'Liber cantionum ecclesiasticarum 4, 5 et 6 vocum'. Copied in Rein or vicinity, for use by Cistercian monastery there; apparently commissioned by Bartholomaeus von Grudenegg, monastery's abbot 1559-77 and mentioned in library catalogue 1568. Copied by a single scribe, except for 'Asperges me' added slightly later by a different hand on folios left blank at beginning.

Original covers

black void mensural

Staff height 26.

Original ink foliation, 1-345

Inked calligraphic initials, some decorated with grotesques. Pasted inside front and back covers are coats of arms (printed from woodblocks) of Cistercian monastery at Rein; of monastery's abbot, Bartholomaeus von Grudenegg; and of several affiliated convents.

Original index on front flyleaf lists pieces in order of appearance, with foliation, number of voices, and attributions.

Paper

6 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 5 Kyries, 45 Mass Proper sections (= 15 Introit-Alleluia-Communion cycles, ordered according to liturgical calendar), 11 motets, 8 responses or sets of responses = 76

Clemens non Papa-2, Cleve-52, Gombert-1, L'Archier-1, Lassus-3, Maillard/(Tye)-1, Morales-2, Vaet-1, Ville Font-1, anon-12

iii + 345 paper folios, ca. 580 x 410. Original ink foliation, 1-345. Original covers. Original index on front flyleaf lists pieces in order of appearance, with foliation, number of voices, and attributions. Copied by a single scribe, except for "Asperges me" added slightly later by a different hand on folios left blank at beginning. Staff height 26. Inked calligraphic initials, some decorated with grotesques. Pasted inside front and back covers are coats of arms (printed from woodblocks) of Cistercian monastery at Rein; of monastery's abbot, Bartholomaeus von Grudenegg; and of several affiliated convents.

Ca. 1575 (BoettL). Copied in Rein or vicinity, for use by Cistercian monastery there; apparently commissioned by Bartholomaeus von Grudenegg, monastery's abbot 1559-77.