1.25 — Qui signati estis Christo

NotationDate11th c. CE; ?
TypeFrench
NotesThe work of two notators may be distinguished. The first notator, whose neumes now appear in light brown ink, added notation only to the opening strophe. The second scribe, whose notation is now dark brown in ink colour, added notation to strophes two to five. Differences between the neume forms of the two scribes may also be observed. The virgae of the second notator, unlike those of the first, are often finished with a point, as well as being, for the most part, shorter and closer to the vertical. The neumes of the second notator have the same characteristics as the second notator of O mi custos in the same manuscript and may be considered the work of the same scribe. The repeated use of the sickle-shaped punctum by the second scribe, which was used in the notations for O mi custos at the semitone step, provides orientation as to pitch. If this information is combined with the detailed indications as to relative pitch through both disposition and neumatic form an informed reconstruction might be attempted, although many decisions would remain over the extent of melodic leaps.
TranscriptDiplomatic
Transcription
 Quisignati-Pa1928
Alphanumeric
transcript
2a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 2b, 2b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1c, 1c, 1c |1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1a, 1c, 1c, 1a, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1c | 1c, 4a'', 1a, 1c, 1c, 2a, 1a, 1a ||1a, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1a, 1a, 2b, 1c, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1c, 2V, 1c | 1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 2V, 1c, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 2V, 1c | 1a, 4f''', 1a, 1a, 1b, 2a, 1a, 1a || 1a, 1c, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 2b, 1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1a, 1b, 2V, 1b | 1b, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1a, 1b, 2V, 1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 2V, 1b 1a, 4f''', 1a, 1a, 1b, 2a, 1a, 1a || 1a, 1a, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 2b, 1b 1a, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1a, 1b, 2V, 1b | 1b, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1a, 1b, 2V, 1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 2V, 1b | 1a, 4f''', 1a, 1a, 1b, 2a, 1a, 1a || 1a, 1c, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 2b, 1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1c, 1a, 1b, 2V, 1b | 1b, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1a, 1b, 2V, 1b 1b, 1a, 1a, 1b, 1a, 1a, 2V, 1b | 1c, 3a'', 1a, 1a, 1c, 2a, 1a, 1a
Comparison
between neumes
 XQuisignati
MelodyThe melody indicated for strophe one and the first refrain differs in certain details from that indicated for strophes two to five and their refrains, although the overall profile remains the same. In all strophes, a melodic organization of A, B, B, B is outlined. In strophes two to five, the presence of a virga strata on the seventh syllable suggests that the eighth syllable of the line received more weight in performance.
Transmission
The only point of similarity that can be established between the two notated melodies is that both employ a more melismatic style for the
refrain.