700-year-old treasure returns to Bangor Cathedral
Post categories: 14th century ,ÌýHistory,ÌýReligion
| 10:38 UK time, Monday, 7 February 2011
A 14th century Bishops' manuscript containing music notation and Latin text for religious services was put on show yesterday at .
The Pontifical - a book of forms for ceremonies performed by a bishop - has returned to Bangor from the in Aberystwyth, where it was conserved and rebound.
Senior clerics, including the Dean of Bangor, Rev Alun Hawkins, and the Bishop of Bangor, Rev Andrew John, attended a service where several plainchant melodies from the 700-year-old manuscript were performed.
The manuscript was put on display for just one day, and will now be kept safely in the archive of Bangor University. You can also view it .
Speaking about the website, Dr Sally Harper from the university said: "We've had the book digitised by a specialist team from Oxford and you can actually see every page in glorious detail on the website which we are now developing.
"We're going to have parallel translations of the Latin text and there will also be musical notation and sound files. So you'll be able to click on a melody and hear it."
Read more about this unique document on the .
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