PL-Pu 7022 (Lvov fragments)

Biblioteka Uniwersytecka im. Adama Michiewicza, Poznan, Poland

fragments: Late 15th - early 16th century; late 1480s?

Archive Biblioteka Uniwersytecka im. Adama Michiewicza, Poznan, Poland (PL-Pu)
Shelfmark 7022 (Lvov fragments)
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System None
Measurements Ca. 245 x 175-200 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: PozU 7022
Relationships
Provenance
  • Poland
Contents 24 pieces from 5 composers
General Description

Material of irregular shapes and widely varying sizes, remains of 22-24 folios from 3 gatherings, apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook of unknown original size. Copied by a single scribe, perhaps in Lwów.

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Physical Description

All fragments mutilated and in very poor condition; some music trimmed away or illegible

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Fragments organised into (probable) fascicles and modern numbering applied to indicate where in the fascicles the fragments would have been located.

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Decoration

Inked Gothic initials.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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5 Masses, 4 motets, 2 textless pieces = 11 (all fragmentary) (Dufay)-1, (Domarto)-1, (Josquin)-2, (P. Wilhelmi)-1, anon-6

18 fragmentary paper folios, now of irregular shapes and widely varying sizes (average ca. 245 x 175-200) + 17 smaller scraps and strips, all recovered from bindings. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook of unknown original size. All fragments mutilated and in very poor condition; some music trimmed away or illegible. Copied by a single scribe. Inked Gothic initials.

Late 15th or early 16th century. Perhaps copied in Lwów. Owned in 20th century by the musicologist Adolf Chybiński (1880-1952); deposited in present library following Chybiński's death.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
I:1v–I:2v Missa Ave regina caelorum: Kyrie -
Appears on: I:1v–I:2v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
General Note

fragmentary, though one or more voice-parts preserved for almost all of the Kyrie.

I:5r–I:8v Missa Ave regina caelorum: Gloria. Et in terra -
Appears on: I:5r–I:8v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
General Note

fragmentary, Ct & B from Qui tollis to end only. Folio 7 is a strip only.

I:5r–I:8v Missa Ave regina caelorum: Credo -
Appears on: I:5r–I:8v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
General Note

fragmentary: opening (to 'facta sunt') all 4 voices, thereafter 2 of 4 voices for most of the remainder. Folio 7 is a strip only.

I:5r–I:8v Missa Ave regina caelorum: Sanctus -
Appears on: I:5r–I:8v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
General Note

fragmentary: opening only, D & T until 'gloria tua'

I:13r–I:15v Missa a4: Gloria - Anonymous

Missa a4: Gloria

Anonymous
Appears on: I:13r–I:15v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Concordances

Note: this mass is concordant with one of the two in A-LIs 529.

General Note

fragmentary: Qui tollis to end, Ct & D only. Folios 13-14 strips only

I:13r–I:15v, 17r-18v Missa a4: Credo - Anonymous

Missa a4: Credo

Anonymous
Appears on: I:13r–I:15v, 17r-18v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Concordances

Note: this mass is concordant with one of the two in A-LIs 529.

General Note

fragmentary: two voice-parts survive for most of the Credo, all 4 voices for 'Et in spiritum' to end. Folios 13-14 strips only

I:17r–I:18v Missa a4: Sanctus - Anonymous

Missa a4: Sanctus

Anonymous
Appears on: I:17r–I:18v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Concordances

Note: this mass is concordant with one of the two in A-LIs 529.

General Note

fragmentary: B & T to 'gloria tua' only

I:21r Missa a4: Agnus Dei - Anonymous
Appears on: I:21r
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Concordances

Note: this mass is concordant with one of the two in A-LIs 529.

General Note

Folio 21 very fragmentary: a few notes of Ct only

II:5r–II:6v Missa L’ami baudichon 5.1: Credo -
Appears on: II:5r–II:6v
General Note

fragments of 2 voice parts from the final section

II:5r–II:6v Missa L’ami baudichon 5.1: Sanctus -
Appears on: II:5r–II:6v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
General Note

opening Sanctus, all 4 voices; fragments of 1-2 voice parts from the remainder

II:5r–II:6v Missa L’ami baudichon 5.1: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: II:5r–II:6v
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
General Note

a few notes from 2 voice-parts in each of the 2 Agnus sections

II:8r–II:9v Missa Spiritus almus: Kyrie [anon]
Appears on: II:8r–II:9v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [anon]
General Note

fols. 8-9 are strips only: a few notes from the Kyrie and Gloria (various voice-parts) preserved.

II:8r–II:9v Missa Spiritus almus: Et in terra pax [Gloria] -
Appears on: II:8r–II:9v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
General Note

fols. 8-9 are strips only: a few notes from the Kyrie and Gloria (various voice-parts) preserved.

II:11r–II:12v Missa Spiritus almus. Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] -
Appears on: II:11r–II:12v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
General Note

Ct & B from beginning to 'factus est'; all 4 voices 'Crucifixus' to 'Amen'

II:11r–II:12v Missa Spiritus almus: Sanctus -
Appears on: II:11r–II:12v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
General Note

D & T preserved, from Sanctus to Osanna

III:1r untexted - Anonymous

untexted

Anonymous
Appears on: III:1r
Genres: textless
General Note

2 Discantus voices & a Bassus, opening of D1 missing

III:1r Hodie Deus homo factus - Anonymous
Appears on: III:1r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Hodie deus homo factus
General Note

'Gloria tibi' only, 4vv

III:1v Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2: Kyrie -
Appears on: III:1v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
General Note

fragment, opening for S & T only

III:4r–III:4v Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2: Gloria -
Appears on: III:4r–III:4v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
General Note

fragment, Qui tollis-Amen for A & B only

III:6r–III:6v Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2: Credo -
Appears on: III:6r–III:6v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
General Note

fragment, S & T from beginning to 'sepultus est'

III:11r ... dominorum [bonum te?] ... - Anonymous
Appears on: III:11r
Genres: Motet
General Note

fragments of 2vv (Ct & B?) from end of a piece. A few words of text only remain

III:11v–III:13r Beata viscera Mariae virginis - Anonymous
Appears on: III:11v–III:13r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Beata viscera Mariae virginis
General Note

fragments of 5 voice parts survive

III:13v Probitate eminentem triumphali / Ploditando exarare -
Appears on: III:13v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Probitate eminentem triumphali
General Note

opening only: D almost entirely preserved, lacking the opening notes; and half of T

III:16r untexted - Anonymous

untexted

Anonymous
Appears on: III:16r
Genres: textless
General Note

fragments of Ct & B

Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
... dominorum [bonum te?] ... Anonymous III:11r
Beata viscera Mariae virginis Anonymous III:11v–III:13r
Hodie Deus homo factus Anonymous III:1r
Missa a4: Agnus Dei Anonymous I:21r
Missa a4: Credo Anonymous I:13r–I:15v, 17r-18v
Missa a4: Gloria Anonymous I:13r–I:15v
Missa a4: Sanctus Anonymous I:17r–I:18v
Missa Ave regina caelorum: Credo I:5r–I:8v
Missa Ave regina caelorum: Gloria. Et in terra I:5r–I:8v
Missa Ave regina caelorum: Kyrie I:1v–I:2v
Missa Ave regina caelorum: Sanctus I:5r–I:8v
Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2: Credo III:6r–III:6v
Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2: Gloria III:4r–III:4v
Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2: Kyrie III:1v
Missa L’ami baudichon 5.1: Agnus Dei II:5r–II:6v
Missa L’ami baudichon 5.1: Credo II:5r–II:6v
Missa L’ami baudichon 5.1: Sanctus II:5r–II:6v
Missa Spiritus almus. Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] II:11r–II:12v
Missa Spiritus almus: Et in terra pax [Gloria] II:8r–II:9v
Missa Spiritus almus: Kyrie II:8r–II:9v
Missa Spiritus almus: Sanctus II:11r–II:12v
Probitate eminentem triumphali / Ploditando exarare III:13v
untexted Anonymous III:1r
untexted Anonymous III:16r

denotes primary source study

Gancarczyk, Pawel, and Lenka Hlavkova-Mrackova. 2017. The Lviv Fragments and Missa L’homme armé sexti toni: Questions on Early Josquin Reception in Central Europe. Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nedeerlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 139-161. Notes: discussion; description; dating; facsimile (partial); concordances (partial); contents (partial).

Perz, Miroslaw. 1989. Fragmenty lwowskie. Źródło dzieł Dufaya, Josquina, Piotra de Domarto i Piotra z Grudziądza w Polsce XV wieku. Muzyka, 3-46.

Perz, Miroslaw. 1986. The Lvov Fragments: A Source for Works by Dufay, Josquin, Petrus de Domarto, and Petrus de Grudencz in 15th-Century Poland. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 26–51. Notes: physical description; discussion; contents; facsimile (partial); concordances; transcription (partial); gathering digrams; watermarks.

Perz, Miroslaw. 1984. Zur Textunterlegungspraxis in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts und über einige in Polen Neu-und Wiedergefundene Quellen dieser Zeit. Musik und Text in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts: Vorträge des Gastsymposiums in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 8. bis 12. September 1980, Göttinger Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten. edited by Miroslaw Perz, 327-49. Kassel: Bärenreiter. Pages: 342,346-7.

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