CZ-VB MS 42 (Hohenfurter Liederhandschrift)

Knihovna cisterciáckého kláštera, Vyšší Brod, Czech Republic

chant book with added polyphony: 1410 with later additions

Archive Knihovna cisterciáckého kláštera, Vyšší Brod, Czech Republic (CZ-VB)
Shelfmark MS 42 (Hohenfurter Liederhandschrift)
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements c. 224 x 147 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: CS-VB42
  • CCM: VyssiK 42
Notations
  • Bohemian chant
  • black full mensural
Copyists
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Provenance
  • Czech Republic
Contents Contains 13 compositions, 13 are anonymous.
General Description

Polyphony on f. Cxiiii (copied in chant notation); polyphony on ff. 147'-148, 149'-150', 151'-153, 157, 158'-159, 164, and 174'-175' copied in black mensural notation (red notes indicate upper voice in seven à2 pieces notated on a single staff). Main corpus copied by Frater Přibík, active as scribe and cellarer at Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod (RotheHL); slightly later additions by several other scribes, including one who copied most of the polyphony. Copied at Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod (= Hohenfurth).

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; buckles and clasps now missing.

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Notation

Bohemian chant with occasional black mensural; polyphony in black mensural

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Ruling

red staves

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, a-g + original red ink foliation, I-Cxliiii + modern pencil foliation, 145-176.

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Decoration

Inked Gothic initials in red, black, and blue; a few initials decorated with floral tracery extending into margins.

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Index

Original index on ff. a-d' lists pieces copied on ff. I-Cxliii, in order of appearance.

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Surface

paper

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RISM Description

RISM BIV/3: 15. Jh.; 183 Blätter Papier, 213 x 150 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. a-g (Blatt 1-7), originale Foliierung ab Blatt 8 von f. I-CXLIIII, moderne Foliierung von f. 145-176. Je Seite meist 6 rote Fünfliniensysteme, ab f. 145 schwarze Fünfliniensysteme; f. 1-143 frühböhmische Choralnotation, ab f. 144 meist schwarze (bei mehrstimmigen Stücken zum Teil schwarz-rote) Mensuralnotation - Einband: 15. Jh.; mit dunkelbraunem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel.

Diese sicherlich aus dem Kloster Vyšší Brod stammende Handschrift besteht aus 2 Teilen: 1. bis f. 144: Prozessionsgesänge und Graduale; 2. ab f. 145: Kantionen unter anderem Sie wurde im Jahre 1410 geschrieben: „Iste libellus est comparatus per fratrem Przybiconem, Monachum et sacerdotem professum in monasterio Altovadensi (Hohenfurt), ordinis Cisterciensis diocesis Pragensis … et est scriptus et notatus totaliter consummatus in anno domini MCCCCX in quo continetur diversus cantus secundum morem secularem …“. Außer den im Incipitverzeichnis angeführten mehrstimmigen Stücken waren offenbar noch andere in mehrstimmem Satz geplant, da zum Teil Raum für eine zweite Stimme leergelassen ist (so zum Beispiel auf f. 153v: Jam adest dies).

Inhalt: f. a-g Indices, tschech. Texte, eine Cantio; f. 1ff. Prozessionar, Antiphonen; f. 40ff. Liber generationis, Präfationen; f. 53ff. Kyriale; f. 85ff. Graduale, Alleluja; f. 101ff. Antiphone seu cantica: f. 121 ff. Sequenzen; f. 144 Regina celi (Nachtrag); f. 145ff. Kantionen.

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Graduale-Cantionale, with polyphony: 13 motets

Anonymous

vii + 176 paper folios, ca. 224 x 147. Modern pencil foliation, a-g + original red ink foliation, I-Cxliiii + modern pencil foliation, 145-176. Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; buckles and clasps now missing. Original index on ff. a-d' lists pieces copied on ff. I-Cxliii, in order of appearance.

Monophony copied mostly in Bohemian chant notation on red staves, with occasional black mensural notation. Polyphony on f. Cxiiii copied in chant notation; polyphony on ff. 147'-148, 149'-150', 151'-153, 157, 158'-159, 164, and 174'-175' copied in black mensural notation (red notes indicate upper voice in seven à2 pieces notated on a single staff). Main corpus copied by Frater Přibík, active as scribe and cellarer at Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod (RotheHL); slightly later additions by several other scribes, including one who copied most of the polyphony. Inked Gothic initials in red, black, and blue; a few initials decorated with floral tracery extending into margins.

1410 (date on first folio), with slightly later additions which include most of the polyphony. Copied at Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod (= Hohenfurth).

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
113–114 Domus mea 2 - Anonymous

Domus mea

Anonymous
Appears on: 113–114
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4f2
Voice Text: Domus mea.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Domus mea.
General Note

In dedicatione Responsorium. Benedicamus domino

Layout

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147v–148r En etas jam aurea 2 - Anonymous

En etas jam aurea

Anonymous
Appears on: 147v–148r
Genres: Cantio
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: En etas iam aurea
General Note

De assumpctione. [two voices in one stave]

Layout

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148 Ave maris stella luces 2 - Anonymous

Ave maris stella luces

Anonymous
Appears on: 148
Genres: Ave maris stella, Cantio
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Ave maris stella luces ...
General Note

De beata virgine tempore nativitatis Christi. [two voices in one stave]

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149v–150 Ex legis observancia ... presentavit 2 - Anonymous

Ex legis observancia ... presentavit

Anonymous
Appears on: 149v–150
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Ex legis observancia ... presentavit ...
General Note

De purificacione. [two voices in one stave]

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150–150v Dywo flagrens numine 2 - Anonymous

Dywo flagrens numine

Anonymous
Appears on: 150–150v
Genres: Cantio, Lauda
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Czech
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Dywo flagrens numine ...
General Note

De assumptione beate virginis. [two voices in one stave]

Layout

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151v Surrexit Christus hodie ... Benedicamus Domino 2 - Anonymous

Surrexit Christus hodie ... Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 151v
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: Superior
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Voice: Inferior
Languages: Latin
Clef: [c3]
Voice Text: Surrexit Christus hodie ... Benedicamus domino.
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152 Resurrexit Dominus qui pro nobis omnibus ... Benedicamus Domino 2 - Anonymous

Resurrexit Dominus qui pro nobis omnibus ... Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 152
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Cantio, Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Resurrexit dominus qui pro nobis omnibus ... Benedicamus domino.
General Note

De resurrectione. [two voices in one stave]
152v–153 Sampsonis honestissima Alleluia 2 - Anonymous

Sampsonis honestissima Alleluia

Anonymous
Appears on: 152v–153
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sampsonis honestissima alleluya ...
General Note

De resurrectione
157 Purum solacio ... canticis et laude 2 - Anonymous

Purum solacio ... canticis et laude

Anonymous
Appears on: 157
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2/c4
Voice Text: Purum solacio ... canticis et laude ...
General Note

De sancto Nicolao. [two voices in one stave]
159 Magnificemus Dominum 2 - Anonymous

Magnificemus Dominum

Anonymous
Appears on: 159
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: Discantus
Languages: Latin
Clef: f2
Voice Text: Magnificemus dominum ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: f between 1/2
General Note

Discantus super Magnificat in summis festivitatibus.

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164 Tamquam sponsus Dominus 2 - Anonymous

Tamquam sponsus Dominus

Anonymous
Appears on: 164
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Tamquam sponsus dominus ...
General Note

In nativitate Christi versiculus ad vesperas.
174v–175 Pangat odas pariter 2 - Anonymous

Pangat odas pariter

Anonymous
Appears on: 174v–175
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Pangat odas pariter ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Pangat odas pariter ...
Layout

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175v In festivitate huius diei 2 - Anonymous

In festivitate huius diei

Anonymous
Appears on: 175v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: In festivitate huius diei ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: In festivitate huius diei ...
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Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Ave maris stella luces Anonymous 148
Domus mea Anonymous 113–114
Dywo flagrens numine Anonymous 150–150v
En etas jam aurea Anonymous 147v–148r
Ex legis observancia ... presentavit Anonymous 149v–150
In festivitate huius diei Anonymous 175v
Magnificemus Dominum Anonymous 159
Pangat odas pariter Anonymous 174v–175
Purum solacio ... canticis et laude Anonymous 157
Resurrexit Dominus qui pro nobis omnibus ... Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 152
Sampsonis honestissima Alleluia Anonymous 152v–153
Surrexit Christus hodie ... Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 151v
Tamquam sponsus Dominus Anonymous 164

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