59r
23.

60r
24.

26r
25.

56v
26.

42r
27.

14v
28.

56v
29.

31r
30.

64r
31.

71v

28. Line 2, “cum mulieribus” [cephalicus]

29. Line 5, “salvare” [cephalicus]

30. Line 3, “et de” [cephalicus]

31. Line 2, “eum deus” [cephalicus]

NLL(+)

NLL
1.

2r
2.

19v
3.

8v
4.

19v
5.

55r
6.

63v
7.

60v
8.

17v
9.

58v
10.

62v
11.

61r
12.

68v
13.

5v
14.

56v

NLLH
15.

2r
16.

60r
17.

29r
18.

69v

NLLL
19.

10r
20.

19v
21.

61v
22.

62v
23.

56v
24.

14v

NLLHL
25.

63v
26.

64r

NLLLH
27.

2v
28.

61r

NLLLL
29.

54r

N(L/D)(H/U)(+)

NDH
1.

71r

NLH
2.

17r
3.

25v
4.

57r
5.

68v
6.

56v
7.

60r
8.

6r
9.

28r
10.

14v
11.

15r
12.

56v

NLUL1
13.

26v
14.

29r
15.

31r
16.

62r

NDHLL
17.

56v

NS(S+)

NS
1.

5v
2.

3v
3.

55r

NU
4.

38r

4. Cognates in BL48 and BL50 have NS


NU or NLH?
5.

4v

NSS
6.

27v
7.

38r

6. Line at top right is part of letter

NSH

1.

55r
2.

59v
3.

43r
4.

56v

NSH(+)

NSUL
1.

68v
2.

15r
3.

62r
4.

33v
5.

58v

NSULL
6.

73r

NSHLLL
7.

20r

NSL(+) [not present in HR]

Additional signs

No. Image Possible meaning and location
1. , , Bâtonnets: One or two are placed near certain neumes to give diastematic information as described by González Barrionuevo, “Presencia de signos adicionales”. See, e.g., ff. 55r, 33r, 13r
2. Placed near the start of an antiphon, in f. 56v (only case)
3. Indicating place in chant where there is a mistake or missing word or neume. (e.g. 5r)

Footnotes

  1. Melodic reading resulting from recent studies carried out by Dr Francisco M. Camas for the ERC-funded project RESOUND. These studies compare BL50 chants with diastematic cognates. I am grateful to Dr Camas for sharing the preliminary results of his work prior to its publication. I also thank Dr Paloma Gutiérrez del Arroyo, also from the RESOUND project, for discussing the melodic readings of these neumes with Dr Camas and me.
  2. Francisco M. Camas’s comparative work suggests that some gapped NHLLL shapes could stand for NSLLL.