CZ-Pu MS XIII.A.5c

Národní knihovna České republiky, Prague, Czech Republic

chant book with added polyphony: Late 15th or early 16th century

Archive Národní knihovna České republiky, Prague, Czech Republic (CZ-Pu)
Shelfmark MS XIII.A.5c
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Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 420 x 300 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: CS-Pu XIII A 5
  • CCM: PragU XIII A 5c
Notations
  • Bohemian chant
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Provenance
  • Czech Republic
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

Polyphony on ff. 363-365. Probably copied at Cistercian monastery in Sedlec (now part of Kutná Hora). Given by monastery's abbot, Valentius a Schönberg, to Gregorius Bartholdus Potanus a Breitenberg, provost of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, in 1605.

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Binding

Covers of white blind-stamped leather over wooden boards date from late 16th century.

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Notation

Bohemian chant notation and black mensural notation

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Ruling

red 4-line staves.

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-366; new ff. 29-182 also have original foliation, A I-XX to J V.

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Surface

ii paper + 366 parchment + iv paper

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RISM Description

RISM BIV/3: 15./16. Jh.; 366 Blätter Pergament + 2 Vorsatz- und 4 Nachstoßblätter Papier, 420 x 300 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-366; originale Foliierung A I-XX und so weiter bis J V (= moderne f. 29-182). 10 rote Vierliniensysteme mit böhmischer Choralnotation und zum Teil schwarzer Mensuralnotation - Einband: spätes 16. Jh.; mit weißem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel, Blindpressung.

Diese Handschrift ist ein Graduale, das der Abt von Sedlie, Valentius a Schönberg, im Jahre 1605 dem Praepositus der Prager Metropolitankirche, Gregorius Bartholdus Potanus a Breitenberg, geschenkt hat. Sie stammt aus dem späten 15. oder frühen 16. Jh. Sie enthält nur ein mehrstimmiges Stück.

Inhalt: f. 1-1v Svatý Václave, Sequenz, Introitus; f. 2-26v Kyriale ; f. 27-366v Graduale (lat.), mit zahlreichen Sequenzen (f. 222-337).

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Graduale, with polyphony: 1 Credo

Anonymous

ii paper + 366 parchment + iv paper folios, 420 x 300. Modern foliation, 1-366; new ff. 29-182 also have original foliation, A I-XX to J V. Covers of white blind-stamped leather over wooden boards date from late 16th century. Bohemian chant notation and black mensural notation on red 4-line staves. Polyphony on ff. 363-365.

Late 15th or early 16th century (RISM). Probably copied at Cistercian monastery in Sedlec. Given by monastery's abbot, Valentius a Schönberg, to Gregorius Bartholdus Potanus a Breitenberg, provost of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, in 1605.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
363–365 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 2 - Anonymous

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Anonymous
Appears on: 363–365
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Patrem omnipotentem ...
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous 363–365

‡ denotes primary source study

Plocek, Vaclav. 1973. Catalogus Codicum Notis Musicis Instructorum qui in Bibliotheca publica rei publicae Bohemicae socialisticae in Bibliotheca universitatis Pragensis servantur. 2 vols. Prague. Pages: 508-16. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits.

Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I, vol. Einzeldrucke vor 1800.  Kassel. Pages: B IV/3,262. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; additional bibliography.

Plocek, Vaclav. 1956. Nove nalezená sekvence. Rocenka Universitni Knihovny v Praze, 67ff. Pages: 67 ff.

Ludwig, Friedrich. 1923. Die Quellen der Motetten ältesten Stils. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 5: 185-222, Vol. 5 (1924) 273-315. Pages: 301 (Anm. 2) u. 314 (Anm. 1).

Nejedly, Zdenëk. 1913. Reprinted 1955-6 as Vols. 43-5 of the author's complete works. Citations refer to original edition.. Dejiny Husitského Zpevu za Válek Husitsky'ch.  Prague. Pages: I, 194, 398.

Nejedly, Zdenëk. 1905/06. Magister Závise und seine Schule. Sammelbande der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft, 7: 65. Pages: 65.

Blume, C, and Guido Maria Dreves (editors). 1886-1922; Reprinted: Frankfurt am Main 1961; Indices 1978. Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi. 55 vols. Leipzig. Pages: XLVII, 4 u. 165; IL.

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