The scribe was probably Wenceslaus Crispus, apparently a Bohemian working in Naples (PerkMC); same scribe also copied several non-musical manuscripts for Neapolitan court (now Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Manuscrits, Fonds Latin, MSS 495, 674, 6525). Copied in Naples; prepared for Ferrante I, King of Naples, probably under direction of the theorist and composer Johannes Tinctoris. The manuscript was probably part of Cardinal Giovanni d'Aragona's private library; this moves the dating before 1485, the year of the Cardinal's death, possibly 1483 (HaffnerBK). Neapolitan court library later inherited by Fernando de Aragon, Duke of Calabria (1488-1550), appointed vice-regent of Valencia by Emperor Charles V in 1526. Fernando's books bequeathed in 1550 to Hieronymite monastery of San Miguel de los Reyes, Valencia; passed to present library when monastery suppressed in 1825.
E-VAu 835
Biblioteca Universitaria, Valencia, Spain
compilation of Tinctoris treatises with polyphonic examples: c. 1480-7
| Archive | Biblioteca Universitaria, Valencia, Spain (E-VAu) |
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| Shelfmark | 835 |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 275 x 190 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 19 compositions from 3 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound; remnants of original red morocco leather covers now pasted over modern covers of leather over boards
Liminary Note
laudatory poem honoring Tintoris on f.1'
Notation
chant; black full mensural; black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 14 or 20.
Foliation
Modem ink foliation, 1-164.
Decoration
Illuminated Gothic initials in black, puce, blue, green, and gold leaf, with filigree work. Initials framed by irregularly shaped outlines in black ink; decorative columns of stylized floral motifs extend from initials into margins. Decoration on f. 2 (attributed by MarinisBN to Cristoforo Majorana of Naples) includes portrait of Johannes Tinctoris and coat of arms of house of Aragon; remainder of manuscript probably decorated in workshop of Neapolitan illuminator Matteo Felice (PerkMC).
Surface
Parchment
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Compilation of Tinctoris treatises, with polyphonic examples:
6 Glorias, 5 Credos, 1 Sanctus, 1 Mass Ordinary section, 5 Mass Proper sections, 15 motets, 7 French secular pieces, 1 quodlibet, 59 textless pieces = 100 (many are short excerpts only)
Barbingant/(Fedé)-1, Binchois-1, Busnois-3, Caron-1, Cousin-1, Domarto-5, Dufay-2, Faugues-1, Ockeghem-2, Pasquin-1, (Pipelare)-1, (Tinctoris)-81
i + 164 + i parchment folios, 275 x 190. Modem ink foliation, 1-164. Rebound; remnants of original red morocco leather covers now pasted over modern covers of leather over boards. Some examples copied in chant notation or black mensural notation; polyphonic examples listed above copied in white mensural notation. The scribe was probably Wenceslaus Crispus, apparently a Bohemian working in Naples (PerkMC); same scribe also copied several non-musical manuscripts for Neapolitan court (now Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Manuscrits, Fonds Latin, MSS 495, 674, 6525). Staff height 14 or 20.
Illuminated Gothic initials in black, puce, blue, green, and gold leaf, with filigree work. Initials framed by irregularly shaped outlines in black ink; decorative columns of stylized floral motifs extend from initials into margins. Decoration on f. 2 (attributed by MarinisBN to Cristoforo Majorana of Naples) includes portrait of Johannes Tinctoris and coat of arms of house of Aragon; remainder of manuscript probably decorated in workshop of Neapolitan illuminator Matteo Felice (PerkMC). Laudatory poem honoring Tinctoris on f. 1'.
Ca. 1480-7 (PerkMC). Copied in Naples; prepared for Ferrante I, King of Naples, probably under direction of the theorist and composer Johannes Tinctoris. Neapolitan court library later inherited by Fernando de Aragon, Duke of Calabria (1488-1550), appointed vice-regent of Valencia by Emperor Charles V in 1526. Fernando's books bequeathed in 1550 to Hieronymite monastery of San Miguel de los Reyes, Valencia; passed to present library when monastery suppressed in 1825.
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Haffner, Thomas. 1997. Die Bibliothek des Kardinals Giovanni d’Aragona (1456-1485): illuminierte Handschriften und Inkunabeln fur einen humanistischen Bibliophilen zwischen Neapel und Rom. Reichert. Notes: proposes different dating.
Atlas, Allan W. 1985. Music at the Aragonese Court of Naples. Cambridge. Pages: 116.
Sadie, Stanley (editor). 1980. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London. Pages: XVIII,838.
Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier. New Haven and London. Pages: I,22-7.
Pope, Isabel, and Masakata Kanazawa (editors). 1978. The Musical Manuscript Montecassino 871: A Neapolitan Repertory of Sacred and Secular Musk of the Late Fifteenth Century. Oxford. Pages: 550.
Seay, Albert (editor). 1975. Johannes Tinctoris: Theoretical Works. Corpus Scriptorum de Musica, vol. 22. 2 vols. American Institute of Musicology.
Marinis, Tammaro de. 1947-52. La Biblioteca Napoletana dei Re d'Aragona. 4 vols. Milan. Pages: I,155 II,164-5 IV, Tavole 245-6).
Gutiérrez del Cano, Marcelino. 1913. Catálogo de los Manuscritos Existentes en la Biblioteca Universitaria de Valencia. 3 vols. Valencia. Pages: III,234-5, Plate XXIV.
Repullés, Manuel. 1875. Catálogo de los Códices procentes [sic] del Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes. Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos, 5: 9-15,52-5,68-72,87-91,103-5. Pages: 89.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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