This is the second volume of the three Mangon Choirbooks, containing 102 motets by various composers (four as fragments). Dates and attributions of pieces are given in inventory when present. The manuscript was copied in blackish-brown ink by one large, very neat hand (probably Johannes Mangon) in an elegant minuscule, almost certainly the same hand as in Choir Book I; two other hands are also present in the codex. Scribe 3 (fol. 118v–119r, 209v–210r) was a late sixteenth-century copyist who was probably the composer Michael Guilelmus. Scribe 2 (190v–192r, 199v–203r) is also that of a late sixteenth-century scribe who was probably the composer Lambertus de Monte.

Missing leaves (fols. 23, 221–224, 229, 252–253, 288, 334, 335, and 351–359) have been replaced in most cases.

original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; remnants of brass clasps.

from the Holsiter papermill, Burtscheid (active from ca. 1571 until 1613): eagle-shaped watermark with the letters ACH

not indicated

dates based on paper and dates given on works

Initials are plain or modestly decorated in ink

on f. [i], remnant of original index, listing pieces by liturgical feasts

paper

98 motets

Chastelain-1, Clemens non Papa-20, Cleve-1, Crecquillon-5, Guilelmus-3, Lassus-6, Maillard-1, Mangon-45, L. Monte-2, Moreau-2, A. Ponte-1, Rivulo-2, anon-9

338 paper folios, 390 x 260. Four folios have been torn out. Original foliation, 1-360 (some numbers skipped). Brown wood covers with brown paper pasted on them; spine covered with badly deteriorated leather; remnants of leather thongs and metal clasps. No index. The main scribe was probably Johannes Mangon, succentor of the "Krönungsstift" choir; one additional scribe. Watermarks from Aachen.

1574-9 (dates in manuscript). Probably copied at Aachen for use of the "Krönungsstift" choir at the cathedral.

Vol. 4:

Contents: 103 motets (2 incomplete)

Composers: (Baston?)-1, Chastelain-1, Clemens non Papa-22, Clemens non Papa/ (Crecquillon)-1, Crecquillon-S, Crecquillon/(Clemens non Papa)-1, Crecquillon/ (Clemens non Papa/Manchicourt)-1, Cleve/(Baston)-1, Guilelmus-2, Havericq -1, (Jonckers?)-1, Lassus-6, (Olivier de Latre?)-1, Maillard-1, Mangon-48 + 1?, L. Monte-2, Moreau-1, A. Ponte-1, Rivulo-2 + 1?, anon-4

Physical: i + 341 paper folios, 390 x 260. Original ink foliation, 1-360 (ff. 23, 229, and 252-253 now missing; "221-223," "288," "334-335," and "351-359" omitted). Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; remnants of brass clasps. Remnant of original index on f. [i] lists pieces by liturgical feast. The main scribe was Johannes Mangón, succentor of "Krönungsstift" choir at Aachen Cathedral in 1570's; Mangón also copied two other choirbooks not within scope of this catalogue. Four additional scribes. Inked calligraphic initials.