Copied by one scribe. Copied in northern Italy (PerkR), possibly in Cento, or Bologna (CrawF). At one time in the possession of the Bolognese branch of the Rusconi family, whose name is on the spine.
I-Bc Q.19 (Rusconi Codex)
Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1518
| Archive | Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (I-Bc) |
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| Shelfmark | Q.19 (Rusconi Codex) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 293 x 212 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 130 compositions, 121 from 36 composers, 9 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown tooled leather over boards
Watermark
resembles Mosin #397 (LockMM). Initials 'DP' and stag silhouette not related to Diane de Poitiers (LockMM, FinschMK, StaeRMC).
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-6; original foliation, 1-202 (last folio not numbered).
Decoration
Eight initials, removed from elsewhere, have been pasted at the beginnings of eight pieces; these appear to be in the style of the Ferrarese school of manuscript illumination. On f. 2' is an ink drawing of a white stag lying under a tree, pasted to a black rectangular piece of paper; the initials 'D.P.' have been written over the drawing.
Index
Original index listing pieces alphabetically, followed by name of composer.
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s. (1518). 209ff. Papier, 295 x 210 mm.
Foliotation ancienne: 1-203, ne tenant pas compte des 6ff. limin. chiffrés postérieurement 1-6, mais correspondant à celle de la table. Les ff. limin. [I, IIv] sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p. Aux ff. Umin. [rVv-VI] table alphabétique du ms. de 1a main du scribe. Au f. limin. [III], vignette collée postérieurement (Cf. plus bas). Quelques lettres et marges ornées or et coul, découpées d'un autre ms. et collées. Reliure ancienne cuir estampé, liens de coton.
Ce ms. tire son surnom du fait qu'il appartenait à la bibliothèque du marquis Rusconi qui le vendit vers 1862 à Bologne. Il figure dans l'inventaire du Civico museo rédigé en 1888 comme «acquisto recente.» Le filigrane (ancre dans un cercle qui indique un papier vénitien du début du XVIe s.) correspond bien à la date inscrite au f. limin. [Iv]: «1518 adi 10 de zugno.» De nombreuses hypothèses ont été émises concernant l'origine du ms.: alors que Jeppesen pense qu'il a été compilé et copié par Sebastiano Festa qui se serait ainsi réservé le no 1 (MGG IV: S. Festa), Lowinsky penche pour Costanzo Festa et considère que le cerf surmonté des initiales D P qui figure au f. limin. [III] représente l'emblème de Diane de Poitiers à laquelle le ms. aurait appartenu. Enfin Crawford estime que le ms. aurait été copié par les Festa, sinon à Bologne même, du moins dans la région. Quoiqu'il en soit, il s'agit non pas d'un ms. d'apparat, mais d'un ms. d'usage privé, et copié, plutôt que par un scribe professionnel, par un musicien, italien, si l'on en juge par la date rédigée en italien et par l'orthographe fautive des 8 chansons françaises qui, de surcroit, ne comportent que les premiers mots du texte, alors que les pièces religieuses (92) sont pourvues d'un texte complet. On peut remarquer cependant que la graphie «Maester Jhaen» pour Maitre Jan (no 91) est plus nordique qu'italienne, tandis que le texte macaronique germanique du canon no 98, avec l'allusion à la mortadel, peut évoquer la région Modène-Ferrare-Mantoue à laquelle appartiennent en tout cas, deux des compositeurs du ms.: Fogliano et Symon.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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4 Masses, 2 Kyrie-Gloria pairs, 3 Magnificats, 75 motets, 2 motet-chansons, 8 French secular pieces, 1 canon = 95
A. Agricola-1, Barra [Hutinet]-1, Bruhier-1, Brumel-3, Carpentras-1, Divitis-2, C. Festa-5, S. Festa-3, A. Févin-2, G. Fogliano-2, Jaquet of Mantua [Jachet]-5, Jaquet of Mantua/(Mouton)-2, Jhan of Ferrara-3, Josquin-1, Lhéritier-1, (Lhéritier/Mouton)-1, Longaval-1, Lupus-4, Lupus/(Conseil)-1, Moulu-3, Moulu/(Josquin/Mouton/Verdelot)-1, Moulu/(Mouton)-1, Mouton-12, Mouton/(Josquin)-1, Pipelare-1, Remi-1, Renaldo-11, Richafort-2, Richafort/(Josquin/Lebrun)-1, Rigamundus-1, (Sermisy)-1, Silva-3, Simon of Ferrara-2, Willaert-3, anon-11
207 paper folios, 293 x 212. Original foliation, 1-202 (first four folios and last folio not numbered). Original covers of brown tooled leather over boards. Original index listing pieces alphabetically, followed by name of composer. Copied by one scribe. Eight initials, removed from elsewhere, have been pasted at the beginnings of eight pieces; these appear to be in the style of the Ferrarese school of manuscript illumination. On f. 2' is an ink drawing of a white stag lying under a tree, pasted to a black rectangular piece of paper; the initials "D.P." have been written over the drawing.
Ca. 1518 (inscription on f. 1': "1518 adi. 10. de zugno"). Copied in northern Italy (PerkR), possibly in Cento, or Bologna (CrawF); of French origin, once in possession of Diane de Poitiers (LowMCE). At one time in the possession of the Bolognese branch of the Rusconi family, whose name is on the spine.
Vol 4
Contents: 4 Masses, 1 Kyrie-Gloria pair, 1 Kyrie, 1 Gloria, 3 Magnificats, 77 motets (1 incomplete), 2 motet-chansons, 8 French secular pieces, 1 canon with macaronic text = 98
Composers: Change "Brumel-3" to "Brumel-2, Brumel/(Isaac)-1 "; change "A. Févin-2" to "A. Févin-1, A. Févin/(Divitis)-1 "; change "Pipelare-1" to "Pipelare/(La Rue)-1"; add "Mouton/(Josquin/Willaert)-1," "(Rein)-1," and "(Roselli)-1."
Physical: 209 paper folios, 293 x 212. Modern foliation, 1-6 + original folia-tion, 1-202 (last folio not numbered). Watermark resembles Mosin #397 (LockMM). Initials "DP" and stag silhouette not related to Diane de Poitiers (LockMM, FinschMK, StaeRMC).
Provenance: Remove "of French origin, once in possession of Diane de Poitiers (LowMCE)."
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‡ denotes primary source study
Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 2017. A Tale of Three Manuscripts: On the Origins and Uses of I-Bc Q19, Q20 and Q21. Sources of Identity: Makers, Owners, and Users of Music Sources Before 1600, edited by Mitchell Paul Brauner, 227–238. Turnhout: Brepols.
‡ Heyink, Rainer. 1994. Der Gonzaga-Kodex Bologna Q19. Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zurich.
‡ Nosow, Robert. 1991. The Dating and Provenance of Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q 19. Journal of Musicology, 9: 92-108.
Bragard, Anne-Marie. 1980. Les musiciens ultramontains des chapelles du pape Médicis Léon X (1513-1521). Bulletin de l'Institut historique belge de Rome, 50: 187ff. Pages: 196ff.
Fenlon, Iain. 1980. Music and patronage in the sixteenth-century Mantua I. Cambridge. Pages: 71-3,76. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); discussion; cussion of the MS.
Staehelin, Martin. 1980. Review of CR Lowinsky. The Medici Codex of 1518, a choirbook of motets dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici... Journal of the American Musicological Society, 33: 575-87. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: I, 73.
Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1979. Jean Mouton and Jean Michel: New Evidence on French Music and Musicians in Italy, 1505-1520. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 32: 191-246. Pages: 199,234-45. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Finscher, Ludwig. 1977. Der Medici-Kodex-Geschichte und Edition. Die Musikforschung, 30: 468-81. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1977. Die Motetten des Andreas de Silva: Studien zur Geschichte der Motette im 16. Jahrhundert. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 2. Tutzing. Pages: 19, 22-4,50,78-82,433,443,445. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1977. On the Presentation and Interpretation of Evidence: Another Review of Costanzo Festa's Biography. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 30: 106-28. Pages: 117-24. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Silbiger, Alexander. 1977. An Unknown Partbook of Early Sixteenth Century Polyphony. Studi Musicali, 6: 43-67. Pages: 48, 57-60. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xx,52. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. A Review of Costanzo Festa's Biography. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 28: 102-11. Pages: 107-8. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: (I, 144ff)Dis (I, 166-9, 197). Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Seay, Albert (editor). 1972-73. Elziarii Geneti (Carpentras): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 58. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V, x, 111-3. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried (editor). 1970-. Andreas de Silva: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 49. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, [xx-xxi]. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 364, passim. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
Nugent, George Edward. 1970. The Life and Works of Antonius Divitis. North Texas State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,123-4,129-33,138-9; II, 418-32,438-55. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1969-72. Antoine Brumel: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 5. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, xiv, xvi; IV, 84-6; V, xxxix-xl, 86-8, 103-9. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial); transcription (partial).
Dunning, Albert. 1969. Die Staatsmotette 1480-1555. Utrecht. Pages: 336,338. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Perkins, Leeman L. 1969. Review of CR Lowinsky. The Medici Codex of 1518, a choirbook of motets dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici. The Musical Quarterly, 55: 255-69. Pages: 269ff.
Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xl. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: I, 39. Notes: mention of MS.
Lowinsky, Edward E (editor). 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518: A Choirbook of Motets Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. III-V. Chicago. Pages: III, 52-60. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; facsimile (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518, a choirbook of motets dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. 3-5. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 52ff, 114 (avec facs. du f. III).
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1967. Ottaviano Petrucci: Canti B Numero Cinquanta Venice, 1502. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. II. Chicago and London. Pages: 11, passim. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 124. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V,x,xv-xvi,18-43. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1962. Italia Sacra Musica, musiche corali italiane sconosciute della prima metà del Cinquecento. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: I, X.
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, 36-7. Notes: transcription (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 350. Notes: physical description; concordances (partial).
Reese, Gustave. 1959. Music in the Renaissance. New York. Pages: 220, 367. Notes: mention of MS.
Kabis, Mary Elise. 1957. The Works of Jean Richafort, Renaissance Composer (1480?-c. 1548). New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 18, passim. Notes: concordances (partial); mention of MS.
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1957. The Medici Codex: A Document of Music, Art, and Politics in the Renaissance. Annales Musicologiques, 5: 61-178. Pages: 98-106. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: IV, 101-3. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; facsimile (partial).
Reese, Gustave. 1948-49. Maldeghem and His Buried Treasure: A Bibliographical Study. Notes, 6: 75-117. Pages: 81, 87ff. Notes: mention of MS.
[No Author] 1947-. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. The American Institute of Musicology. 110 vols. A-R Editions, Inc. Pages: L. Perkins, 48, I, p. XL.
Dagnino, Eduardo (editor). 1936. Constantius Festa, Sacrae cantiones. Monumenta Polyphoniae Italicae, vol. II. Rome. Pages: viii, x. Notes: mention of MS.
Smijers, Albert. 1935. Vijftiende en zestiende eeuwsche Muziekhandschriften in Italië met werken van Nederlandsche Componisten. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 14: 165-81. Pages: 179. Notes: contents list (partial).
Casimiri, Raffaele (editor). 1930-1958. Vol. II: Constantius Festa, Sacrae cantiones. ed. Eduardo Dagnino. (1936) & Vol. III: Constantius Festa. Hymni per totum annum... transcr. Glen Haydon. (1958). Monumenta Polyphoniae Italicae. Rome. Pages: II, 32-4, 45-58, 108-12, 127-30, 134. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: VI, v. Notes: physical description.
Torchi, Luigi. 1906. I Monumenti dell'antica musica francese a Bologna. Rivista Musicale Italiana, 13: 451-505,575-615. Pages: 502. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Gaspari, Gaetano (compiler). 1905. Catalogo della biblioteca del Liceo musicale di Bologna compilato da Gaetano Gaspari: compiuto e pubblicato da Dr Raffaele Cadolini, aggiunto al bibliotecario. 4 vols. Bologna. Pages: III, 3-4. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Maldeghem, R-J van. 1865-93. Tresor musical: collection authentique de musique sacrée & profane des anciens maîtres belges ... Musique profane. Brussels. Pages: I-III, x-xii, xvii, xx, xxix. Notes: transcription (partial).
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Benjamin Ory
Wednesday, 27 May, 2026
The works of the composer "Renaldo" have been mistakenly attributed to the 14th century composer "Reynaldus". For details on Renaldo's life, I would refer to Robert Nosow's article "The Dating and Provenance of Bologna... Q19," published in the Journal of Musicology in 1991. (An additional piece by Renaldo is in Panc. 27, also misattributed.) The DIAMM inventories have now been updated to show the correct composer.
Benjamin Ory
Friday, 28 February, 2025
Notified that ff. 131v–141r is the "Missa Sine nomine" by Renaldo, not "Miserere Mei Deus" (as previously stated); and ff. 176v–185r is the "Missa Benedictus Dominus Deus" by Renaldo
Edward Tambling
Monday, 10 July, 2023
Mis-reading of title of second item corrected: "Moriens lux amantissima" both in the MS and in RISM c.1530/1
Edward Tambling
Monday, 10 July, 2023
Concordance for Veni sponsa Christi (f. 35v–36) found in I-Bc R.142 on 16v–17.
Edward Tambling
Monday, 10 July, 2023
O rex gentium et desideratus earum on 200v–201 corrected to 'Le villain jaloix'.
Patrick Macey
Friday, 19 January, 2018
Bibliography added
Jason Stoessel
Monday, 23 October, 2017
Bibliographical item added
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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