I-Bu MS 2866

Biblioteca Universitaria, Bologna, Italy

chant book with added polyphony: 16th to 18th century

Archive Biblioteca Universitaria, Bologna, Italy (I-Bu)
Shelfmark MS 2866
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Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 153 x 108 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-Bu2866
  • CCM: BolU 2866
Notations
  • mensural elements
  • square
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
Contents Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous.
General Description

A Diurnum Dominicanum, copied by a 'Presbiter Simon.' The two polyphonic pieces are on ff. 297'-298. Copied at the Dominican monastery of San Salvatore in Bologna.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over boards

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Notation

red / black square notation with mensural elements

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-311

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Index

Modern index on ff. 312-313

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Surface

ii paper + 319 parchment and paper + iii paper

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RISM Description

RISM BIV/4: 16./18. Jh.; 319 Blätter Pergament und Papier gemischt + 2 moderne Blätter mit Index + 2 moderne Vorsatz- und 1 Nachstoßblatt, 153 x 108 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-311 + 312/313 (Index). - Einband: mit braunem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel (16. Jh.).

Diese Handschrift ist ein aus dem Kloster S. Salvatore in Bologna stammendes Diurnum Dominicanum. Der von jüngeren Papierblätter (17./18. Jh.) durchsetzte Teil Pergament-Blätter) wurde von einem Presbiter Simon geschrieben und ist 1515 datiert. Dazu gehören die auf f. 297v/298 notierten mehrstimmiges Benedicamus: je Seite 4 Vierliniensysteme mit rot/schwarzer Quadratnotation mit mensuralen Elementen.

[Translation] 16-18th. Century; 319 parchment leaves mixed with paper, + 2 modern leaves with index + 2 modern leaves with a contents list and 1 endpaper, 153 x 108 mm. Modern foliation of f. 1-311 + 312/313 (index). Binding: wooden boards covered with brown leather (16th century).

This manuscript is a Diurnum Dominicanum originating from the monastery of San Salvatore in Bologna. The newer paper leaves (17-18th C.) were interpolated among the parchment sheets. It was written by Presbiter Simon and is dated 1515. In addition f. 297v/298 include a polyphonic Benedicamus: each page has 4 four-line staves with red / black square notation with mensural elements.

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Benedicamus Domino settings

Anonymous

ii paper + 319 parchment and paper + iii paper folios, 153 x 108. Modern foliation, 1-311. Original covers of brown leather over boards. Modern index on ff. 312-313. Black/red square chant notation, with mensural elements. Copied by a "Presbiter Simon." The two polyphonic pieces are on ff. 297'-298 of this Diurnum Dominicanum.

The section of the manuscript in which the polyphony is found is dated 1515. Copied at the Dominican monastery of San Salvatore in Bologna.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
297v Benedicamus Domino 2 - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 297v
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
298 Benedicamus Domino. Alleluia 2 - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino. Alleluia

Anonymous
Appears on: 298
Genres: Alleluia, Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino Alleluya ...
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 297v
Benedicamus Domino. Alleluia Anonymous 298

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Baroffio, Bonifacio, Alberto Doda, and Rodobaldo Tibaldi. 2000. Musicae Imagines. Gli studi di paleografia musicale e l'esigenza di nuovi strumenti di ricerca. Scrittura e civiltà, 24: 449-491. Pages: 464 nr. 55.

Bacchi, Maria Cristina, and Laura Miani. 1998. Vicende del patrimonio librario bolognese: manoscritti e incunaboli della Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna. Pio VI Braschi e Pio VII Chiaramonti. Due Pontefici cesenati nel bicentenario della Campagna d'Italia. Atti del Convegno internazionale, maggio 1997, 369-475. Bologna: Clueb. Pages: 462 nr. 799. Notes: Citato e descritto nel ms. 4122.

Baroffio, Giacomo. 1988. I manoscritti liturgici italiani: ricerche, studi, catalogazione (1980-1988). Le fonti musicali in Italia. Studi e ricerche, vol. II.  Pages: 102-103 nr. 88.

Vecchi, Giuseppe. 1984. Le scuole musicali . Le sedi della cultura nell'Emilia Romagna. L'età comunale, 175-193. Milano: Silvana. Pages: 180. Notes: Riproduzione della c. 74.

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1, vol. 3, Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: IX, tav. XXII. Notes: Citato come ms. 2886; riproduzione delle cc. 297v-298r.

Strohm, Reinhard. 1966. Neue Quellen Zur Liturgischen Mehrstimmigkeit Des Mittelalters in Italien. Rivista italiana di musicologia, 1: 77-87. Author is listed as Reinhart (w/ T) Strohm. Pages: 86.

Frati, Lodovico. 1916. Codici musicali della R. Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna. Rivista Musicale Italiana, 23: 219-42. Pages: 228, 241.

Foschini, Gaetano F. 1898. La musica all'Eposizione Generale Italiana di Torino 1898. Rivista musicale italiana, 5: 786-836. Pages: 813. Notes: Breve descrizione del ms., citato come: ms. 2806.

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

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description

Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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