Arti musices, Vol. 56 No. 2, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/yk3jwhpdv9
Medieval Liturgical Music Manuscripts in Dalmatia: An Inventory and New Insights
Ana Čizmić Grbić
; University of Zagreb Academy of Music, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper provides an inventory of medieval liturgical music manuscripts in Dalmatia, highlighting a significant yet underexplored area of research within Croatian medieval music studies. The inventory lists twenty-one institutions across thirteen cities that hold 125 manuscripts from the 11th to the 16th centuries, mostly belonging to the Diocesan, Franciscan, or Dominican rites, written in Latin, in various types of script and notation. A short overview of the sources is provided, with an emphasis on the previously overlooked category of the late medieval chant sources from the 13th to 16th centuries, offering new insights and revealing some previously unknown chants. By providing a detailed census of sources in Dalmatia, this study serves as a foundational step towards further research, inviting scholars to delve deeper into the individual manuscripts and collections that have yet to be thoroughly examined.
Keywords
Gregorian chant; Beneventan chant; cantus fractus; codicology; manuscript studies; Dalmatia; medieval music
Hrčak ID:
343759
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Publication date:
23.1.2026.
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