I-Rsm 26

Santa Maria Maggiore, Archivio e Biblioteca del Capitolo Liberiano, Rome, Italy

chant book with added polyphony: c. 1566-7, with several additions in late 16th century.

Archive Santa Maria Maggiore, Archivio e Biblioteca del Capitolo Liberiano, Rome, Italy (I-Rsm)
Shelfmark 26
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 460 x 335 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: RomeSM 26
  • Alternative names: G.IV.26
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  • Italy
Contents Contains 40 compositions, 32 from 2 composers, 8 are anonymous.
General Description

Scribal hand of Johannes Parvus identifiable in this manuscript (BraunerP). Copied in Rome, for use at Santa Maria Maggiore.

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Binding

Original covers of light yellow parchment; inscription 'Inni 26' on spine.

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Watermark

crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Ca. 1566-7 (BraunerP).

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Ruling

Staff height 20.

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Foliation

Modern stamped foliation, 1-125, on lower right rectos.

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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33 hymns, 5 motets = 38

(C. Festa)-30, Josquin-3, anon-5

i + 125 + i paper folios, 460 x 335. Modern stamped foliation, 1-125, on lower right rectos. Original covers of light yellow parchment; inscription "Inni 26" on spine. No index. Scribal hand of Johannes Parvus identifiable in this manuscript (BraunerP); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 20. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark: crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star.

Ca. 1566-7 (BraunerP). Copied in Rome, for use at Santa Maria Maggiore.

Vol 4

Contents: 36 hymns (1 incomplete), 4 motets = 40 Composers: Change "anon-5" to "anon-7."

Physical: i + 125 + ii paper folios. The main scribe was Johannes Parvus; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Later additions by several other scribes.

Date: Ca. 1566-7 (BraunerP), with several additions in late 16th century.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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denotes primary source study

Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1984. Music from the Cappella Sistina at the Cappella Giulia. The Journal of Musicology, 3: 287-311. Pages: 305-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1982. The Parvus Manuscripts: A Study of Vatican Polyphony, ca. 1535 to 1580. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 12-3,57-60,186ff,373-4,376,379,400-4.

Constant, John George. 1975. Renaissance Manuscripts of Polyphony at the Cathedral of Padua. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 129-30.

Loach, Donald Glenn. 1969. Aegidius Tschudi's Songbook (St. Gall MS 463): A Humanistic Document from the Circle of Heinrich Glarean. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 269.

Haydon, Glen. 1962. The Case of the Troublesome Accidental. Natalícia Musicologica Knud Jeppesen, 125-9. Copenhagen. Pages: 128-9.

Beck, Hermann. 1960. Adrian Willaerts Messen. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 17: 215-42. Pages: 223.

Main, Alexander. 1960. Costanzo Festa: The Masses and Motets. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 37, 56.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: XI, 768-9.

Smijers, Albert. 1935. Vijftiende en zestiende eeuwsche Muziekhandschriften in Italië met werken van Nederlandsche Componisten. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 14: 165-81. Pages: 176-7.

Casimiri, Raffaele (editor). 1930-1958. Vol. II: Constantius Festa, Sacrae cantiones. ed. Eduardo Dagnino. (1936) & Vol. III: Constantius Festa. Hymni per totum annum... transcr. Glen Haydon. (1958). Monumenta Polyphoniae Italicae.  Rome. Pages: III, facs. 3, 183ff.

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten.  Amsterdam. Pages: VII, vi.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

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