Recovered from binding of incunabulum printed in Venice in 1493 by Arrivabeni. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook originally containing at least 106 folios. Copied by a single scribe. Copied in northern Italy.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS 3224 |
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| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Measurements | irregular, from 185-277 x 150-87; originally prob. c. 280 x 190 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 16 compositions, 11 from 8 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern cardboard covers overlaid with parchment from non-musical manuscript.
Notation
black mensural with red coloration
Ruling
red staves, height 13
Foliation
Modern pagination, 1-16. Original ink foliation still visible on top centre margin of five folios: 29 (= new p. 1), 102 (p. 7), 104 (p. 11), 105 (p. 13), 106 (p. 15).
Decoration
red inked Gothic initials
Surface
i paper + 8 parchment + i paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Credos, 1 Gloria, 1 hymn, 5 motets, 3 French secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece = 14 (most are fragmentary)
(Antonio da Cividale)-1, Brolo-1, Christoforus de Monte [Cristoforus de Feltro]-1, Dufay-3, (Dunstable)-2, Dusart [Jo. Sarto]-1, (A. Lantins)-1, R. Lantins? [Ray: de Lan.]-1, anon-3
i paper + 8 parchment + i paper folios, now of irregular sizes within a range of 185-277 x 150-87 (original size probably ca. 280 x 190), recovered from binding of incunabulum printed in Venice in 1493 by Arrivabeni. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook originally containing at least 106 folios. Modern pagination, 1-16. Original ink foliation still visible on top center margin of five folios: 29 (= new p. 1), 102 (p. 7), 104 (p. 11), 105 (p. 13), 106 (p. 15). Modern cardboard covers overlaid with parchment from non-musical manuscript. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 13. Red inked Gothic initials.
Ca. 1440-5. Copied in northern Italy.
[Original description from vol. 2, superseded by the above:
3 Credos, 1 Gloria, 1 hymn, 4 motets, 3 French secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece = 13 (most fragmentary and incomplete)
(Antonio da Cividale)-1, Brolo-1, Christoforus de Monte [Cristoforus de Feltro]-1, Dufay-2, (Dunstable)-2, (Dusart)-1, (A. Lantins)-1, R. Lantins? [Ray: de Lan.]-1, anon-3
i paper + 6 fragmentary parchment + i paper folios, of irregular sizes within a range of 185-277 x 150-87 (original size probably ca. 280 x 190), recovered from bindings of several printed books. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a musical manuscript containing at least 106 folios. Modern pagination on first four folios, 1-8, by J. J. Maier; two other folios added later have modern pagination, 13-16, in a different hand. Original ink foliation still visible on top center margin of four folios: 29 (= new p. 1), 102 (p. 7), 105 (p. 13), 106 (p. 15). Modern cardboard covers. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 13. Red inked Gothic initials.
Ca. 1440-5. Copied in Italy.]
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Bent, Margaret, and Robert Klugseder. 2012. Ein Liber cantus aus dem Veneto: Fragmente in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München und der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Wien. A Veneto Liber cantus (c. 1440): Fragments in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, and the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
Bent, Margaret, and Aimé Agnel. 2011. A Veneto Liber cantus (c. 1440): Fragments in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, and the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Ein Liber cantus aus dem Veneto (um 1440): Fragmente in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München und der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Wien. Wiesbaden: Reichert. Notes: contains facsimiles of the fragments.
Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.
Hell, Helmut. 1983. Zwei weitere Blätter zum Fragment Mus. ms. 3224 in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek aus der Dufay-Zeit. Musik in Bayern, 27: 43-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: II, 228-9.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3. American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Kanazawa, Masakata. 1966. Polyphonic music for Vespers in the fifteenth century. Harvard University, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2 vols. Pages: 85-6. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Besseler, Heinrich. 1952. Neue Dokumente zum Leben und Schaffen Dufays. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 9: 159-76. Pages: 171-3. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Besseler, Heinrich. 1950; Reprinted: 1974. Bourdon und Fauxbourdon, Studien zum Ursprung der niederländischen Musik. Leipzig. Pages: 24,104ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
de Van, Guillaume, and Heinrich Besseler (editors). 1948-66. Guillaume Dufay: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 1. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI.xviii.xxvii-xxvii, xlvii.15-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).
Besseler, Heinrich. 1925. Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters: I. Neue Quellen des 14. und beginnenden 15. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 7: 167-252. Pages: 235-6 [erroneously referred to as MS 3223]. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1904; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1965. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I,189-92,340,343; II,56-60,129-30; III,86-90,172-3. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); transcriptiion (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 57-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
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