D-MERa 13b

Domstift Merseburg, Archiv und Bibliothek, Merseburg, Germany

flyleaf: c. 1430-50

Archive Domstift Merseburg, Archiv und Bibliothek, Merseburg, Germany (D-MERa)
Shelfmark 13b
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Measurements 400 x 300 (trimmed from original size of ca. 440 x 320) mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: MersD 13b
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • coloration in red
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Provenance
  • France
Contents 4 pieces from 3 composers
General Description

Polyphony on front flyleaf of a 15th-century Bible concordance. Perhaps copied in Cambrai (FischN); probably not copied in Cambrai (DufayO); possibly ofBohemian origin (CernPW).

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Notation

black mensural with red coloration

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Decoration

Inked initials, some decorated with faces.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 hymn, 4 motets (3 incomplete) = 5

(Dufay)-1, (P. Wilhelmi)-1 + 1?, anon-2

1 parchment folio, 400 x 300 (trimmed from original size of ca. 440 x 320), now serving as flyleaf at beginning of 15th-century Bible concordance. Black mensural notation with red coloration. Inked initials, some decorated with faces.

Ca. 1430-50 (FischN). Perhaps copied in Cambrai (FischN); probably not copied in Cambrai (DufayO); possibly of Bohemian origin (CernPW).

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Pneuma eucaristiarum terram rigans / Veni vere illustrator lux / Dator eya gratiarum rex virtutis / Paraclito tripudia depromat -
Grudencz, Petrus Wilhelmi de (1392–ca. 1480)

Pneuma eucaristiarum terram rigans / Veni vere illustrator lux / Dator eya gratiarum rex virtutis / Paraclito tripudia depromat

Grudencz, Petrus Wilhelmi de (1392–ca. 1480)
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Pneuma eucaristiarum terram rigans/Veni vere illustrator lux/Dator eya graciarum rex virtutis/Paraclito tripudia depromat
[-] Iubar ortum haud abortum = Quant je regarde - Anonymous

Iubar ortum haud abortum = Quant je regarde

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Contrafactum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Iubar ortum haud abortum [= Quant je regarde]
[-] Nimira res / Ut vetus lex / Theosque post - Anonymous

Nimira res / Ut vetus lex / Theosque post

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Nimira res/Ut vetus lex/Theosque post
[-] O salutaris hostia (=Ad cenam) -
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)

O salutaris hostia (=Ad cenam)

Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Hymn
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397-1474)
Grudencz, Petrus Wilhelmi de (1392-ca. 1480)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Iubar ortum haud abortum = Quant je regarde Anonymous [-]
Nimira res / Ut vetus lex / Theosque post Anonymous [-]
O salutaris hostia (=Ad cenam)
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)
[-]
Pneuma eucaristiarum terram rigans / Veni vere illustrator lux / Dator eya gratiarum rex virtutis / Paraclito tripudia depromat
Grudencz, Petrus Wilhelmi de (1392–ca. 1480)
[-]

‡ denotes primary source study

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); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Černý, Jaromír. 1975. Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz: Neznámy Skladatel Doby Dufayovy v Ceskych Pramenech. Hudební Veda, 12: 195-238. Pages: 211-2,230,233,238. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Černý, Jaromír. 1971. K nejstarSím dejinám moteta v ceskych zemích. Miscellanea Musicologica [Prague], 24: 7-90. Pages: 39,51,58-9,77-80. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).

Fischer, Kurt von. 1964. Neue Quellen zur Musik des 13., 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts. Acta Musicologica, 36: 79-97. Pages: 2-4, Tafel VI-VII) CernN:LpCpTpTep(39,51,58-9,77-8. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; facsimile (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: V,vii,xxii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation 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