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appropriate sections of this chapter. Conclusions on the findings of this chapter and their
implications for the date of Pa903 are given in section F.
B. ANTIPHONS
The antiphons in Pa903 were used in the religious processions and major
celebrations of the monastery and chapter to embellish the Mass with additional praise,
exhortation, and prayer. Antiphons were used before the service in processions from the
entrance of the church to the altar stations proper to the services. They were also used in
public processions between churches or between locations on the grounds for special
occasions during the liturgical year. The antiphons included with the Masses of the
gradual amount to 108 pieces. 42 They appear in extended series for the Great Litany
service, Palm Sunday, and the major services of Advent, Lent, Holy Week, Easter,
Pentecost and in the post-Pentecost period.
Pa903 also contains another large group of 98 antiphons found in a discrete
section following the gradual. These antiphons were published by Clyde Brockett, with
an analytical discussion of the history of the pieces, including concordances to Pa776 and
other sources. 43 Antiphon series are included in this group for healing and other special
needs as well as ritual and votive services.
In this chapter the antiphons in Pa903 are considered as a single repertory. They
are subdivided into the following groups: Gregorian pieces found in the sources of AMS,
antiphons in the international repertory (largely taken from the Office), regional
antiphons of Aquitaine and the Limousin, and a group of antiphons found only in Pa903.
42 Table Alphabetique, PM13 (1992): 61-62.
43 Clyde Brockett, “Unpublished Antiphons and Antiphon Series Found in the Gradual of St.
Yrieix,” Musica Disciplina 26 (1972): 5-35.
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