PL-Kj Berlin MS Mus. 40095

Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków, Poland

chant book with added polyphony: c. 1556-65

Archive Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków, Poland (PL-Kj)
Shelfmark Berlin MS Mus. 40095
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 207 x 154 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: D-Bds40095
  • CCM: BerlPS 40095
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Preussische Staatsbibliothek (until 1945) Z95
Notations
  • Gothic chant
  • mensural
  • square chant
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
  • Bavaria, Germany
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

A liturgical book containing mostly monophonic music; the polyphonic piece is on ff. 157-158'. One of the scribes was probably Johannes Braittenstain. Originated in southern Germany. Formerly belonged to Johannes Braittenstain, a Hopfferbach clergyman who belonged to the Kempten Monastery.

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Physical Description

Some folios were ripped out of the manuscript after its original compilation.

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Binding

Original covers of leather on boards, with metal corners and clasps.

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Notation

Gothic and square chant notation with occasional mensural

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Foliation

Original foliation, 1-276; modern foliation, 1-362.

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Decoration

Illuminated miniatures and initials

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Surface

paper

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RISM Description

RISM BIV/3: Seit 1945 verschollen; Film im Musikwissenschaftlichen Seminar der Universität Erlangen.

  1. Jh.; 362 Blätter Papier + je 1 Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblatt, 207 x 154 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-362; originale Foliierung von f. 1-276 (einige Blätter fehlen). Je Seite bis zu 8 Vier- oder seltener Fünfliniensysteme mit gotischer Choral- oder Quadratnotation (vereinzelt Mensuralnotation). - Einband: 16. Jh.; mit Schweinsleder überzogene Holzdeckel, zwei Schließen.

Diese süddeutsche Handschrift aus der Mitte des 16. Jh. (ca. zwischen 1556 und 1565) stellt eine Sammlung verschiedener Ausschnitte aus dem Graduale und dem Antiphonar dar. Eingestreut sind zahlreiche deutsche Kirchenlieder. Ehemaliger Besitzer (und teilweise wohl auch Schreiber) der Handschrift war Johannes Braittenstain, Pfarrer in Hopfferbach (zum Kloster Kempten gehörig).

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1 Sanctus

Anonymous

i + 362 + i paper folios, 207 x 154. Some folios were ripped out of the manu-script after its original compilation. Original foliation, 1-276; modern folia-tion, 1-362. Original covers of leather on boards, with metal corners and clasps. Gothic and square chant notation; occasional mensural notation. One of the scribes was probably Johannes Braittenstain. Illuminated miniatures and initials. The manuscript is a liturgical book containing mostly monophonic music; the polyphonic piece is on ff. 157-158'.

Ca. 1556-65. Originated in southern Germany. Formerly belonged to Johannes Braittenstain, a Hopfferbach clergyman who belonged to the Kempten Monastery.

4: Delete entry; "simple" polyphony only (see Vol. I, p. xiv).

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
157–158v Sanctus & Agnus Dei 3 - Anonymous

Sanctus & Agnus Dei

Anonymous
Appears on: 157–158v
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3c5
Voice Text: Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus | Agnus dei qui tollis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3c5
Voice Text: Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus | Agnus dei qui tollis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3c5
Voice Text: Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus | Agnus dei qui tollis
Layout

score
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Sanctus & Agnus Dei Anonymous 157–158v

‡ denotes primary source study

Stäblein, Bruno. 1931. Die deutschen Kirchenlieder in der Berliner Hs. Mus. MS. 40095. Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch, 26: . Pages: 51 ff.

Schosland, Wilhelm. 1923. Die Messgesänge und deutschen Kirchenlieder der Berliner Handschrift Mus. ms. 40095. Berlin, Dissertation.

Becker, Philip Adolf. 1918-19. Die Berliner liturgische Handschrift Mus. ms. Z. 95 und ihre deutschen Lieder. Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 1: 633-42. Pages: 633ff.

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde.  Leipzig. Pages: I, 162ff.

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

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Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales

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