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Fragment of a liturgical book with chant notation for the Feast of St. John the Baptist and Corpus Christi


[16th c.]

A fragment of a Latin liturgical book with musical notation on staves, containing chants in honor of St. John the Baptist and a portion of the Eucharistic sequence 'Lauda Sion Salvatorem'. The manuscript has been preserved as a waste sheet used secondarily for binding.

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Translation / modern text

[p. 2] [On the left margin, vertically, in a later hand – likely the title of the binding spine:] Chłopięczy [Chłopicze?] [Rubric in red ink:] On Saint John the Baptist [Chant notation on staves with underlaid text:] [...] of the holy Baptist [...] and make easy [...] to [...] [...] present festivities [...] let us go. That[?] [...] through [...] pour out [...] [...] special to special peoples [...] the promise which To Zechariah, Gabriel appeared [...] of the saints[?] That the most famous [...] joys they praise[?] [...] Which[?] [...] [...] and or with lips[?] highest vows and songs[...] to forgive the fault [...] and guard yourself the individual by the gift[?] of the blessed [...] [...] let us sing [...] worthily [...] [...] they sing[?] of Saint John the Baptist and seek the merit itself with affection[?] [p. 3 – Sequence for Corpus Christi 'Lauda Sion Salvatorem':] One receives, a thousand receive, as much as the one, so the other, and once received, it is not destroyed. The good receive, the bad receive, but with a different fate: of life or of destruction. Death is for the bad, life for the good; see, of the same reception how different is the result. When finally the sacrament is broken, do not waver, but remember that as much is hidden under the fragment as under the whole. No division of the thing occurs, only a breaking of the sign is performed, by which neither the state nor the form of the signified is diminished. Behold the bread of angels has become the food of travelers, the true bread of the sons, which must not be thrown to the dogs. In figures it was foretold, when Isaac was offered, the paschal lamb designated, manna given to the fathers. Good shepherd, true bread, Jesus, have mercy on us, You feed us, You guard us, You cause us to see good things in the land of the living. You who know and can do all things, who feed us here, mortals, make us Your fellow guests, co-heirs, and companions of the holy citizens. [Archive stamp on p. 3:] Everything has been laced...

Original wording — transcription

[s. 2] [Na lewym marginesie pionowo późniejszą ręką – zapewne tytuł grzbietu oprawy:] Chłopięczy [Chłopicze?] [Rubryka czerwonym atramentem:] D[e] s[an]c[t]o Ioha[n]ne Baptista [Nuty chorałowe na pięcioliniach z podłożonym tekstem:] [...]ncti Baptiste [...] et faciles fac sao[?] [...] ad [...] [...]p[re]sens Solempnia [...] spin[?] sequamur. Ut[?] [...]nica qua p[er] [...] diffu[n]de [...] [...] singula[ri]s singulari pop[u]lis [...] A [...] p[ro]m[i]ssio[n]e[m] q[ue] Zacharie Gabriel ap[paruit] [...] sanctorum[?] Ut p[re]clara [...] gaudia glorificant[?] [...] Qua [...] fe[...]cta[?] [...] et vel labiis[?] summa vota et cant[...] [reatus ab]soluere [...] et ip[s]e tuer[e] singula munere[?] beati [...] [...] cantemus [...] digne [...] [...] canent[?] sacri Ioha[n]ne[s] baptiste et ip[s]u[m] meritum requiras affectu[?] [s. 3 – Sekwencja na Boże Ciało „Lauda Sion Salvatorem”:] [su]mit unus sumu[n]t mille quantum isti tantu[m] ille n[e]c sumpt[us] consumitur. S[umunt] [bo]ni[?] sumu[n]t mali forte tame[n] inequali [vi]te uel interitus. M[ors] [est malis vita bonis] uide paris s[umpti]o[n]is qua[m] sit dispar exitus. [F]racto demu[m] sacram[en]to ne vacilles s[ed] me[m]e[n]to tantu[m] esse su[b] frag- mento qua[n]tum toto [tegitur. Nulla] rei fit scissura signi tantu[m] fit fractura qua nec status nec statura signati minuitur. Ec- ce panis angelorum factus cibus viatorum uere panis filio[rum] no[n] mittendus canibus. I[n figuris praesignatur cum ysaac immolatur] agnus pasche deputatur [datur] ma[n]na patribus. Bone pas- tor panis uere i[es]u n[ost]ri misere[re] tu nos pasce nos tuere tu nos bona fac uidere in terra uiuentiu[m]. Tu qui cuncta scis et uales qui nos pascis hic mortales tuos tibi come[n]sales coheredes [et sodales fac sanctorum civium]. [Pieczęć-stempel archiwum na s. 3:] Всього прошнуровано...

Reading notes

Fragment of a parchment leaf from a liturgical book (gradual or sequentiary) with Gregorian chant notation on red staves (Gothic chant notation) and multicolored initials (red and blue). On p. 2, texts and chants about St. John the Baptist (De sancto Iohanne Baptista); on p. 3, the second part of the famous sequence by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi, 'Lauda Sion Salvatorem' (from the words: '[sumit unus,] sumunt mille...'). The leaf was reused as a book cover (bookbinding waste), as evidenced by the vertical Polish inscription on the margin of p. 2: 'Chłopięczy' (or a reference to the name of the estate/village Chłopice/Chłopięce) and traces of folds and sewing holes.

Scope of the edition: Automatic transcription (15.10.2026), not verified against the original by a human; illegible fragments marked [...].

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