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.
D-Ju MS 7
Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany
manuscript of polyphony: 1508-19, probably c. 1516 (KellJ)
| Archive | Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany (D-Ju) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 7 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 615-42 x 415-26 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 36 compositions from 6 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
One folio preceding f. 1, one preceding f. 17, and one preceding f. 47 have been ripped out.
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design, metal corners, buckle and clasps.
Notation
Black void mensural
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-107
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.
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).
Surface
i paper + 107 parchment
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."
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van der Heide, Klaas. 2019. How Many Paths Must a Choirbook Tread Before it Reaches the Pope? Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 11: 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, 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.
Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 90. 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, vol. 1-5. 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, 11: 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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