Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); WarmMC distinguishes two music and/or text scripts: scribe D (ff. l'-7, 9'-14, 17-28, 29'-41, 42'-43',44'-52', 56'-60', 62', 64', 90'-101, 104'-112, 113'-117); and scribe X (ff. 8'-9, 15'-20, 29'-30', 42'-53', 54'-65, 66'-76, 77'-89, 102'-107, 108-112). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Emperor Maximilian I may have originally intended to send this manuscript, along with JenaU 7 and JenaU 9, to Henry VIII of England. Maximilian instead sent the manuscripts to Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony (RoediT). They were used at the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, and remained there until 1547, when a later Elector, Johann Friedrich I, was deposed. He retired to Weimar, taking with him the court library, including these manuscripts. The collection was transferred to Jena in 1548 to become the foundation of the library of the Hochschule (later Jena University) founded by Johann Friedrich.

Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design, metal corners, buckle and clasps

not indicated

New pencil foliation, 1-117.

117

Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Miniatures include representations of Popes Nicholas IV, Alexander V, Innocent V, and Sixtus IV; various saints; Emperors Frederick III and Maximilian I, Archduke Charles (later Charles V), Archduke Ferdinand and his four sisters, Henry VIII of England and his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Coats of arms of the royal houses of Austria, Burgundy, Spain, and England; the imperial arms are also present.

Parchment

9 Masses, 1 Kyrie, 2 Credos = 12

Divitis-1, A. Fevin-1, M. Forestier-1, La Rue-7, Mouton-1, Pipelare-1

117 parchment folios, 785 x 550. New pencil foliation, 1-117. Blank folios: 1, 7'-8, 14'-15, 28'-29, 41'-42, 53'-54, 65'-66, 76'-77, 89'-90, 101'-102, 112'-113, 117'. Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design, metal corners, buckle and clasps. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ). Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Miniatures include representations of Popes Nicholas IV, Alexander V, Innocent V, and Sixtus IV; various saints; Emperors Frederick III and Maximilian I, Archduke Charles (later Charles V), Archduke Ferdinand and his four sisters, Henry VIII of England and his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Coats of arms of the royal houses of Austria, Burgundy, Spain, and England; the imperial arms are also present.

1512-19, probably ca. 1513 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Emperor Maximilian I may have originally intended to send this manuscript, along with JenaU 7 and JenaU 9, to Henry VIII of England. But when friction developed between the two rulers, Maximilian sent the manuscripts instead to Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony (RoediT). They were used at the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, and remained there until 1547, when a later Elector, Johann Friedrich I, was deposed. He retired to Weimar, taking with him the court library, including these manuscripts. The collection was transferred to Jena in 1548 to become the foundation of the library of the Hochschule (later Jena University) founded by Johann Friedrich.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "La Rue-7" to "La Rue-6 + 1?."

Physical: Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. WarmMC distinguishes two music and/or text scripts: D (ff. l'-7, 9'-14, 17-28, 29'-41, 42'-43',44'-52', 56'-60', 62', 64', 90'-101, 104'-112, 113'-117); and X (ff. 8'-9, 15'-20, 29'-30', 42'-53', 54'-65, 66'-76, 77'-89, 102'-107, 108-112); see general index for other manuscripts attributed to the same scribes.

Date: 1512-9, probably ca. 1513 (KellBP); 1516-8 (WarmMC).