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.
| Archive | Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna, Poznan, Poland (PL-Pr) |
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| Shelfmark | 1361 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 285 x 207 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 8 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 7 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
No binding or covers.
Watermark
generally resembles Briquet #11794-6 (PerzH)
Notation
not indicated
Dedication
dedicatory text on f. 8'
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-8
Decoration
Some pieces have inked Gothic initials in red or black; space left for decorative initials in other pieces, but initials never added.
Surface
paper
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.
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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, 14: 445-527. Pages: 470.
Feicht, Hieronim (editor). 1966. Muzyka staropolska [Old Polish 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, 19: 217-34,411-20,584-98. Pages: 232 [incorrectly referred to as MS 361].
Zurowska-Górecka, W. 1958. Nieznana piesn staropolska. Język Polski , 38: 369-76.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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