Main hand is that of Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); Warmington however distinguishes the hands of the music scribes D, D var, and E, as well as possibly of Alamire and scribe C2; and the text hands of D var and X (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Munich for presentation to Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550); placed in ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS 7 |
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| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 560 x 390 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 7 compositions from 7 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design.
Watermark
(1) two crossed arrows (generally resembles Briquet #6267ff); (2) pot (generally resembles Briquet #12624-30); (3) Gothic letter 'P' surmounted by flower (not in Briquet).
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1512-30 (KellBP); 1516-8 (WarmMC).
Ruling
Staff height 22.
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 1-7
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-107, by J. J. Maier (includes modern flyleaf at beginning)
Decoration
Painted initials and inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses
Bauldeweyn-1, Bauldeweyn/(Josquin/Mouton)-1, A. Févin-2, R. Févin-1, Gascongne [Johannes Gascong.]-1, Mouton-1
i + 106 + i paper folios, 560 x 390. Modern pencil foliation, 1-107, by J. J. Maier (includes modern flyleaf at beginning). Original numbering of pieces, 1-7. Blank folios: 1-2, 13'-14, 30'-31, 46'-47, 59'-60, 76'-77, 89'-90, 107'. Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design. No index. Main hand is that of Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 22. Painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks: (1) two crossed arrows (generally resembles Briquet #6267ff); (2) pot (generally resembles Briquet #12624-30); (3) Gothic letter "P" surmounted by flower (not in Briquet).
Ca. 1512-30 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Munich for presentation to Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550); placed in ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
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Physical: Main hand is that of Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. WarmMC distinguishes three other music and/or text scripts: D (ff. 4'-13, 14-30, 48'-59, 63'-64, 66'-76, 77'-89); E (ff. 90-'91, 92', 93'-107); and X (all text, and completion of voice parts requiring extra staves on ff. 51', 55-55', and 56'); see general index for other manuscripts attributed to the same scribes.
Date: Ca. 1512-30 (KellBP); 1516-8 (WarmMC).
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Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.
Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, 9: . Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1987. London, British Library, Royal 8 G. VII. Renaissance Music in Facsimile, vol. 9. New York. Notes: mention of MS.
Warmington, Flynn. 1982. A Master Calligrapher in Alamire's Workshop: The Chronology of His Work. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, November, 1982, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Clinkscale, Edward Henry (editor). 1980-. Les Oeuvres Complètes d'Antoine de Févin. Collected Works, vol. XI. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen. Pages: I,vi-vii,33-70,97-130, Plate 3 [once referred to correctly as MS VII, once referred to incorrectly as MS VIII]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial).
Haar, James. 1976. Some Remarks on the 'Missa La sol fa re mi'. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 564-88. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 588. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 209. Notes: mention of MS.
Diehl, George Karl. 1974. The Partbooks of a Renaissance Merchant. Cambrai: Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 125-128. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 483-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Josephson, Nors S. 1974. Agnus Dei I from Robert de Févin, Missa La sol mi fa re. Musica Disciplina, 28: 77-80. Notes: transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Sparks, Edgar H. 1972. The music of Noel Bauldeweyn. American Musicological Society. Pages: 71-98, 134-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Cross, Ronald. 1969. The Chansons of Matthaeus Pipelare. The Musical Quarterly, 55: 500-20. Pages: 511. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Swing, Peter Gram. 1969. Parody and Form in Five Polyphonic Masses by Mathieu Gascongne. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 5-7, 22-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bente, Martin. 1968. Neue Wege der Quellenkritik und die Biographie Ludwig Senfls. Wiesbaden. Pages: 25, 148, 196-8, 211, 228. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Minor, Andrew C (editor). 1967-. Joannes Mouton: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 43. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, xii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus. 1964. Codices Musici (Cod. Mus. Fol. I 1-71). . Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, vol. Reihe I, Band 1. Wiesbaden. Pages: 81. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lenaerts, René Bernard. 1963. Polyphonische Missen op Nederlandse Liederen. Organicae Voces: Festschrift Joseph Smits van Waesberghe, 101-5. Amsterdam. Pages: 102-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I, 186. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Spratt, John F. 1960. The Masses of Antoine de Févin. Florida State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 3, 37ff, passim; II, 93-138. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert. 1958. The Origins of the Chigi Codex: The Date, Provenance, and Original Ownership of Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 11: 6-19. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.
Wolff, Hellmuth Christian. 1956. Die Musik der alten Niederländer (15. und 16. Jahrhundert). Leipzig. Pages: 81, 262-3, Tafel VI. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).
Kast, Paul. 1955. Studien zu den Messen des Jean Mouton. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 56, 60, 70, 194. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Smijers, Albert. 1940-46. Meerstemmige muziek van de Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap te 's-Hertogenbosch. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 16: 1-30. Pages: 20. Notes: mention of MS.
Loge, Eckhard. 1931. Eine Messen- und Motettenhandschrift des Kantors Matthias Krüger aus der Musikbibliothek Herzog Albrechts von Preussen. Königsberger Studien zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 12. Kassel. Pages: 36. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: XX, 3-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: XIX, xx-xxii. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 455. Notes: mention of MS.
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: l. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Kahmann, Bernhard. None. Antoine de Fevin: A Bio-bibliographical Contribution. Musica Disciplina, 4 (1950), 153-62; 5 (1951), 143-55: . Pages: 144. Notes: contents list (partial).
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