Sunday, 1 March 2020

Kyrie Eleison (Orbis Factor). Mass Setting XI (Sundays Throughout The Year Outside Of Lent And Advent). Mediæval Chant From The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany.



English: Kyrie Eleison (Orbis Factor).
Mediæval Chant from The Gradual of Eleanor of Brittany (13th - 14th Century).
Director: Marcel Peres Album: "Le chant de la Memoire"
Sung by: Ensemble Organum.
Director: Marcel Peres.
Album: "Le Chant de la Memoire".
Français: Graduel d' Alienor de Bretagne (Orbis Factor).
Available on YouTube at


English: Detail from The Gradual of Eleanor of Brittany, showing The Nativity.
Français: Graduel d'Aliénor - Nativité.
Date: 15 November 2014.
Bibliothèque multimédia de Limoges.
Author: Anonymous.



English: Detail from The Gradual of Eleanor of Brittany,
showing The Resurrection.
Français: Graduel d'Aliénor - Résurrection.
Date: 15 November 2014.
Bibliothèque multimédia de Limoges.
Author: Anonymous.


The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Eleanor of Brittany (1275 – 16 May 1342) was the sixteenth Abbess of Fontevrault Abbey, France.

She was born in England to John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England, and, in 1281, at the age of seven, entered Amesbury Abbey, a Priory of The Fontevrault Order (her first cousin, twice removed, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany is buried there).

In 1290, she moved to Fontevrault Abbey in the Loire region of France, the Parent Abbey of The Order, where she took her Vows and became a Nun. A richly illuminated Gradual was presented to her upon her Induction. In 1304, she became Abbess. Upon her death in 1342 she bequeathed the Gradual to the Abbey. It survives to this day and is held by the Public Library of Limoges.


Gregorian Chant Setting for Kyrie XI, notated in Neumes.
Missa XI Orbis Factor
(In Dominicis Infra Annum),
beginning of Kyrie Eleison,
version B.
XIV-XVI Century.
From Graduale Romanum Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae,
Solesmes MCMLXXIX, p748.
(Wikimedia Commons)



The Kyriale is a collection of Gregorian Chant Settings

It contains eighteen Masses (each consisting of the Kyrie, Gloria [excluded from Masses intended for Weekdays/Ferias and Sundays in Advent and Lent], Sanctus, and Agnus Dei), six Credos, and several “Ad Libitum” Chants.

This collection is included in Liturgical Books
such as The Graduale Romanum and Liber Usualis, and it is also published as a separate book by the Monks of Solesmes Abbey.


In The Kyriale, the individual Chants of The Ordinary are grouped into complete Sets, whose Title usually indicates the opening of the “Prosula”, formerly sung to each respective Kyrie melody. These Masses are followed by individual items not grouped with the complete Masses.

The following list of Masses indicates the Seasons or Feasts for which each Mass is intended. In practice, however, Mass Settings may be used on days that fall outside the Seasons or Feasts listed below; additionally, Chants may be extracted from multiple Mass Settings for use during a given Mass.


(Dominica Ad Aspersionem Aquæ Benedictæ).
(for the Asperges Rite outside of Paschaltide)
(Extra Tempus Paschale).


“Asperges Me”.
Available on YouTube at


“Vidi Aquam”
(for the Asperges Rite in Paschaltide)
(Tempore Paschali).
Available on YouTube at


Mass I:
“Lux Et Origo”
(in Paschaltide)
(Tempore Paschali).

Mass II:
“Fons Bonitatis”
(In Festis Solemnibus I)
(for Solemnities or First-Class Feasts).


“The Kyrie”.
Mass II.
Available on YouTube at

Mass III:
“Deus Sempiterne”
(In Festis Solemnibus II)
(for Solemnities or First-Class Feasts).

Mass IV:
“Cunctipotens Genitor Deus”
(In Festis Duplicibus I)
(Pre-Vatican II “Double Feast”)
(for Feasts of Apostles or Second-Class Feasts).


Mass V:
“Magnæ Deus Potentiæ”
(In Festis Duplicibus II)
(Pre-Vatican II “Double Feast”)
(for Feasts or Second-Class Feasts).


“The Kyrie”.
Mass V.
Available on YouTube at

Mass VI:
“Rex Génitor”
(In Festis Duplicibus III)
(Pre-Vatican II “Double Feast”)
(for Feasts or Second-Class Feasts).


“The Kyrie”.
Mass VI.
Available on YouTube at

Mass VII:
“Rex Splendens”
(In Festis Duplicibus IV)
(Pre-Vatican II “Double Feast”)
(for Feasts or Second-Class Feasts).

Mass VIII:
“De Angelis”
(In Festis Duplicibus V)
(Pre-Vatican II “Double Feast”)
(for Feasts or Second-Class Feasts).


Mass IX:
“Cum Jubilo”
(In Festis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis I)
(for Marian Solemnities and Marian Feasts or Feasts).

Mass X:
“Alme Pater”
(In Festis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis II)
(for Marian Solemnities and Marian Feasts or Feasts).


“The Kyrie”.
Mass X.
Available on YouTube at

Mass XI:
“Orbis Factor”
(In Dominicis Per Annum)
(for Sundays throughout the year, excluding Lent and Advent)
(Time After Epiphany or Pentecost).

Mass XII:
“Pater Cuncta”
(In Festis Semi-Duplicibus I)
(Pre-Vatican II “Semi-Double Feast”)
(for Memorials or Third-Class Feasts).


Mass XIII:
“Stelliferi Conditor Orbis”
(In Festis Semi-Duplicibus II)
(Pre-Vatican II “Semi-Double Feast”)
(for Memorials or Third-Class Feasts).


“The Kyrie”.
Mass XIII.
Available on YouTube at

Mass XIV:
“Jesu Redemptor”
(In Festis Semi-Duplicibus III)
(Pre-Vatican II “Semi-Double Feast”)
(for Memorials or Third-Class Feasts).

Mass XV:
“Dominator Deus”
(In Festis Semi-Duplicibus IV)
(Pre-Vatican II “Semi-Double Feast”)
or Commemorations and Ferias in Christmastide).


“The Kyrie”.
Mass XV
Available on YouTube at

Mass XVI:
(In Feriis Per Annum)
(for Weekdays during Ordinary Time
or Ferias Per Annum).


Mass XVII:
(In Dominicis Adventus Et Quadragesimæ)
(for Sundays in Advent and Lent).

Mass XVIII:
“Deus Genitor Alme”
(In Feriis Adventus Et Quadragesimæ, In Vigiliis,
Feriis Quatuor Temporum Et In Missa Rogationum)
(for Weekdays in Advent and Lent, or Ferias in Advent and Lent, for Vigil Masses, Ember Days, and Rogation Days).


Credo I to VI.

Cantus Ad Libitum.
Kyrie (I–XI).
Gloria (I–IV).
Sanctus (I–III).
Agnus Dei (I–II).

Missa Pro Defunctis.
(for Requiem Masses).
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