Main layer copied by a single scribe; several other scribes made later additions on openings left blank by main scribe. Pieces in main layer arranged as follows: (1) 4-voice works (ff. 1'-71); (2) 5-voice works (ff. 72'-136); (3) 6-voice works (ff. 146'-174); (4) 7-voice works (ff. 174'-183). Perhaps copied in Lerma, for use by court chapel of Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma. Remained at ducal palace in Lerma until 1959, then purchased by University of Utrecht.
NL-Uu Hs. 3 L 16 (Lerma Codex)
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht, Netherlands
manuscript of polyphony: 1600-1620
| Archive | Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht, Netherlands (NL-Uu) |
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| Shelfmark | Hs. 3 L 16 (Lerma Codex) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 550 x 420 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 141 compositions, 126 from 34 composers, 15 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some folios damaged by ink corrosion or tearing
Binding
Rebound in modern covers of cloth over boards, with light brown leather spine and corners
Watermark
Main watermark generally resembles Briquet #13165 and Heawood #2173; second watermark generally resembles Heawood #2177; third watermark (not in Briquet): grape cluster with initials "GP"(?)
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-190, on upper right rectos (ff. 2, 20-21, 31, 40, 45-46, 58, 61-62, 89-100, 120, 137, 145 now missing; f. 1 and f. 3 not numbered, but counted as such in enumeration).
Decoration
Some pieces in main layer have painted and inked block style initials in red, blue, yellow, and green within square borders ornamented with floral motifs; no other decoration
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 psalms, 3 hymns, 11 motets, 82 French secular pieces (11 incomplete), 26 Italian secular pieces (3 incomplete), 2 Spanish secular pieces, 11 falsobordone settings (most without text), 45 textless pieces = 182
(Baston)-1, Baston/(Clemens non Papa/Janequin/Pathie?)-1, Berchem [Jaquet]-1, Canis-1, Clemens non Papa-17, Corfini-4, Crecquillon-11, Crecquillon/(Gombert)-1, Crecquillon/(Hanache) -1, (Ebran)-1, (D. Ferrabosco)-1, (G. Ferretti)-1, Gandí-1, Godard/(Lortin)-1, Gombert-7, (Janequin)-1, Josquin-2, Lassus-43, Lassus/(Donato)-1, Lupi-1, Marenzio-1, Philippe de Monte-4, Morales-5 + 1?, Moreau-1, Morel-1, Primavera-2, (Rore)-1, (Ruffo)-1, Striggio-10, Verdelot-2, (Wismes)-1, (Wreede)-1, anon-53
165 paper folios of an original 190, 550 x 420. Some folios damaged by ink corrosion or tearing. Modern foliation, 1-190, on upper right rectos (ff. 2, 20-21, 31, 40, 45-46, 58, 61-62, 89-100, 120, 137, 145 now missing; f. 1 and f. 3 not numbered, but counted as such in enumeration). Rebound in modern covers of cloth over boards, with light brown leather spine and corners. No index. Main layer copied by a single scribe; several other scribes made later additions on openings left blank by main scribe. Some pieces in main layer have painted and inked block style initials in red, blue, yellow, and green within square borders ornamented with floral motifs; no other decoration. Main watermark generally resembles Briquet #13165 and Heawood #2173; second watermark generally resembles Heawood #2177; third watermark (not in Briquet): grape cluster with initials "GP"(?). Pieces in main layer arranged as follows: (1) 4-voice works (ff. 1'-71); (2) 5-voice works (ff. 72'-136); (3) 6-voice works (ff. 146'-174); (4) 7-voice works (ff. 174'-183).
1600-20 (EldLC). Perhaps copied in Lerma, for use by court chapel of Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma. Remained at ducal palace in Lerma until 1959, then purchased by University of Utrecht.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "Lassus/(Donato)-1" to "Lassus/(Donato/Willaert)-1"; change "Verdelot-2" to "(Verdelot)-1, Verdelot/(A. Ferrabosco I)-1."
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‡ denotes primary source study
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Rudolf, Homer. 1977. The Life and Works of Cornelius Canis. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 194, 467, 549.
Constant, John George. 1975. Renaissance Manuscripts of Polyphony at the Cathedral of Padua. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 68-9.
Diehl, George Karl. 1974. The Partbooks of a Renaissance Merchant. Cambrai: Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 125-128. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 735-6.
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 227.
Elders, Willem. 1964-7. The Lerma Codex: A Newly-Discovered Choirbook from Seventeenth-Century Spain. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 20: 187-205.
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet, and Chris J. Maas (editors). 1951-76. Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 4. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: XI, vii, 101-6.
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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