Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); WarmMC distinguishes two other music scripts: scribe D and D var (ff. 1'-4, 45'-65, 66'-84, 85'-104, 105'-124, 125'-130), the latter also adding some text; and scribe X (text on ff. 6'-25, 26'-44). 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.
| Archive | Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany (D-Ju) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 8 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | Portrait |
| Measurements | 485 x 340 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 32 compositions, 31 from 4 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design, metal corners, buckle and clasps
Notation
not indicated
Date
1508 (Alamire begins regular court work)-1525 (death of Frederick)
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-130.
Foliation
130
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.
Surface
Parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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6 Masses, 2 Credos = 8
Bauldeweyn-3, N. Champion-1, La Rue-2, Mouton-1, anon-1
130 parchment folios, 485 x 340. New pencil foliation, 1-130. Blank folios: 1, 4'-6, 25'-26, 44'-45, 65'-66, 84'-85, 104'-105, 124'-125, 130'. 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.
1508 (Alamire begins regular court work)-1525 (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. l'-4, 45'-65, 66'-84, 85'-104, 105'-124, 125'-130); and X (text on ff. 6'-25, 26'-44); see general index for other manuscripts attributed to the same scribes.
Date: 1508-25 (KellBP); work of scribe X 1516-8 (WarmMC).
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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: 97.
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: . Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list (partial).
Kapp, Maria. 1987. Musikalische Handschriften des burgundischen Hofes in Mechel und Brüssel ca. 1495-1530. Darmstadt. Pages: 124-25.
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.
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: iv (1988), 414. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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. Notes: mention of MS.
Josephson, Nors S (editor). 1973. Nicolas Champion: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 60. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xi, 1-35. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).
Sparks, Edgar H. 1972. The music of Noel Bauldeweyn. American Musicological Society. Pages: 132-3, 135. Notes: concordances (partial).
Minor, Andrew C (editor). 1967-. Joannes Mouton: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 43. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: lV.xi. Notes: concordances (partial).
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. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.
Kast, Paul. 1955. Studien zu den Messen des Jean Mouton. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 196. Notes: concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VI, 1872-3. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Roediger, Karl Erich. 1935. Die geistlichen Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Jena. 2 vols. Jena: Frommannsche Buchhandlung. Pages: 18-22, i, 48, passim. Notes: contents list; incipits: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description