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.
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) |
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| Shelfmark | A 3 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 264 x 178 mm |
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| Inventory | This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk |
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| Contents | Contains 27 compositions, 3 from 1 composer, 24 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Folios very deteriorated, but restored; unknown number of original folios now missing in several places.
Binding
No covers; folios preserved unbound in several gatherings.
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).
Notation
Bohemian chant; black full mensural; black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1450-75 (BrewerAN); ca. 1480 (ČernPW).
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-34, on lower right rectos.
Decoration
Simple inked initials in red and black.
Surface
Paper
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.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Gancarczyk, Pawel. 2017. Changing Identities of Songs by Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz. Hudební věda, 54/1: 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, 2: 161-235. Pages: 181.
Černý, Jaromír. 1975. Stredovëky vicehlas v Ceskych zemích. Miscellanea Musicologica [Prague], 27-28: 9-116. Pages: 89.
Černý, Jaromír. 1975. Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz: Neznámy Skladatel Doby Dufayovy v Ceskych Pramenech. Hudební Veda, 12: 195-238. Pages: 205,226-7,231.
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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