Main corpus – theoretical treatises by Philippe de Vitri and others (ff. 3-10 of first section; ff. 120-142 of second section), and 14 apparently monophonic pieces – copied by a single scribe. Second scribe made later additions on openings left blank by first scribe. Early studies tentatively identified main scribe as the poet and theologian Heinrich Louffenberg (ca. 1390-1460); see Bor S and TimmU for discussion. Some of the secular pieces also have Latin motet texts appended. Of southwest German monastic origin (TimmU); perhaps copied in Strasbourg, Freiburg im Breisgau, or vicinity (RISM). Entered Bibliothèque Municipale in Strasbourg at unknown date; destroyed by fire during Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Contents reconstructed by Charles Van den Borren from descriptive notes, thematic incipit list, and partial transcription made c. 1866 by Edmond de Coussemaker (now preserved as Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique, MS 56286; see CouM for modern facsimile edition of portions of latter manuscript).
| Archive | Bibliothèque Municipale, Strasbourg, France (F-Sm) |
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| Shelfmark | 222 C. 22 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 290 (260?) x 210 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 204 compositions, 66 from 43 composers, 138 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of red leather over wooden boards, with inscription 'Liber musicalis.'
Notation
black full and black void mensural with red full, red void, or black void coloration
Ruling
8 five of six-line staves per page
Foliation
Original ink foliation in two sections, 1-11 + 1-143 (first folio of second section not numbered).
Index
Original alphabetical index on first two folios
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 3: 15. Jh.; 155 Blätter Papier 290 (260?) x 210 mm. Zwei aufeinanderfolgende Foliierung: 1. f. 1-11 + 1 Blatt ohne Foliierung ; 2. f. 1-143. Je Seite wohl meist 8 Fünf- oder Sechsliniensysteme Schwarz-rote, in den Nachträgen auch weiße Mensuralnotation; vereinzelt auch gotische Choralnotation - Einband: teilweise mit rotem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel; auf dem hinteren Deckel stand: Liber musicalis.
Die im Jahre 1870 in Straßburg verbrannte Handschrift ist heute in einer in Brüssel liegenden Teilkopie Coussemakers erhalten, welche sämtliche Incipits sowie einzelne Stücke in extenso enthält. Von f. 78v ist zudem ein Faksimile bekannt (siehe unter Ausgaben). Die Handschrift stammt aus elsässisch-südwestdeutschem Raum (Straßburg, Freiburg i. Br., Zofingen (?)) und wurde in ihrem ältesten Teil im frühen 15. Jh. geschrieben (vergleiche Jahrzahl 1411 auf f. 142). Die Nachträge reichen bis in die Jahrhundertmitte herauf. Als Schreiber kommt nach Jung und Coussemaker vielleicht Heinrich von Laufenburg in Frage.
Inhalt:: 1. f. 1/2 Originalindex; f. 4-10 5 lat. und deutsche Musiktraktate (3 davon publiziert in Coussemaker III, 35ff., 411ff., 413ff.); 2 leere Blätter - 2. f. 1-119 und 142v-143 siehe Incipitverzeichnis; f. 120-142r Choraltraktat (von Coussemaker nicht kopiert).
INCIPITVERZEICHNIS
Das Incipitverzeichnis folgt in der Numerierung der grundlegenden Publikation van den Borrens. Wo sich zwei Nummern als zu einem Stück gehörig herausgestellt haben, ist eine Doppelnummer gesetzt. Die Foliozahlen folgen Coussemakers Catalogue thématique (nach Borren), der nur das Incipit, meist des Superius, enthält. Die mit diesem in Coussemakers Abschrift vollständiger Stücke nicht übereinstimmenden Foliozahlen sind in Klammern gesetzt. Die von Coussemaker in extenso überlieferten Stücke sind mit der entsprechenden Nummer in eckige Klammern gesetzt und mit einem * versehen. Die vom gleichen Forscher angegebene Stimmenzahl nicht vollständig kopierter Stücke ist hinter das Incipit in Klammern gesetzt. Textergänzungen nach WolfGdM unter anderem sind in eckigen Klammern vermerkt. Punkt(e) nach dem Textincipit sind nur dort gesetzt, wo Coussemaker eine vollständige Kopie eines Werkes gegeben hat. Von Coussemaker nach der Handschrift hinzugefügte Kontrafakturtexte sind mitberücksichtigt. Wo die Art der Notation nicht aus dem Incipit ersichtlich ist, wird diese nur dort näher bezeichnet, wo es sich (nach van den Borren) um gemischtfarbige oder um nicht-schwarze Notation handelt.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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(destroyed in 1870)
3 Kyries, 14 Glorias, 10 Credos, 1 Credo section, 4 Sanctus, 2 Sanctus-Agnus pairs, 6 hymns, 24 motets, 88 French secular pieces, 18 German secular pieces, 8 Latin secular pieces, 4 Dutch secular pieces, * 4 Italian secular pieces, 4 textless pieces = 190 + 3 duplicates = 193**
*Text of at least one of these is possibly corrupt English rather than Dutch (DartCA).
**In addition to polyphony listed above, manuscript also contains theoretical treatises by Philippe de Vitri and others (ff. 3-10 of first section; ff. 120-142 of second section), and 14 apparently monophonic pieces.
Alain? [Alanus; Magistri Alani]-4, Anthonius clericus apostolicus-1, (Antonio da Cividale)-1, Binchois-5, (Borlet)-1, Bosco [Boquet]-1, Cameraco-2, Carlay-1, (Césaris)-1, Césaris/(Passet)-1, Ja. de Clibano? [J. de Climen]-Cornelius-1, Dufay-6, Egidius de Pusiex -1, Egidius de Thenis-2, (Fontaine)-1, (Grenon)-1, Grimace-2, Heinricus de Libero Castro-3, Hesseman-2 + 1?, Lambert? [Lampens]-1, (Landini)-2, (A. Lantins)-1, G. Liberti? [C. Liebert]-1, Machaut [Wilhelmi de Maschaudio]-4, Machaut/(Molins) -1, Machaut/(Vaillant)-1, N. Merques-4, (Molins)-2, Nucella-1, (Pellisson)-1, Perrinet [Prunet]-1, Richart-1, Royllart-1, (Salinis) -1, (Selesses)-1, (Tailhandier)-1, (Vide)-1, Vitri-4, (Magister Zacharias)-1, Zeltenpferd-1, anon-120
155 paper folios, 290 x 210. Original ink foliation in two sections, 1-11 + 1-143 (first folio of second section not numbered). Original covers of red leather over wooden boards, with inscription "Liber musicalis." Original alphabetical index on first two folios. Main corpus (including treatises) copied by a single scribe, mostly in black mensural notation with red full, red void, or black void coloration, occasionally in Gothic chant notation; second scribe made later additions in white mensural notation with black or red coloration on openings left blank by first scribe. Early studies tentatively identified main scribe as the poet and theologian Heinrich Louffenberg (ca. 1390-1460); see Bor S and TimmU for discussion. Some of the secular pieces also have Latin motet texts appended.
Early 15th century (date 1411 on f. 142), with additions ca. 1450 (BorS). Of southwest German monastic origin (TimmU); perhaps copied in Strasbourg, Freiburg im Breisgau, or vicinity (RISM). Entered Bibliothèque Municipale in Strasbourg at unknown date; destroyed by fire during Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Contents reconstructed by Charles Van den Borren from descriptive notes, thematic incipit list, and partial transcription made ca. 1866 by Edmond de Coussemaker (now preserved as Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique, MS 56286; see CouM for modern facsimile edition of portions of latter manuscript).
Original burned. Coussemaker's copy extant in Brussels.
The inventory could not be loaded.
‡ denotes primary source study
Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2006. Trecento fragments and Polyphony beyond the codex. Harvard University, Ph.D. Pages: 240.
Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3. American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Cobin, Marian W. 1978. The Aosta Manuscript: A Central Source of Early Fifteenth-Century Sacred Polyphony. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,86.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: III,12-3. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Bent, Margaret. 1973. The Transmission of English Music 1300-1500: Some Aspects of Repertory and Presentation. Studien zur Tradition in der Musik: Kurt von Fischer zum 60. Geburtstag, edited by Margaret Bent, 65–83. Munich: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler. Pages: 68. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Birmingham, Hugh Myers, Jr. 1973. Schedel's Song Book and Its Role in the Development of the German Tenor Song. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 16-8. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hagopian, Viola L. 1973. Italian Ars Nova Musik: A Bibliographic Guide to Modem Editions and Related Literature. 2nd ed. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London. Pages: 66. Notes: additional bibliography.
Timm, Erika. 1972. Die Überlieferung der Lieder Oswalds von Wolkenstein. Germanische Studien, vol. 242. Lübeck and Hamburg. Pages: 131ff, 160-1. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I, vol. Einzeldrucke vor 1800. Kassel. Pages: B IV/3,550-92. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); incipits; mention of MS; discussion; additional bibliography.
Besseler, Heinrich. 1968. Falsche Autornamen in den Handschriften Strassburg (Vitry) und Montecassino (Dufay). Acta Musicologica, 40: 201-3. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1967. Die Niederländer und das deutsche Lied (1400-1640). Tutzing. Pages: 22-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Günther, Ursula (editor). 1965. The Motets of the Manuscripts Chantilly, musée condé, 564 (olim 1047) and Modena, Biblioteca estense, a. M. 5, 24 (olim lat. 568). Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 39. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xxix-xxxii,lvii-lxii,17-22,57-65. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Perkins, Leeman L. 1965. The Motets of Jean Lhéritier. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: II, 178-9, 393-4. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Stäblein-Harder, Hanna. 1962. Fourteenth-Century Mass Music in France. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 29. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Schrade, Leo (editor). 1956-. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century. 24 vols. Monaco. Pages: Commentary to Vols. II-III, 54, passim; Commentary to Vol. IV, 98,113-4; V, 193-8; X, 101-2,152-3; XIX, 191-2,195; XX, 250,252-3,257-9. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Fischer, Kurt von. 1956. Studien zur italienischen Musik des Trecento und frühen Quattrocento. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft, vol. Serie II, Vol. 5. Bern: Paul Haupt. Pages: 46ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Dart, Thurston. 1954. Une Contribution Anglaise au Manuscrit de Strasbourg? Revue Belge de Musicologie, 8: 122-4. Pages: 46ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Salmen, Walter. 1951. Das Lochamer Liederbuch: Eine musikgeschichtliche Studie. Leipzig. Pages: 7,35,45. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II,1339; VI,1022-3; II,1437-8. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
de Van, Guillaume, and Heinrich Besseler (editors). 1948-66. Guillaume Dufay: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 1. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Borren, Charles van den. 1941. Etudes sur le quinzième siècle musical. Antwerp. Pages: 5,53-5. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Marix, Jeanne (editor). 1937. Les musiciens de la cour de Bourgogne au XVe siècle (1420-1467) : Messes, motets, chansons. Paris. Pages: 7,35,45. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Kammerer, Friedrich. 1931. Die Musikstücke des Prager Kodex XI E 9. Veröffentlichungen des Musikwissenschaftlichen Institutes der Deutschen Universität in Prag, vol. 1. Augsburg: Dr. Benno Filser Verlag [also Brünn: Rudolf M. Rohrer Verlag]. Pages: 15-8. 117ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: XLV,9-10.
Besseler, Heinrich. 1928/29. Von Dufay bis Josquin. Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 11: 1-22. Pages: VI, Nr. 65 (Ue. von Nr. 130).
Borren, Charles van den. 1926-28. Les Fragments de Messe du Manuscrit 222 C 22 de la Bibliothèque de Strasbourg. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 12: 177-85,236-50. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Ludwig, Friedrich (editor). 1926-9. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke, 1-3. Leipzig: Publikationen älterer Musik. Pages: I,56; II,37-40*, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Borren, Charles van den. 1925; reprint Wiesbaden, 1969. La Musique pittoresque dans le manuscrit 222 C 22 de la Bibliothèque de Strasbourg (XVe siècle). Bericht über den Musikwissenschaftlichen Kongress in Basel ... 1924, 88-105. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel. Pages: 88ff (Ue. von Nr. 22, 138, 139). Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); discussion.
Borren, Charles van den. 1924. L'apport italien dans un manuscrit musical du XVe siècle perdu et partiellement retrouvé. Rivista Musicale Italiana, 31: 527-33. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Borren, Charles van den. 1924. Le Manuscrit Musical M. 222 C. 22 de la Bibliothèque de Strasbourg (XV Siècle) Brûlé en 1870, et Reconstitué d'après une Copie Partielle d'Edmond de Coussemaker. Antwerp: E. Secelle. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
Ludwig, Friedrich. 1905. Review of Wolf G. Sammelbande der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft, 6: 597-641. Pages: 618. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Wolf, Johannes. 1904; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1965. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I, 384-9. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Meyer, Paul, and Rodolphe Reuss. 1883. Notice sur un ms. brulé ayant appartenu à la Bibliothèque de Strasbourg. Bulletin de la Société des anciens textes français, 9eme année: 55-60. Pages: 57-60 (partial content list). Notes: contains description and content list (partial) compiled by Reuss which complements that of Coussemaker.
Lippmann, Auguste. 1869. Essai sur un Manuscrit du Quinzième Siècle Découvert dans la Bibliothèque de la Ville de Strasbourg. Bulletin de la Société pour la Conservation des Monuments Historiques d'Alsace, 7: 73-6. Notes: [includes only known photographic reproduction from this manuscript].
Coussemaker, Charles Edmond Henri de. 1864-1876. Reprint Hildesheim, 1963. Scriptorum de musica medii aevi nova series. 4 vols. Pages: III,xvi-xvii,35ff,411-5. Notes: physical description (partial); + T of several treatises.
Coussemaker, Charles Edmond Henri de. None. Le Manuscrit musical M 222 C 22 de la Bibliothèque de Strasbourg. Brussels. Notes: contents list; incipits; transcription (partial).
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'Bien puist (f. 115) is ascribed to Binchois in Brussels 56286, the copy of this lost Strasbourg MS. Attribution accordingly recorded here, and Binchois added as composer.
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
Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description