PL-Pr 1361

Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna, Poznan, Poland

fragment: Late 15th century

Archive Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna, Poznan, Poland (PL-Pr)
Shelfmark 1361
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 285 x 207 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: PozR 1361
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
  • Poland
Contents 8 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Polyphony on ff. 2', 3', 5', 6'-8', copied by a single scribe, apparently the Bernardine monk 'Frater Severinus' named in dedicatory inscription on f. 8'. Probably copied at Bernardine monastery in Kobylin; dedication to Uriel of Poniec, lector at Bernardine monastery in Poznań. Acquired in late 19th century by the philologist Bolesław Erzepki of Poznań; passed to Raczynski library following Erzepki's death in 1932.

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Binding

No binding or covers.

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Watermark

generally resembles Briquet #11794-6 (PerzH)

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Notation

not indicated

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Dedication

dedicatory text on f. 8'

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-8

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Decoration

Some pieces have inked Gothic initials in red or black; space left for decorative initials in other pieces, but initials never added.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Franciscan devotional texts, with polyphony:

7 motets or laude (1 with additional Polish translation of Latin text), 1 textless fragment = 8

Anonymous*

*"Cum autem venissem" on ff. 6'-7 related to setting by Quadris in RISM 1506/1; see CattCP, 468ff, for listing and discussion of various versions of this piece.

8 paper folios, 285 x 207. New pencil foliation, 1-8. No binding or covers. Polyphony on ff. 2', 3', 5', 6'-8', copied by a single scribe, apparently the Bernardine monk "Frater Severinus" named in dedicatory inscription on f. 8'. Some pieces have inked Gothic initials in red or black; space left for decorative initials in other pieces, but initials never added. Watermark generally resembles Briquet #11794-6 (PerzH).

Late 15th century (PerzH). Probably copied at Bernardine monastery in Kobylin; dedication to Uriel of Poniec, lector at Bernardine monastery in Poznań. Acquired in late 19th century by the philologist Bolesław Erzepki of Poznań; passed to Raczynski library following Erzepki's death in 1932.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Angelus ad virginem missus - Anonymous

Angelus ad virginem missus

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Angelus ad virginem missus
[-] O Maria dulcor florum - Anonymous

O Maria dulcor florum

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: O Maria dulcor florum
[-] Salve sancta parens 2x - Anonymous

Salve sancta parens 2x

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salve sancta parens (2x)
[-] Salve sancta parens 2x - Anonymous

Salve sancta parens 2x

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salve sancta parens (2x)
[-] Jerusalem luge - 5a pars (of 8): Cum autem venissem ad locum -
Quadris, Johannes de

Jerusalem luge - 5a pars (of 8): Cum autem venissem ad locum

Quadris, Johannes de
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Cum autem venissem ad locum
[-] Gaude virgo mater Christi - Anonymous

Gaude virgo mater Christi

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gaude virgo mater Christi
[-] Nigra sum sed formosa - Anonymous

Nigra sum sed formosa

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Nigra sum sed formosa
[-] Dies est laetitiae in ortu regali - Anonymous

Dies est laetitiae in ortu regali

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Dies est laetitiae in ortu regali
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Quadris, Johannes de
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Angelus ad virginem missus Anonymous [-]
Dies est laetitiae in ortu regali Anonymous [-]
Gaude virgo mater Christi Anonymous [-]
Jerusalem luge - 5a pars (of 8): Cum autem venissem ad locum
Quadris, Johannes de
[-]
Nigra sum sed formosa Anonymous [-]
O Maria dulcor florum Anonymous [-]
Salve sancta parens 2x Anonymous [-]
Salve sancta parens 2x Anonymous [-]

‡ denotes primary source study

Cattin, Giulio. 1973. Nuova Fonte Italiana della Polifonia intorno al 1500 (MS. Cape Town, Grey 3.b.l2). Acta Musicologica, 165-221. Pages: 192.

Cattin, Giulio. 1972. Canti polifonici del repertorio benedettino in uno sconosciuto 'Liber quadragesimalis' e in altre fonti italiane dei secoli XV e XVI ine. Benedictina, 445-527. Pages: 470.

Feicht, Hieronim (editor). 1966. Muzyka staropolska [OldPolish Music].  Krakow. Pages: 29-30,33,376,378.

Perz, Miroslaw (editor). 1963-. Antiquitates Musicae in Polonia.  Warsaw and Graz. Pages: XIII,xxxi-xxxii, 165-76; XIV, 151-65,464-75.

Perz, Miroslaw. 1963. Handschrift Nr. 1361 der Öffentlichen Städtischen Raczynski-Bibliothek in Poznan-Als Neue Quelle zur Geschichte der Polnischen Musik in der II. Hälfte des XV. Jahrhunderts. The Book of the First International Musicological Congress Devoted to the Works of Frederick Chopin: Warszawa, 16th-22nd February 1960, 588-92. Warsaw.

Plamenac, Dragan. 1961-62. Music Libraries in Eastern Europe: A Visit in the Summer of 1961. Notes, 217-34,411-20,584-98. Pages: 232 [incorrectly referred to as MS 361].

Zurowska-Górecka, W. 1958. Nieznana piesn staropolska. Język Polski , 369-76.

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