Complementary material to a forthcoming musicological edition of a liturgical versified office for St. Ansgar (AH 25:31),
presumably written around 1390 and ascribed to Nicolaus Hermanni (1325/6-1391), bishop of Linköping (1375–1391).
In Sweden, St Ansgar was celebrated on February 4. His historia was sung in the diocese of Linköping and elsewhere in medieval Sweden;
Analecta Hymnica gives it from the printed Breviary for Uppsala (1496), omitting the three prose responsories (R7–R9).
Edition and complementary material was prepared by Ann-Marie Nilsson during a
research project (2006-2008) ”Medieval chant for
Swedish saints”, financed by the Swedish Research Council.
Parts of the melodies for the chants in this office are preserved in a number of fragments. Most of them are, like those in the
Swedish historia for St. Anne, adapted from the office for St. Dominicus and St. Peter the martyr (OP). As a rule,
they agree with the corresponding chant melodies for St. Anne.(See comparative table between melodies from these three offices on this site.)
Remarks to variant tables contains general remarks on the notation in the sources and
the comparative tables as well as abbreviations.
Sources are listed in a separate file.