CZ-UO A 3

Státní okresní archiv, Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic

chant book with added polyphony: c. 1450-75

Archive Státní okresní archiv, Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic (CZ-UO)
Shelfmark A 3
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 264 x 178 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: UstiO 3
Notations
  • Bohemian chant
  • black full mensural
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
  • Vysoké Myto, Bohemia, Germany
Contents 27 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Recovered from binding of l6th-century book from town of Vysoké Myto. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript. Polyphony on new ff. 5, 9-16, 23, 24', 26-28, 29'-30, 31'-33, 34-34'. (Among the monophonic pieces is a Czech song on 16', St Matthew Passion on ff. 17-22'.) Copied by several scribes. Copied in Bohemia.

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Physical Description

Folios very deteriorated, but restored; unknown number of original folios now missing in several places.

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Binding

No covers; folios preserved unbound in several gatherings.

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Watermark

Several different watermarks. An oxhead (ff. 2, 4, dated 1458-1460); oxhead with flower & cross (f. 16, 20, dated 1450); a tower (f. 11, similar to a mark of c. 1446); oxhead with flower & triangle (f. 30, 34 similar to one from 1455) (GancCI).

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Notation

Bohemian chant; black full mensural; black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1450-75 (BrewerAN); ca. 1480 (ČernPW).

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-34, on lower right rectos.

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Decoration

Simple inked initials in red and black.

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Graduale-Cantionale, with polyphony:

1 Kyrie, 1 Gloria, 1 processional hymn, 25 motets (some incomplete or fragmentary), 3 textless fragments =31*

'Several monophonie items not included in above summary may be fragments of polyphonic settings.

(P. Wilhelmi)-3, anon-28

34 paper folios, 264 x 178, recovered from binding of l6th-century book from town of Vysoké Myto. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript. Folios very deteriorated, but restored; unknown number of original folios now missing in several places. New pencil foliation, 1-34, on lower right rectos. No covers; folios preserved unbound in several gatherings. No index. Polyphony on new ff. 5, 9-16, 23, 24', 26-28, 29'-30, 31'-33, 34-34', in Bohemian chant notation, black mensural notation, and white mensural notation. Copied by several scribes. Simple inked initials in red and black.

Ca. 1450-75 (BrewerAN); ca. 1480 (ČernPW). Copied in Bohemia.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Salvatoris memoria - Anonymous

Salvatoris memoria

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salvatoris memoria
[-] Voce cordis et oris in laudem / Pulchre Sion filia inclita - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Voce cordis et oris/Pulchrae Sion
[-] Surrexit Christus hodie - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Surrexit Christus hodie
[-] Nitore claro collitur - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Nitore claro collitur
[-] Sophia nasci fertur singula / O quam pulcra racio pastores / Magi videntes stellam - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sophia nasci fertur singula/O quam pulcra racio pastores/Magi videntes stellam
[-] Panis evus typicatus / Pange exsul typicalem / Panis ecce angelorum /Patribus veteribus / Tantum ergo -
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Panis ecce angelorum/Panis aevus typicatus/Pange exsul typicalem/Patribus veteribus/Tantum ergo
[-] Exordium quadruplate / Nates Dei / Concrepet infanti / Verbum caro factum est - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Exordium quadruplate/Nates dei/Concrepti infanti/Verbum caro factum est
[-] Resonet in laudibus cum jocundis plausibus - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Resonet in laudibus cum iocundis
[-] Plasmatori extuanter -
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Plasmatori extuanter
[-] O Maria, mater pia, mater / Go - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: O Maria mater pia
[-] En caelestis puer - Anonymous

En caelestis puer

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: En caelestis puer
[-] Ecce renascentis testatur mundi - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Ecce renascentis testatur mundi
[-] Compangant omnes - Anonymous

Compangant omnes

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Compangant omnes
[-] Templum hoc factum - Anonymous

Templum hoc factum

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Templum hoc factum
[-] Modulemur dulciter - Anonymous

Modulemur dulciter

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Modulemur dulciter
[-] ... dies jam laetitiae - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: ... dies iam laetitiae
[-] Probleumata enigmatum [additional texts in some copies: Stirps Jesse virgam / Preciosus forma] -
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Probleumata enigmatum typorum reclusorum
[-] Paradisi praepositi - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Paradisi praepositi
[-] Jube Domine benedicere. Primo tempore alleviata - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Liturgical work
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Iube domine
[-] O dulcis Katherina - Anonymous

O dulcis Katherina

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: O dulcis Katherina
[-] Congaudemus pariter / En lux - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Congaudemus pariter/En lux
[-] Procedentem sponsum de thalamo... Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Procedentem sponsum de thalamo... Benedicamus domino
[-] Metaphysice salut vatumque / In tempesto adiit / Ordo naturae - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Metaphysice salut vatumque/In tempesto adiit/Ordo naturae
[-] Resultet gens angelica cum omni laude - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Resultet gens angelica cum omni laude
[-] Genti confer opem isti O Martine - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Cantio
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Genti confer opem isti O Martine
[-] Ex stirpe paganorum - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
[-] Laudes dicat omnis aetas - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
... dies jam laetitiae Anonymous [-]
Compangant omnes Anonymous [-]
Congaudemus pariter / En lux Anonymous [-]
Ecce renascentis testatur mundi Anonymous [-]
En caelestis puer Anonymous [-]
Ex stirpe paganorum Anonymous [-]
Exordium quadruplate / Nates Dei / Concrepet infanti / Verbum caro factum est Anonymous [-]
Genti confer opem isti O Martine Anonymous [-]
Jube Domine benedicere. Primo tempore alleviata Anonymous [-]
Laudes dicat omnis aetas Anonymous [-]
Metaphysice salut vatumque / In tempesto adiit / Ordo naturae Anonymous [-]
Modulemur dulciter Anonymous [-]
Nitore claro collitur Anonymous [-]
O dulcis Katherina Anonymous [-]
O Maria, mater pia, mater / Go Anonymous [-]
Panis evus typicatus / Pange exsul typicalem / Panis ecce angelorum /Patribus veteribus / Tantum ergo [-]
Paradisi praepositi Anonymous [-]
Plasmatori extuanter [-]
Probleumata enigmatum [additional texts in some copies: Stirps Jesse virgam / Preciosus forma] [-]
Procedentem sponsum de thalamo... Benedicamus Domino Anonymous [-]
Resonet in laudibus cum jocundis plausibus Anonymous [-]
Resultet gens angelica cum omni laude Anonymous [-]
Salvatoris memoria Anonymous [-]
Sophia nasci fertur singula / O quam pulcra racio pastores / Magi videntes stellam Anonymous [-]
Surrexit Christus hodie Anonymous [-]
Templum hoc factum Anonymous [-]
Voce cordis et oris in laudem / Pulchre Sion filia inclita Anonymous [-]

denotes primary source study

Gancarczyk, Pawel. 2017. Changing Identities of Songs by Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz. Hudební věda, 5-24. Pages: 8-9, 21 (facsimile). Notes: description; dating; facsimile (partial).

Brewer, Charles Everett. 1984. The Introduction of the Ars Nova into East Central Europe: A Study of Late Medieval Polish Sources. City University of New York, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: Appendix XVII.

Rumbold, Ian. 1982. The Compilation and Ownership of the 'St Emmeram' Codex (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14274). Early Music History, 161-235. Pages: 181.

Černý, Jaromír. 1975. Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz: Neznámy Skladatel Doby Dufayovy v Ceskych Pramenech. Hudební Veda, 195-238. Pages: 205,226-7,231.

Černý, Jaromír. 1975. Stredovëky vicehlas v Ceskych zemích. Miscellanea Musicologica [Prague], 9-116. Pages: 89.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation 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