A-Wn Cod. Ser. n. 12875 Han

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria

non-music MS with interpolated music, including monophonic Dutch and Latin sacred pieces as well as one piece of polyphony: c. 1473

Archive Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark Cod. Ser. n. 12875 Han
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 145 x 105 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: A-Wn12875
  • CCM: VienNB 12875
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Fideikommissbibliothek, Cod. 7970
Notations
  • Gothic chant
  • mensural elements
Relationships
Provenance
  • Netherlands
General Description

Main corpus (including polyphony on ff. lxxvi'-lxxvii') copied by a single scribe. Probably copied at Third Order convent of St. Margareta in Amsterdam; compilation probably associated with convent's confessor, Gheryt Willemszoen van Zande (KnuGL). Taken to Brussels during second half of 16th century; placed in Chambre Héraldique. Acquired in 1797 by Kaiserliche Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv in Vienna. Later transferred to Kaiserliche-Königliche Fideikommissbibliothek, Vienna; entered present library in 1921.

ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00096404), 2014
Binding

Original covers of dark reddish-brown leather over boards; remnants of metal clasps

ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00096404), 2014
Notation

Gothic chant with some mensural indications

ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00096404), 2014
Ruling

Staff height 9-10mm

ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00096404), 2014
Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, I-II (beginning on second flyleaf) + original ink foliation, i-cli (ff. lv, lxxx, and lxxxviii now missing; 'lxxxiiii' and 'xcii' applied respectively to two consecutive folios) + modern pencil foliation, 152-169.

ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00096404), 2014
Decoration

Red or blue Gothic initials.

ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00096404), 2014
Surface

parchment

ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00096404), 2014
RISM Description

RISM BIV/3: 15/16. Jh.; 168 Blätter Papier + 3 Vorsatzblätter Pergament, 145 x 105 mm. Originale Foliierung der Papier-Blätter von I-CLI, ab f. 152 moderne Foliierung bis f. 168. Je Seite 1 bis 8 Vierliniensysteme mit deutsch-niederländ., choralmensuraler Mischnotation - Einband: 16. Jh.; mit braunem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel, barocke Goldpressung, Messingschließen.

Die wahrscheinlich aus dem Tertiarierinnenkloster St. Margareta in Amsterdam stammende, zur Hauptsache zwischen 1473 und 1493 geschriebene Handschrift gelangte 1797 aus der Chambre héraldique in Brüssel ins Kaiserliche Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv Wien; von dort in die Fideikommissbibliothek und 1921 in die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.

Inhalt: Die Handschrift enthält insgesamt 48 mittelniederld. und 43 lat., mit einer Ausnahme einstimmige Lieder und Texte. - Vorsatzblatt: lat. Hymnus (16. Jh.); f. 1-77v niederld., geistliche Lieder; f. 77v-151 lat. Hymnen und Lieder; f. 152-162 geistliches Zwiegesprächige niederld. Lieder; f. 162-165 lat. Hymnus, Inhaltsverzeichnis; f. 166-168 niederld., geistliche Liedtexte, Ave regina in Quadratnotation des 16. Jh.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Dutch sacred piece*

*Contents also include ca. 90 monophonic Dutch and Latin sacred pieces, and several devotional texts without music.

Anonymous

iii + 168 parchment folios, 145 x 105. Modern pencil foliation, I-II (beginning on second flyleaf) + original ink foliation, i-cli (ff. lv, lxxx, and lxxxviii now missing; "lxxxiiii" and "xcii" applied respectively to two consecutive folios) + modern pencil foliation, 152-169. Original covers of dark reddish-brown leather over boards; remnants of metal clasps. Gothic chant notation with some mensural indications. Main corpus (including polyphony on ff. lxxvi'-lxxvii') copied by a single scribe. Staff height 9-10. Red or blue Gothic initials.

Ca. 1473 (KnuGL). Probably copied at Third Order convent of St. Margareta in Amsterdam; compilation probably associated with convent's confessor, Gheryt Willemszoen van Zande (KnuGL). Taken to Brussels during second half of 16th century; placed in Chambre Héraldique. Acquired in 1797 by Kaiserliche Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv in Vienna. Later transferred to Kaiserliche-Königliche Fideikommissbibliothek, Vienna; entered present library in 1921.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
164v untexted 3 - -

untexted

Appears on: 164v
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: no clef
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: f3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: f3c5
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages

‡ denotes primary source study

Delft, Metha-Machteld van. 1966. Oude meerstemmige latijnse Liederen. Medelingenblad van de Vereniging voor Neder-landse Muziekgeschiedenis, 19: . Pages: 24ff.

Wagenaar-Nolthenius, Hélène. 1965. Oude Liederen in een Niuwe Uitgave. Signaal (Bulletin van de Stichting Raad voor de Nederlandse Volk-zang), 3, no. 4: .

Bruning, Elisens (editor). 1959-. Monumenta Musica Neerlandica.  Amsterdam. Pages: VII (1963), 150 ff. (Faks. u. Ue.).

Husmann, Heinrich. 1952. Die Mittelniederländischen Lieder der Berliner Handschrift Germ. 8° 190. International Musicological Society: Report of the 4th Congress, Utrech 1952, 241-51. Pages: 241 ff.

Knuttel, Johannes Adrianus Nelinus. 1906. Het Geestelijk Lied in de Nederlanden voor de Kerkhervorming.  Rotterdam.

Bäumker, Wilhelm. 1888. Niederländische geistliche Lieder nebst ihren Singweisen aus Handschriften des XV. Jahrhunderts. Vierteljahrsschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 4: 153-254,287-350. Pages: 245 und nach 254 (Faks. u. Ue.) 153ff. (weitere Speziallit. s. d. 169 u. 350).

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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description

Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description