D-Ju MS 7

Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: 1508-19, probably c. 1516 (KellJ)

Archive Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany (D-Ju)
Shelfmark MS 7
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 615-42 x 415-26 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: JenaU 7
Copyists
External Links
Provenance
  • Belgium
Contents 36 pieces from 6 composers
General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); Warmington identifies the music copyist as scribe C, with text underlaid by scribes C3, C4 and C5 and additional work on the initials by scribe X (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). See the entry for JenaU 4 for information about the later history of this manuscript.

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014321, July 2012
Physical Description

One folio preceding f. 1, one preceding f. 17, and one preceding f. 47 have been ripped out.

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014321, 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_00014321, July 2012
Notation

Black void mensural

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014321, July 2012
Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-107

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014321, July 2012
Decoration

Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. (All miniatures have been removed from the manuscript). Coats of arms of Austria and the Emperor Maximilian I.

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014321, July 2012
Decoration

On fol. 1r, the lower coat of arms is that of Hungary, surmounted by a royal crown with the inscription 'ERB' above. (cf. the discussion in van der Heide 2019).

Klaas van der Heide, 2021
Surface

i paper + 107 parchment

http://archive.thulb.uni-jena.de/hisbest/receive/HisBest_cbu_00014321, July 2012
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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7 Masses

Divitis-1, (A. Févin)-1, Josquin-1, La Rue-3, Prioris-1

i paper + 107 parchment folios, 615-42 x 415-26. One folio preceding f. 1, one preceding f. 17, and one preceding f. 47 have been ripped out. New pencil foliation, 1-107. Blank folios: 16', 29'-30, 46', 6O'-61, 77'-78, 91'-92. 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. (All miniatures have been removed from the manuscript). Coats of arms of Austria and the Emperor Maximilian I.

1508-19, probably ca. 1516 (KellJ). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). See the entry for JenaU 4 for information about the later history of this manuscript.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "Josquin-1" to "Josquin/(La Rue)-1."

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1–3 Missa Sancta Anna: Kyrie -
Appears on: 1–3
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: O salutaris hostia
General Note

incomplete - first side missing

3v–6 Missa Sancta Anna: Gloria -
Appears on: 3v–6
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
6v–10 Missa Sancta Anna: Credo -
Appears on: 6v–10
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
10v–14 Missa Sancta Anna: Sanctus -
Appears on: 10v–14
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
12v–13 Missa Sancta Anna: (Sanctus) O salutaris hostia (elevation motet) -
Appears on: 12v–13
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Motet, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
14v–16 Missa Sancta Anna: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 14v–16
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
17–18 Missa Ave Maria: Kyrie -
Appears on: 17–18
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Ave Maria (incomplete)
General Note

incomplete - lacks first side

18v–20 Missa Ave Maria: Gloria -
Appears on: 18v–20
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
20v–25 Missa Ave Maria: Credo -
Appears on: 20v–25
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
25v–27 Missa Ave Maria: Sanctus -
Appears on: 25v–27
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
27v–29 Missa Ave Maria: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 27v–29
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
30v–33 Missa Inviolata: Kyrie Petrus de la Rue
Appears on: 30v–33
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Petrus de la Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa super Inviolata
33v–36 Missa Inviolata: Gloria -
Appears on: 33v–36
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
36v–40 Missa Inviolata: Credo -
Appears on: 36v–40
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
40v–44 Missa Inviolata: Sanctus -
Appears on: 40v–44
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
44v–46 Missa Inviolata: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 44v–46
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
47–49 Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Kyrie Prioris
Appears on: 47–49
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Prioris
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa de venerabili sacramento (incomplete)
General Note

incomplete - missing first side

49v–51 Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Gloria -
Appears on: 49v–51
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
51v–55 Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Credo -
Appears on: 51v–55
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
55v–57 Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Sanctus -
Appears on: 55v–57
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
57v–60 Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 57v–60
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
61v–63 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Kyrie Josquin des pres
Appears on: 61v–63
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin des pres
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa De nostra domina [= Missa de beat Virgine]
63v–67 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Gloria -
Appears on: 63v–67
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
67v–71 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Credo -
Appears on: 67v–71
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
71v–75 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Sanctus -
Appears on: 71v–75
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
75v–77 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 75v–77
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
78v–80 Missa Sancto Job: Kyrie Petrus de la Rue
Appears on: 78v–80
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Petrus de la Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa de Sancto Job
80v–82 Missa Sancto Job: Gloria -
Appears on: 80v–82
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
82v–86 Missa Sancto Job: Credo -
Appears on: 82v–86
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
86v–89 Missa Sancto Job: Sanctus -
Appears on: 86v–89
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
89v–91 Missa Sancto Job: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 89v–91
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
92v–95 Missa Si dedero: Kyrie Anthonius Divitis
Appears on: 92v–95
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Anthonius Divitis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Si dedero
95v–98 Missa Si dedero: Gloria -
Appears on: 95v–98
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
98v–101 Missa Si dedero: Credo -
Appears on: 98v–101
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
101v–105 Missa Si dedero: Sanctus -
Appears on: 101v–105
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
105v–107 Missa Si dedero: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 105v–107
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Composer Compositions
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Divitis, Antonius (ca. 1470–ca. 1530)
Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512)
Fevin, Robert de (fl. 1500-1515)
Prioris, Johannes (Denis, Dionisius) (–1515)
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Missa Ave Maria: Agnus Dei 27v–29
Missa Ave Maria: Credo 20v–25
Missa Ave Maria: Gloria 18v–20
Missa Ave Maria: Kyrie 17–18
Missa Ave Maria: Sanctus 25v–27
Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Agnus Dei 75v–77
Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Credo 67v–71
Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Gloria 63v–67
Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Kyrie 61v–63
Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3: Sanctus 71v–75
Missa Inviolata: Agnus Dei 44v–46
Missa Inviolata: Credo 36v–40
Missa Inviolata: Gloria 33v–36
Missa Inviolata: Kyrie 30v–33
Missa Inviolata: Sanctus 40v–44
Missa Sancta Anna: (Sanctus) O salutaris hostia (elevation motet) 12v–13
Missa Sancta Anna: Agnus Dei 14v–16
Missa Sancta Anna: Credo 6v–10
Missa Sancta Anna: Gloria 3v–6
Missa Sancta Anna: Kyrie 1–3
Missa Sancta Anna: Sanctus 10v–14
Missa Sancto Job: Agnus Dei 89v–91
Missa Sancto Job: Credo 82v–86
Missa Sancto Job: Gloria 80v–82
Missa Sancto Job: Kyrie 78v–80
Missa Sancto Job: Sanctus 86v–89
Missa Si dedero: Agnus Dei 105v–107
Missa Si dedero: Credo 98v–101
Missa Si dedero: Gloria 95v–98
Missa Si dedero: Kyrie 92v–95
Missa Si dedero: Sanctus 101v–105
Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Agnus Dei 57v–60
Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Credo 51v–55
Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Gloria 49v–51
Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Kyrie 47–49
Missa Venerabili Sacramento: Sanctus 55v–57

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Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

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A-Wn Cod. 1783

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B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 5170

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B-Bcpas H 1135

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B-Br MS 215-216

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B-Br MS 6428

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B-Br MS 9126

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B-Br MS 15075

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B-Br MS IV.922 (Occo Codex)

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 6

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 7

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 34

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D-Mbs Mus. MS F

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I-VEc MS DCCLVI

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 34

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 36

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 160

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1976

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1977

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1978

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1979

denotes primary source study

van der Heide, Klaas. 2019. How Many Paths Must a Choirbook Tread Before it Reaches the Pope? Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 47-70. Notes: Discusses appearance of the royal Hungarian coat of arms in this and other manuscripts.

Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535.  Leuven: Alamire Foundation. Pages: 96.

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

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

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.

Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,xxi, 134-67. 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. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: 290.

Holoman, D Kern. 1976. The Performance and Interpretation of Josquin's Masses [Workshop]. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 696-719. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 712ff.

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.

Nugent, George Edward. 1970. The Life and Works of Antonius Divitis. North Texas State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,136; II,145-247. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).

Douglas, Conrad Edward Mary. 1969. The motets of Johannes Prioris with a prefatory bio-bibliographical study. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 89-90.

Kellman, Herbert. 1958. The Origins of the Chigi Codex: The Date, Provenance, and Original Ownership of Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 6-19.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: (VI,1872-3)Fp(III, 613-4).

Roediger, Karl Erich. 1935. Die geistlichen Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Jena. 2 vols. Jena: Frommannsche Buchhandlung. Pages: 15-8, i, 47-8. Notes: contents list; incipits: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: XVI,xliii.

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