1.2 — Ad caeli clara

NotazioneDatazionesec. X; ?
TipoLotharingian
NoteA competent script that employs a range of Lotharingian forms. The punctum is distinctive in so far as the initial stroke often joins the second near towards the mid-point rather than at the left extreme. Both disjunct and conjunct forms of the pes (2a) are used. More expansive forms include two conjunct torculus (3c) and a scandicus flexus (4c) over the first syllables of lines i-iii.
TrascrizioneTrascrizioni
diplomatiche		 Adcaeli-Bern455
Trascrizione
alfanumerica		3c, 1c, 2b, 2a, 2a, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 2a | 3c, 1c, 1c, 2a, 2a, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c | 4c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c, 2a, 1c, 2a, 1c, 1c, 2a | 2b, 1c, 1c, 2a, 1c
Tavole
di confronto		 XAdcaeli-1   XAdcaeli-2
MelodiaLengthening is indicated at the caesura of lines one and two, and at the end of lines one and three. The neumes added to lines one and two differ only at the third and twelfth syllable, suggesting an overall strophic pattern of A, A', B, c.
TrasmissioneNo similarities between the melodic profiles of the four surviving notated melodies can be claimed with any degree of certainty (see the book entry for parallel transcription). However, similar melodic organizations can be observed in Pa lat. 1154 and the first strophe of Pa lat. 8318, namely ab, cb', cd, e. The melodic profiles recorded in Be 455 and the second strophe of Pa lat. 8318 may also be said to share points of similarity; in this case, a pattern that may be summarized as A, A', B, c.