The only polyphonic piece is the Lamentation on f. 20v/21r. The manuscript also contains monophonic liturgical pieces, a Guidonian hand and hexachord, and a liturgical calendar accompanied by a commentary in Italian. Copied in a monastery in northern Italy.

19th-century covers bound in red silk.

square notation

6 four-line staves per page

The first 4 and last 2 leaves lack foliation; main body has original foliation of f. 1-36

Index on unnumbered folios at beginning

parchment

RISM BIV/3: 15. Jh.; 42 Blätter Pergament, 110 x 80 mm. Die 4 ersten und die 2 letzten Blätter ohne Foliierung; Hauptcorpus mit originaler Foliierung von f. 1—36. Je Seite 6 Vierliniensysteme mit Quadratnotation — Einband: 19. Jh.; mit roter Seide überzogen.

Die kleinformatige, vor allem die Toni regulares und die Ordinariumsteile von Offizien und Messe sowie Hymnen enthaltende Handschrift (Cantorinus) wurde vermutlich im späteren 15. Jh. in einem oberitalienischen Kloster geschrieben. Mehrstimmig ist nur die Lamentation auf f. 20v/21r.

Inhalt: 4 Blätter ohne Foliierung mit Originalregister; f. l-9v Toni communes Officii; f. 10-12 Kyriale; f. 12-13 Benedicamus-Sammlung; f. 13-20 Hymnar; f. 20v-21 siehe Incipitverzeichnis; f. 21v-24v Präfationen und Totenofficium; f. 25-26 Psalmtöne zur Doxologie; die letzten 2 Blätter (ohne Foliierung): Guidonische Hand und Hexachordlehre.

[Translation] 15th century, 42 parchment leaves, 110 x 80 mm. The first 4 and last 2 leaves lack foliation; main body has original foliation of f. 1-36. 6 four-line staves per page with square notation. Binding: 19th Century, covered with red silk.

This small format manuscript (Cantorinus) contains a tonary and ordinaries of the offices and mass, as well as hymns and was probably copied in the late 15th Century in a northern Italian monastery. The only polyphonic piece is the Lamentation on f. 20v/21r.

Contents: 4 pages without foliation with the original register, f. l-9v Toni Communes officii; Kyriale f. 10-12, f. 12-13 Benedicamus collection; Hymns f. 13-20, f. 20v-21 see inventory f . 21v-24v prefaces and offices of the dead, f. 25-26 Psalm Tones for the doxology, and the last 2 leaves (lacking foliation): Guidonian hand and Hexachord lessons.

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BRUSSELS. Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique. MS 16857

1 Lamentation

Anonymous

42 parchment folios, 110 x 80. 36 of the folios are numbered; the first four and the last two folios are without numbers. 19th-century covers bound in red silk. Index on unnumbered folios at beginning. Square chant notation. The manuscript also contains monophonie liturgical pieces, a Guidonian hand and hexachord, and a liturgical calendar accompanied by a commentary in Italian.

Dates 1490 and 1491 in manuscript. Copied in a monastery in northern Italy (RISM).