E-SI Ms. 21

Abadia Benedictina Santo Domingo, Archivo, Santo Domingo de Silos, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: Second half of 16th century, with additions in late 16th or early 17th century.

Archive Abadia Benedictina Santo Domingo, Archivo, Santo Domingo de Silos, Spain (E-SI)
Shelfmark Ms. 21
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 480 × 385 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: SilosA 21
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Provenance
  • Spain
Contents Contains 54 compositions, 36 from 10 composers, 18 are anonymous.
General Description

Main corpus copied by a single scribe; later additions on ff. 99'-110' by several other scribes. Probably copied in Santo Domingo de Silos.

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Binding

Original covers of dark brown tooled leather over wooden boards, metal corner guards

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Notation

not indicated

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Ruling

Staff height 29

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-110, on lower center rectos (one or more original folios now missing at beginning and end; one original folio missing between new ff. 14/15 and between new ff. 98/99)

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Decoration

Gothic and plain block style initials decorated with floral designs, in green, yellow, blue, red, and purple.

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Surface

paper

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 1 Te Deum, 3 hymns, 3 Lamentations, 28 motets = 38

(R. Ceballos)-1, (P. Guerrero)-2, (Lhéritier)-1, (Morales)-12, (Obrecht/Willaert)-1, (Robledo)-1, (Tejeda)-4, (F. Torre)-1, Vivanco-1, anon-14

110 paper folios, 452 x 362. New pencil foliation, 1-110, on lower center rectos (one or more original folios now missing at beginning and end; one original folio missing between new ff. 14/15 and between new ff. 98/99). Original covers of dark brown tooled leather over wooden boards, with metal corner guards. No index. Main corpus copied by a single scribe; later additions on ff. 99'-110' by several other scribes. Staff height 29. Gothic and plain block style initials decorated with floral designs, in green, yellow, blue, red, and purple.

Second half of 16th century, with additions in late 16th or early 17th century. Probably copied in Santo Domingo de Silos.

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

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denotes primary source study

Diego Pacheco, Cristina. 2016. Cristóbal de Morales en Espagne: ses premières œuvres et le manuscrit de Valladolid. 304. Lyon: Symétrie Recherche. 978-2-914373-92-0.

Del Sol, Manuel. 2014. Lamentaciones de Cristobal de Morales: Historia y Autenticidad. Revista de Musicologia, vol. 37, no.1: 107-139.

Zaragoza Pascual, Ernesto. 1977. Los Cantorales de 1a Abadia de Silos. Tesoro Sacro Musical, 60: 46-57. Pages: 57.

Preciado, Dionisio (editor). 1974-. Alonso de Tejeda (ca. 1556-1628): Obras Completas.  Madrid. Pages: I,114.

Fernandez de la Cuesta, Ismael. 1974. Cantorales Polifónicos de 1a Abadia de Santo Domingo de Silos. Tesoro Sacro Musical, 47: 35-9. Pages: [erroneously referred to as MS I].

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Edward Tambling

Thursday, 11 December, 2025

Inter vestibulum on 87v–89 is by Morales, with concordance in V-CVbav Capp.Sist. 484-489

Francis Bevan

Wednesday, 10 December, 2025

The anon Alma redemptoris in this MS identified as the 5vv setting by Lheritier.

Edward Tambling

Tuesday, 6 February, 2024

Concordance of 'Hortus conclusus' on fols 21v-23r with the piece by Rodrigo Ceballos, also found in E-Tc 7.

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