Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); Warmington however distinguishes music scribe C2, and text/music 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 9
Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany
manuscript of polyphony: 1509 (marriage of Henry and Catherine)-1525 (death of Frederick)
| Archive | Universitätsbibliothek, Jena, Germany (D-Ju) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 9 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 610 x 425 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 6 compositions, 5 from 1 composer, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Originally the manuscript was considerably larger; much of it has been destroyed by fire (ff. 1-2 now in poor condition from fire and water damage).
Binding
Modern cardboard covers; original covers probably destroyed by fire
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
16
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-16.
Decoration
Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Henry VIII of England, and symbol (pomegranate) of Catherine of Aragon.
Surface
Parchment
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1 Mass, 1 hymn = 2 (both fragmentary)
Anonymous
16 parchment folios, 610 x 425. Originally the manuscript was considerably larger; much of it has been destroyed by fire (ff. 1-2 now in poor condition from fire and water damage). New pencil foliation, 1-16. Blank folios: 1, 16'. Modern cardboard covers; original covers probably destroyed by fire. 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 Henry VIII of England, and symbol (pomegranate) of Catherine of Aragon.
1509 (marriage of Henry and Catherine)-1525 (death of Frederick) (KellBP). 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
Physical: Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); text is work of Netherlands court scribe X (WarmMC); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribes.
Date: 1509-25 (KellBP); before March 1516 (WarmMC).
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D-Ju MS 9
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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: 100. Notes: physical description; contents list; discussion.
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).
Warmington, Flynn. 1989. Fayrfax Crosses the Channel: English Music from Alamire's Workshop, Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musiological Society, Austin, and at the Seventeenth Annual Conference on Mediaval and Renaissance Music. University of Reading.
Kellman, Herbert. 1987. London, British Library, MS. Royal 8 G. vii. Renaissance Music in Facsimile. Sources Central to the Music of the Late Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, vol. 9. New York and London. Pages: p. v and annotation 3. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[No Author] 1947-. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. The American Institute of Musicology. 110 vols. A-R Editions, Inc. Pages: i (1979), 292-93.
Roediger, Karl Erich. 1935. Die geistlichen Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Jena. 2 vols. Jena: Frommannsche Buchhandlung. Pages: 22-4, i, 48-9, passim. Notes: contents list; incipits: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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