Copied mostly by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (paper folios are in different hand) (KellJ); copied mostly by Netherlands court scribe D (WarmMC). 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 20 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 435 x 315 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 19 compositions from 10 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design, metal corners, buckle and clasps
Watermark
Watermarks of the two paper folios are the coat of arms of Saxony.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-51; 51a-115
Foliation
69
Decoration
Miniatures illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony
Surface
69 parchment + 2 paper + 45 parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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19 Magnificats
Compère/(Finck)-1, Divitis-2, A. Févin-2, Gascongne [Gascoing] -1, La Rue-5, Mouton-2, Pipelare-1, Prioris-3, Remiger-2
69 parchment + 2 paper + 45 parchment folios, 435 x 315. New pencil foliation, 1-51; 51a-115. Blank folios: 1, 115'. Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design, metal corners, buckle and clasps. No index. Main scribe: Petrus Alamire (KellJ); the two paper folios are in a different hand. Miniatures illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. Watermarks of the two paper folios are the coat of arms of Saxony.
1512-25 (KellBP); ca. 1515 (DougMJP). 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 mostly by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (paper folios are in different hand) (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by Alamire. Copied mostly by Netherlands court scribe D (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: 102.
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.
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: II,xii-xiii,65-98. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
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, . Pages: 21. 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: v (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. Pages: 198-209. Notes: mention of MS.
Nugent, George Edward. 1970. The Life and Works of Antonius Divitis. North Texas State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: ,93-6,101-3,136-7; II, 292-313,340-61 [Divitis Magnificat on ff. 110'-115 is Octavi toni, not Quinti toni]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Douglas, Conrad Edward Mary. 1969. The motets of Johannes Prioris with a prefatory bio-bibliographical study. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 90-1. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 138. Notes: concordances; incipits (partial).
Finscher, Ludwig (editor). 1958-. Loyset Compere: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 15. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,vii,44-9. Notes: transcription (partial); facsimile (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.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VI,1872-3)Fp(IX, 682. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Gerhardt, Carl. 1949. Die Torgauer Walter-Handschriften: Eine Studie zur Quellenkunde der Musikgeschichte der deutschen Reformationszeit. Kassel and Basel. Pages: 86-7. Notes: facsimile (partial); mention of MS.
Roediger, Karl Erich. 1935. Die geistlichen Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Jena. 2 vols. Jena: Frommannsche Buchhandlung. Pages: 29-38; i, 50-1, passim. Notes: contents list; incipits: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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