Two fragmentary partbooks: Discantus and Tenor. Copied by a single scribe. Probably of north Italian or south German origin. Folios removed from unidentified book binding at unknown time. Acquired from Milan antiquariat by Mr. Robert Spencer, of London, in 1983; purchased by present library in 1984.
US-BUu M/02/A3/p
State University of New York, Music Library, Buffalo, United States
partbook fragment: c. 1520
| Archive | State University of New York, Music Library, Buffalo, United States (US-BUu) |
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| Shelfmark | M/02/A3/p |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 140 x 193 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 21 compositions, 12 from 8 composers, 9 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
No covers; each folio now kept in transparent envelope.
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 13.5
Foliation
Original foliation in D book, 90-93; 99; 108-109; original foliation in T book, 49-57 {Note: one piece on f.108 is the Tenor, but remainder of 108-109 is Superius)
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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17 motets, 1 litany = 18 (all fragmentary)
(Brumel)-1, (C. Festa)-1, (Isaac)-1, Josquin-1, Lapicida-2, Silva-2, Tromboncino-1, anon-9
2 fragmentary paper partbooks (D-7 folios, T-9), ca. 140 x 193. Folios removed from unidentified book binding at unknown time. Original foliation in D book, 90-93; 99; 108(?)-109(?); original foliation in T book, 49-57. Original numbering of pieces, [43]-51 (T); [69]-75; [81]-84 (D). No covers; each folio now kept in transparent envelope. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 13.5. No initials or decoration.
Ca. 1520 (Jeremy Noble). Probably of north Italian or south German origin. Acquired from Milan antiquariat by Mr. Robert Spencer, of London, in 1983; purchased by present library in 1984.
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Nuzzo, Nancy Bren. 1999. Two fragmentary partbooks ca. 1520: transcriptions, variants, and photographic reconstruction. State University of New York at Buffalo, MA.
Noble, Jeremy. 1987. A Hitherto Unrecorded Source of Early 16th-century Motets. Paper presented at AMS chapter meeting,, Geneseo, NY 25 April: .
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note
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