The Bangor Pontifical is the only complete liturgical manuscript known to survive from the medieval diocese of Bangor, and one of just two extant books from medieval Wales as a whole to contain substantial plainchant notation. Inscribed as belonging originally to Anian, bishop of Bangor, it is now confidently dated to the first quarter of the fourteenth century. (Anian 'Sais' was bishop of Bangor between 1309 and 1328.) It contains texts and detailed instructions for liturgical observances conducted by a bishop: the dedication of churches, altars and cemeteries; the enthronement and consecration of an archbishop; and special blessings given during the canon of the Mass and on other specific occasions. The manuscript also contains a very substantial corpus of plainchant, all copied onto a four-line stave. Several of these chants are known from no other source.
GB-BGul Bangor Pontifical (Bangor Pontifical)
University Archives and Special Collections, Bangor, Wales
chant manuscript: Episcopate of Anian II, Bishop of Bangor 1309-28
| Archive | University Archives and Special Collections, Bangor, Wales (GB-BGul) |
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| Shelfmark | Bangor Pontifical (Bangor Pontifical) |
| Numbering System | None |
| Measurements | 258 x 175 mm |
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| Inventory | This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk |
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General Description
Notation
Square notation
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Images images © Dean and Chapter of Bangor Cathedral and Bangor University
‡ denotes primary source study
Harper, Sally. 2007. Sources with Music II: The Bangor Pontifical. Music in Welsh Culture before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources, 231-248. Aldershot.
Harper, Sally. 1997. The Bangor Pontifical: a Pontifical of the Use of Salisbury. Welsh Music History, 65-89.
Huws, Daniel. 1996. The Pontifical of Anian. Early Treasures [of Bangor Cathedral], Bangor: private publication.
Kozachek, Thomas. 1995. The repertory of chant for dedicating churches in the Middle Ages: music, liturgy and ritual. Harvard University, PhD dissertation.
Alexander, Jonathan J G, and Paul Binski (editors). 1987. Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England 1200–1400. 236. London.
Sandler, Lucy F. 1986. Gothic Manuscripts 1285–1385 (A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles, I) . London.
Ker, Neil R. 1969-1992. Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. 4 vols. Oxford. Pages: 48–53.
Morris, T J. 1962. The Liber Pontificalis Aniani of Bangor. Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club, 55-85.
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