I-PAp MS Parmense 3597

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma, Italy

chant book with added polyphony: early 15th century

Archive Biblioteca Palatina, Parma, Italy (I-PAp)
Shelfmark MS Parmense 3597
Surface Other
Numbering System None
Measurements 110–115 x 75–80 mm
Notations
  • strene
Provenance
  • Italy
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

An extremely small volume containing a single two voice Stimmtausch composition, “Quy nos fecit ex nichilo”, towards the end of the Kyriale on ff. 10v-11r. The text is often called a “Benedicamus trope,” although textually it is also closely related to the Benedicamus versicles of the Aquitanian repertory. Works on the same text appear in Las Huelgas, Venice 145, and other manuscripts.

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Notation

Strene notation

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Foliation

10v–11r

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Decoration

The two voices are distinguished by a change in ink colour

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Surface

Parchment, except for ff. 126-29 and 89, which are paper

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10v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
10v–11 Quy nos fecit ex nichilo - Anonymous

Quy nos fecit ex nichilo

Anonymous
Appears on: 10v–11
Genres: Troped benedicamus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Quy nos fecit ex nichilo (Benedicamus Trope)
General Note

Troped “Flos filius” Benedicamus, f. 11r.

Item Bibliography

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2006. Trecento fragments and Polyphony beyond the codex. Harvard University, Ph.D. Pages: 397 (as in Parma 3597).

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Quy nos fecit ex nichilo Anonymous 10v–11

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‡ denotes primary source study

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2006. Trecento fragments and Polyphony beyond the codex. Harvard University, Ph.D. Pages: 395-405. Notes: includes transcription and concordances.

Gallo, Franco Alberto. 1989. The Practice of cantus planus binatim in Italy From the Beginning of the 14th to the Beginning of the 16th Century. Le Polifonie primitive in Friuli e in Europa. Atti del congresso internazionale Cividale del Friuli, 22-24 agosto 1980, 13-30. Rome: Torre d'Orfeo.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note; DIAMM Note