D-Ju MS 5

Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: 1512-21; 1512-25 (death of Frederick)

Archive Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany (D-Ju)
Shelfmark MS 5
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 565 x 395 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: JenaU 5
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Belgium
Contents Contains 33 compositions from 3 composers.
General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); WarmMC distinguishes two music scripts: scribe D (ff. 1 '-25, 44'-59, 60'-72, 73'-86); and scribe E (ff. 26-43), with text underlay by scribe D and scribe C5. Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). See the entry for JenaU 2 for information about the later history of this manuscript.

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Physical Description

Two folios preceding f. 11 and one folio preceding f. 26 have been ripped out.

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Binding

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

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Notation

not indicated

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-86

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Foliation

86

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Decoration

Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony; one of the miniatures depicts Frederick, with St. Catherine standing behind him.

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Surface

i paper + 86 parchment

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014250, July 2012
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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5 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass = 6 (3 are incomplete)

A. Fevin-1, La Rue-5

i paper + 86 parchment folios, 565 x 395. Two folios preceding f. 11 and one folio preceding f. 26 have been ripped out. New pencil foliation, 1-86. Blank folios: 1, 25', 43'-44, 59'-60, 72'-73, 86'. 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. Coat of arms of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony; one of the miniatures depicts Frederick, with St. Catherine standing behind him.

1512-21 (RoediT); 1512-25 (death of Frederick) (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). See the entry for JenaU 2 for information about the later history of this manuscript.

Vol 4

Physical: Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. WarmMC distinguishes two other music and/or text scripts: D (ff. 1 '-25, 44'-59, 60'-72, 73'-86); and E (ff. 26-43); see general index for other manuscripts attributed to the same scribes.

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Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535.  Leuven: Alamire Foundation. Pages: 94-5.

Heidrich, Jürgen. 1993. Die deutschen Chorbücher aus der Hofkapelle Friedrich des Weisen. Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen, vol. 84.  Baden-Baden. Pages: p. xviiif.

Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, 9: .

Kapp, Maria. 1987. Musikalische Handschriften des burgundischen Hofes in Mechel und Brüssel ca. 1495-1530.  Darmstadt. Pages: 132-134.

Ludolphy, I. 1984. Friedrich der Weise - Kurfürst von Sachsen 1463-1525.  Göttingen. Pages: 43-45, 242, 349-350.

Warmington, Flynn. 1982. A Master Calligrapher in Alamire's Workshop: The Chronology of His Work. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, November, 1982, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Clinkscale, Edward Henry (editor). 1980-. Les Oeuvres Complètes d'Antoine de Févin. Collected Works, vol. XI.  Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen. Pages: I,v,1-32. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: i, 290, iv, 413.

Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 18, 190-192, 209.

Clinkscale, Edward Henry. 1965. The Complete Works of Antoine de Févin. New York University, Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,225; II,182-218. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: VI, 1872-3.

Roediger, Karl Erich. 1935. Die geistlichen Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Jena. 2 vols. Jena: Frommannsche Buchhandlung. Pages: 12-4, i, 46-7. Notes: contents list; incipits: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

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