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A single Bassus partbook. Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Of German origin.
V-CVbav MS Vat. lat. 11953
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1515-30
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Vat. lat. 11953 |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 100 x 130 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 45 compositions, 32 from 10 composers, 13 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some original folios now missing. Several folios at beginning and end now fragmentary; other folios partially waterstained
Binding
Original covers of parchment inscribed with voice designations.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
4 staves per page
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-51, on lower right rectos; does not take into account ff. previously missing between 4 and 5, 20 and 21, 26 and 27, 50 and 51
Decoration
A few inked initials.
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s. 51 ff. Papier, 100 x 130 mm. Foliotation moderne au bas des ff. ne tenant pas compte des ff. disparus antérieurement entre 4 et 5, 20 et 21, 26 et 27, 50 et 51. Les ff. 33 et 40 sont blancs, le f. 1 lacéré en partie et les 12 premiers ff. plus ou moins tachés d'humidité. Notation mesurée blanche. 4 portées par p. Reliure parchemin ancienne (restaurée). Partie de BASSUS seul'.
Dans ce ms. dont l'origine est inconnue, on distingue 3 mains successives, le 1er scribe peut-être italien, ayant copié jusqu'au f. 27 (nos 1 à 29) dans les premières décennies du XVIe s. avec un répertoire en grande partie de l'époque de l'Odhecaton (1501) et des Canti B (1502), tandis que les autres scribes, avec un style typiquement gothique allemand, ont copié un peu plus tard respectivement du no 30 à 37 et du no 38 à la fin, ce dernier n'ayant guère pu copier les pièces de Senfl avant 1535-40 au plus tôt, semble-t-il. Les premiers ff. sont en mauvais état.
[Translation] XVIth century. 51 ff. Paper, 100 x 130 mm. Modern foliation at the bottom of the folios does not take into account ff. previously missing between 4 and 5, 20 and 21, 26 and 27, 50 and 51; ff. 33 and 40 are blank, f. 1 partially torn and the first 12 ff. are variously water stained. In mensural white notation. 4 lines per page. Binding of old parchment (restored). Bassus part only.
In this ms whose origin is unknown, there are 3 successive hands, 1 scribe might be Italian, having copied to f. 27 (1 to 29) in the first decades of the sixteenth century with a repertoire largely from the time of the Odhecaton (1501) and Canti B (1502), while other scribes, in typical German Gothic hands, have copied a little later, respectively, nos 30 to 37 and No. 38. Music by Senfl at the end must apparently have been copied before 1535-40 at the earliest. The first ff. are in poor condition.
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3 Mass Ordinary sections, 12 motets (3 incomplete), 2 German sacred pieces, 11 French secular pieces (1 without text), 5 German secular pieces, 1 Dutch secular piece (without text), 4 textless pieces (2 incomplete) = 38 + 1 duplicate = 39
(Bruhier)-1, (Busnois/Japart/La Rue)-1, (Ghiselin)-1, Isaac-6, (Josquin)-3 + 1?, La Rue-6, La Rue/(Josquin)-1, (La Rue/Obrecht)-1, (Pipelare)-1, Senfl-6 + 1?, anon-9
1 paper partbook (B-51 folios), 100 x 130. Some original folios now missing. Several folios at beginning and end now fragmentary; other folios partially waterstained. Modern foliation, 1-51, on lower right rectos. Original covers of parchment inscribed with voice designations. No index. Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. A few inked initials.
Ca. 1515-30. Of German origin.
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Cummings, Anthony M. 1983. A Florentine Sacred Repertory from the Medici Restoration (Manuscript II. I. 232 [Olim Magi. XIX. 58; Gaddi 1113] of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence): Bibliography and History. Acta Musicologica, 55: 267-332. Pages: (291, 307-9, 317. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1982. Notes on the Origin of the Parisian Chanson. The Journal of Musicology, 1: 275-326. Pages: 310, 314. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 79-91. Pages: 86. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Benthem, Jaap van. 1971-2. Einige wiedererkannte Josquin-Chansons im Codex 18746 der Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 22: 18-42. Pages: 19-20. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret. 1969. Fors seulement and the Cantus Firmus Technique of the Fifteenth Century. Essays in Musicology in Honor of Dragan Plamenac on His 70th Birthday, 91-126. Pittsburgh. Pages: 112-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1967. Ottaviano Petrucci: Canti B Numero Cinquanta Venice, 1502. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. II. Chicago and London. Pages: 15, 27, 34, 45, 50. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cross, Ronald (editor). 1966-. Matthaeus Pipelare: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 34. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xv-xvi. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Cross, Ronald. 1963. The Life and Works of Matthaeus Pipelare. Musica Disciplina, 17: 97-114. Pages: 109, 113. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Just, Martin. 1963. Heinrich Isaacs Motetten in Italienischen Quellen. Analecta Musicologica, 1: 1-19. Pages: 5-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: II, 300, 343. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Just, Martin. 1960. Studien zu Heinrich Isaacs Motetten. Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 35-6, 45, 186 II, 24, 58, 71-2, 79. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 373. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1958-63. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: MSS. 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels. Annales Musicologiques, 6: 145-287. Pages: 196-201, 204-5, 246-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie. Brussels. Pages: 39, 160, 171ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: P. Kast, in MGG XI, col. 757.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1942. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. Studies and Documents, vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 132-3, 135, 144-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Borren, Charles van den, and Raffaele Casimiri. 1939. A proposito del Codicetto Vat. Lat. 11953. Note D'Archivio per la Storia Musicale, 16: 17-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Casimiri, Raffaele. 1937. Canzoni e Mottetti dei sec. XV-XVI. Note D'Archivio per la Storia Musicale, 14: 145-60.
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William Kempster
Sunday, 7 June, 2020
Added "Sailliés avant" which should appear at 39-39v; and attributed it (as elsewhere) to "La Rue?", "Josquin?"
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description
Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description