One scribe copied the pieces from the beginning through f. 28, a second scribe from f. 28' to the end. Twenty-two concordances with FlorBN Panc. 27. The manuscript also contains one monophonic Passion. Probably copied in a Benedictine monastery in northern Italy (Florence, Ferrara, Mantua, or somewhere in Emilia); CattNFI asserts that it must have been "compiled in one of the monasteries linked with the Congregation of St. Justina of Montecassino". The manuscript was sold by Guglielmo Libri to a dealer in England in 1859, and acquired by Sir George Grey, governor of Cape Colony, in 1860. Grey donated it to the library in Cape Town on 21 October 1861.
ZA-Csa 3.b.12 (Codex Grey)
National Library of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
manuscript of polyphony: Before 1506
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa (ZA-Csa) |
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| Shelfmark | 3.b.12 (Codex Grey) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 171 x 121 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 84 compositions, 33 from 17 composers, 51 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Original ff. 1, 3, 85, 102-110, and 128-135 have been lost, and the manuscript is incomplete at the end.
Binding
rebound and repaired in 1965. Modern covers of cloth covered with imitation leather.
Notation
not indicated
Date
Before 1506. (CattNFI, before 1508)
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-124 [used in inventory below]; original foliation in two hands, 1-144.
Index
Original index ('Tabula de hijs que continentur in hoc libro quadragesimali') on ff. 2-1' [sic; folios inverted in binding] lists 39 pieces.
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Canticles, 9 psalms, 3 hymns, 3 Lamentations, 41 motets, 24 laude, 1 French secular piece, 1 Italian secular piece = 84
A. Agricola-2, (A. Agricola/Compère)-1, (Basin)-1, (Busnois)-1, (Busnois/Felice de Giovanni)-1, (Caronti, (Congiet/Japart)-1, (Dufay)-1, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, Isaac-5, (Morton)-1, (Orto)-1, (Quadris)-2, (Touront)-1, (Tromboncino)-4, (Vincenet)-1, (Weerbecke)-3, anon-56
124 parchment folios, 171 x 121. The manuscript was rebound and repaired in 1965. Original ff. 1, 3, 85, 102-110, and 128-135 have been lost, and the manuscript is incomplete at the end. Modern foliation, 1-124; original foliation in two hands, 1-144. Modern covers of cloth covered with imitation leather. Original index ("Tabula de hijs que continentur in hoc libro quadragesimali") on ff. 2-1' [sic; folios inverted in binding] lists 39 pieces. One scribe copied the pieces from the beginning through f. 28, a second scribe from f. 28' to the end. Twenty-two concordances with FlorBN Panc. 27. Eighteen of the motets, laude, and psalms have been identified as contrafacta of secular works; three as contrafacta of Mass sections. The manuscript also contains one monophonic Passion.
Before 1506. Probably copied in a Benedictine monastery in northern Italy (Florence, Ferrara, Mantua, or somewhere in Emilia). The manuscript was sold by Guglielmo Libri to a dealer in England in 1859, and acquired by Sir George Grey, governor of Cape Colony, in 1860. Grey donated it to the library in Cape Town on 21 October 1861.
Vol. 4:
Composers: Change "(Busnois/Felice de Giovanni)-1" to "(Busnois-anon)-1."
Physical: Remove sentence beginning "Eighteen of the motets, laude, and psalms …"
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‡ denotes primary source study
Atlas, Allan W (editor). 1981. Robert Morton: The Collected Works. Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance, vol. 2. New York. Pages: xxiii,xxx,77-85.
Cattin, Giulio (editor). 1977. Italian Laude & Latin Unica in MS Capetown, Grey 3. b. 12. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 76. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology.
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1977. Hayne van Ghizeghem: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 74. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xvii,xxiii,xxxvii-xxxviii.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxvi-xxvii, 30-1, 62, 87; 111,88-9.
‡ Cattin, Giulio. 1973. Nuova Fonte Italiana della Polifonia intorno al 1500 (MS. Cape Town, Grey 3.b.l2). Acta Musicologica, 45: 165-221.
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. Notes: includes many editions.
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Adam Gilbert
Saturday, 5 October, 2024
"Salve o beata" (85v) now linked to its concordance, "Dove dove", in Escorial IV.a.24 (f.17v) - and the latter's title corrected.
Clemens Goldberg
Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
Note added to 'Non nobis' (f. 106v) to explain that the contrafactum has a completely different Contratenor from the parallel sources and significant variants. It might be considered a new compostion based on the model.
Clemens Goldberg
Saturday, 2 March, 2024
One missing item added; some concordances corrected and a few added
Clemens Goldberg
Saturday, 17 February, 2024
10v-13r, Benedictus dominus, is not concordant with Paris Vm7 676 (f. 9v-10)
Adam Gilbert
Monday, 30 October, 2023
Tentative attribution to Isaac of "Regnum meum" on f.114v-115: Cattin notes that opening of imitation and phrase of Regnum meum is almost identical to that of Isaac's "A la battaglia"; Adam Knight Gilbert (dissertation) argues that Regnun meum is the work of Isaac, and shares much in common with the Benedictus of Isaac's "Missa Chargé de deuil".
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
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