Has anybody of you (or someone else) inventoried the different medieval versions of the well-known Candlemas antiphon "Lumen ad revelationem gentium" (mode 8)? The "Antiphonale synopticum" seems to lack information on it, and "Cantus Database" has only a few examples of different variants. I have come across a 14th century manuscript preserved in Sweden which does not have the most common form of the melody: at "revelationem" it has a-b-a-g-a-g instead of the now well-known (and in medieval sources probably well established) b-c-a-g-a-g. It is difficult to believe that this is a scribal error, since it is repeated three times in the square notation of the manuscript. Any contribution would be much appreciated! /Anders Ekenberg, Uppsala, Sweden
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