Tropi et Cantrices
et Sequentie

An Online Collection of New Sources of Tropes, Observations on Musical Lives of Women in Medieval Europe, and the History of Liturgical Sequences

From Lori Kruckenberg | University of Oregon

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Tropi

New and corrected sources for Troparia tardiva II

Image: Prosae, tropi, cantilenae, ludi liturgici ad usum Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1139, fol. 84v. Source: gallica.bnf.fr

Cantrices

Research and reflection on the musical practices of women religious, i.e., cantrices

Image: QUINTE CURSE RUFFE, des Faitz du grant Alexandre », traduction [de VASQUE DE LUCÈNE]. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 710, fol. 4r.

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Trope inventory for Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek Frag. V/191
Trope inventory for Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek Frag. V/191

Due to an oversight by the author, the trope inventory for Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek Frag. V/191 (Kre V/191) was erroneously omitted.

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Literacy and Learning in the Lives of Women Religious in Medieval Germany
Literacy and Learning in the Lives of Women Religious in Medieval Germany

Although Hildegard of Bingen described herself multiple times in her writings as indocta (unlearned), medieval accounts and modern scholarship reveal discrepancies and conflicting information regarding this claim. What, then, was the extent of her education? Instead of answering this question directly by interrogating the intent, meaning, or reliability of her statements and those of her contemporaries, a broader picture of educational standards, resources, and contexts for the intellectual formation of women religious in medieval Germany is investigated.

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Troparia tardiva II

Monumenta Monodica Medii Aevi‚ Subsidia VIII

by Dr. Lori Kruckenberg | Baerenreiter ©2021

I. Proper Tropes in Manuscript Sources: Tropers, Graduals, Missals, Cantatoria, Processionals and Related Sources

II. Proper Tropes in Incunabula and Early Prints: Missals, Graduals and Related Sources. Ordered by place in modern name and year of print

III. Proper Tropes in Manuscript Sources: Libri Ordinarii and Related Sources

IV. Proper Tropes in Incunabula and Early Prints: Libri Ordinarii and Related Sources. Ordered by place in modern name and year of print -- V. Varia. With an introduction and indices.

370 p. Language: English
Edition Number: BA 5728
ISMN: M006567614
ISMN13: 9790006567614
Distributor Number: BA5728

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