CH-EN 1

Stiftsbibliothek, Engelberg, Switzerland

chant book with added polyphony: 15th century

Archive Stiftsbibliothek, Engelberg, Switzerland (CH-EN)
Shelfmark 1
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 495 x 355 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: CH-EN1
Notations
  • Hufnagel
  • mensural
Provenance
  • Switzerland
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

A gradual from Thannabaur aus Offenburg, with addenda from the period around 1500 (f. 390v ff) and the 16th Century (f. 318v). Contents: f. I-CLXXVr proper of time; f. CLXXVr-CCLXXXVr proper of saints; f. CCLXXXVr-318v Ordinary; f. 319r-384v sequences; from f. 384v ordinaries, sequences, including tract.

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Physical Description

some pages are missing

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Binding

white leather-covered wooden boards, blind tooling, metal fittings, two clasps; dated 1660

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Notation

Hufnagel notation with mensural elements

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Ruling

8-10 four-line staves per page with a red F-line (occasionally five-line staves)

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Foliation

Original foliation of f. I-CCLXXXV, then f. 286-395

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Surface

parchment

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RISM Description

RISM BIV/3: 15. Jh.; 381 Blätter Pergament + modernes Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblatt, 495 x 355 mm. Originale Foliierung von f. I-CCLXXXV, anschließend f. 286-395 (einige Blätter fehlen). Je Seite 8-10 Vierliniensysteme mit roter F-Linie (vereinzelt Fünfliniensysteme) mit gotischer Choralnotation (zum Teil mit mensuralen Elementen)- Einband: datiert 1660; mit weißem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel, Blindpressung, Beschläge, 2 Schließen.

Diese, nach Thannabaur aus Offenburg stammende Handschrift ist ein Graduale des 15. Jh. mit Nachträgen aus der Zeit um 1500 (f. 390v ff.) und aus dem 16. Jh. (f. 318v).

Inhalt: f. I-CLXXVr Proprium de tempore; f. CLXXVr-CCLXXXVr Proprium Sanctorum; f. CCLXXXVr-318v Ordinarium; f. 319r-384v Sequenzen; ab f. 384v Ordinariumssätze, Sequenzen, Tractus unter anderem.

[Translation] 15th century, 381 parchment leaves + modern flyleaves and endpapers, 495 x 355 mm. Original foliation of f. I-CCLXXXV, then f. 286-395 (some pages are missing). 8-10 four-line staves per page with a red F-line (occasionally five-line staves) with gothic chant notation (with partly mensural elements) Binding: dated 1660, white leather-covered wooden boards, blind tooling, metal fittings, two clasps.

This is a 15th-century gradual from Thannabaur aus Offenburg, with addenda from the period around 1500 (f. 390v ff) and the 16th Century (f. 318v).

Contents: f. I-CLXXVr proper of time; f. CLXXVr-CCLXXXVr proper of saints; f. CCLXXXVr-318v Ordinary; f. 319r-384v sequences; from f. 384v ordinaries, sequences, including tract.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
315v–316v Sanctus & benedictus 2 - Anonymous

Sanctus & benedictus

Anonymous
Appears on: 315v–316v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: f2c4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f2c4
Voice Text: Sanctus ...
Layout

score
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Sanctus & benedictus Anonymous 315v–316v

‡ denotes primary source study

Fischer, Kurt von. 1969. Neue Quellen Mehrstimmiger Musik des 15. Jahrhunderts aus Schweizerischen Klostern. Renaissance-Muziek 1400-1600: Donum Natalicium René Bernard Lenaerts, edited by Kurt von Fischer, 293-301. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit, Seminarie voor Muziekwetenschap.

Thannabaur, Peter Josef. 1962. Das einstimmige Sanctus der römischen Messe in der handschriftlichen Überlieferung des 11. bis 16. Jahrhunderts. Erlanger Arbeiten zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 1.  Munich. Pages: 218.

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