Purification with the Cistercians

Posted by Thomas Op de Coul on April 22, 2014 at 1:39

Hi all,

As I am busy researching Carthusian chants for a selection of feasts (especially when they diverge from the 'main' tradition) I was currently looking at the feast of Purification (2 feb). For mass, the Carthusians have the offertory Offerentur/Afferentur - whereas Diffusa est is more common.

Now, the Carthusian scholar Dom Emmanuel Cluzet pointed to Cistercian manuscripts where he saw the same offertory Offerentur for Purification. Unfortunately, he did not specify which Cistercian mss he looked at. I just checked two graduals that were available online, but these gave Diffusa est (I checked Graz Univ. Ms. 9, and the Dixson gradual).

My question is this: did anyone see this offertory Offerentur for Purification in any Cistercian gradual?

Cluzet also gives Einsiedeln 121 and Paris BN, fond Smith-Lesouef ms. 3 as sources for this offertory for Purification. For Einsiedeln he is incorrect (that gives Diffusa) - the other ms. I do not know. Anyone have access to that ms?

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  • Thomas Op de Coul April 22, 2014 20:02

    Thanks Jakub!

  • Jakub Pavlík April 22, 2014 7:24

    Out of curiosity I checked the two Cistercian graduals that are online at manuscriptorium.com (below). Both have Diffusa est.

    Graduale cisterciense M II 87; Vědecká knihovna v Olomouci; Olomouc; Czech Republic

    Graduale Cisterciense; Cod. Sal. IX,67; Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg; Heidelberg; Germany

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