A gradual for the Salzburg rite (f. l-63v) and antiphonary (No. 64-121). The polyphony is only on the endpaper (i.e. the very last paper leaf). The present recto page may originally have been the verso.
A-VOR MS 22
Bibliothek des Augustiner - Chorherrenstifts, Vorau, Austria
chant book with added polyphony: 15th century
| Archive | Bibliothek des Augustiner - Chorherrenstifts, Vorau, Austria (A-VOR) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 22 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 276 x 180 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
wood boards covered with white leather; 15th century, from Graz or its environs. Library stamp CCXXXVIII; 18th Century (?)
Notation
Gothic chant notation with black upper voice, red lower voice
Date
may have been copied earlier.
Ruling
8 four-line systems (polyphony); varying number of red four-line systems (corpus)
Foliation
Modern foliation of f. 1-121; original foliation of f. XIII CLVIII (several pages missing).
Surface
121 parchment + 1 paper + 1 paper
RISM Description
RISM BIV/3: 15. Jh.; 121 Blätter Pergament + je 1 Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblatt Papier, 276 x 180 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-121; originale Foliierung von f. XIII-CLVIII (mehrere Blätter fehlen). Je Seite wechselnde Zahl von roten Vierliniensystemen mit gotischer Choralnotation - Einband: 15. Jh., aus Graz oder Vorau; mit weißem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel; Bibl.-Signatur des 18. Jh. (?): CCXXXVIII.
Diese Handschrift ist ein Graduale Salisburgense (f. l-63v) und Antiphonar (f. 64-121) des 15. Jh. Sie wurde wahrscheinlich in Vorau geschrieben. Das Nachstoßblatt, das allein Mehrstimmiges enthält, zeigt 8 Vierliniensysteme mit gotischer Choralnotation, Oberstimme schwarz, Unterstimme rot. Die jetzige Recto-Seite dürfte ursprünglich Verso-Seite gewesen sein.
[Translation] 15th century, parchment, 121 leaves + 1 paper flyleaf and endpaper, 276 x 180 mm. Modern foliation of f. 1-121; original foliation of f. XIII CLVIII (several pages missing). Each side has a varying number of red four-line systems with gothic chant notation. Binding: 15th century, from Graz or thereabouts, wood boards covered with white leather, library stamp of the 18th Century (?): CCXXXVIII.
This manuscript is a Salzburg gradual (f. l-63v) and antiphonary (No. 64-121) of the 15th century, but may have been copied earlier. The polyphony is only on the endpaper, and uses 8 four-line systems in gothic chant notation, upper part black, lower part red. The present recto page may originally have been the verso.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Geering, Arnold. 1952. Die Organa und mehrstimmigen Conductus in den Handschriften des deutschen Sprachgebietes vom 13. bis 16. Jahrhundert. Bern. Pages: 20, Nr. 65.
Federhofer, Hellmut. 1950. Ein Beispiel spätmittelalterlicher Organumpraxis in Vorau, Cod. 22. Aus Archiv und Chronik, 3: . Pages: 57 (dipi. U. des Anfanges).
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Reinhard Strohm
Thursday, 5 November, 2020
Description of the main codex amended: "Graduale Salisburgense" = Salzburg gradual (belonging to the rite of the Archdiocese of Salzburg) not Sarum gradual.
Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description