Mss Avranches, Bibliothèque municipale 236, 237: Music Theory in Mediaeval Normandy, Volume 1: Boethius’ De Institutione Musica

  • Series: Publications of Mediæval Musical Manuscripts
  • Volume: XXIV/1
  • Editor: Santosuosso, Alma Colk
  • Price: €180
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-896926-20-9
  • ISBN-10: 1-896926-20-7
  • Pages: lxxxii + 16 pp. plus 242 plates
  • Size: 22 x 31 cm

Bibliographic Reference

Santosuosso, Alma Colk; ed.. Mss Avranches, Bibliothèque municipale 236, 237: Music Theory in Mediaeval Normandy, Volume 1: Boethius’ De Institutione Musica. Publications of Mediæval Musical Manuscripts XXIV/1. Ottawa: IMM, .

Description

Two 10th c. mss once in the possession of the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel. Ms 236, compiled for teaching purposes, contains the complete text of Boethius’ treatise on music and excerpts from Venerable Bede’s treatises on the art of poetry, the reckoning of time and a few quotations from De natura rerum. Ms 237 comprises Boethius’ De institutione musica, a short unpublished text on the modes, and six diagrams of the different species. Edited by Alma Santosuosso.