The main scribe (who also wrote portions of VatG XII.2 and VatS 46) remains unidentified, but see DeanS, who discusses probable influence of the calligraphier Ludovico degli Arrighi (d. 1527) on main scribe's work. Ff. 36'-77 and ff. 143'-146 copied mostly by Claudius Gellandi, who also wrote VatS 16, VatS 26, most of VatS 45, and portions of VatG XII.2, VatS 46, and VatS 55 (DeanS); some text added by Gellandi's assistant. Copied in Rome (PerkR, RifSC). Probably a wedding gift for Lorenzo de' Medici II (1492-1519) and Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne (1501-19).
I-Fl MS Acquisti e doni 666 (Medici Codex)
Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence, Italy
manuscript of polyphony: 1518
| Archive | Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence, Italy (I-Fl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Acquisti e doni 666 (Medici Codex) |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 420 x 275 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 80 compositions, 77 from 24 composers, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Liminary Note
Acrostic in index: 'Vivat semper invictus Laurentius Medices Dux Urbini.'
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-154, on upper right rectos.
Decoration
Illuminated initials and other decorations by Attavante degli Attavanti, including the heraldic emblems of the families Medici and de la Tour d'Auvergne, on ff. 2'-3; the remainder of the manuscript has inked initials by two calligraphers (LowMCE).
Index
Original index on ff. 1-1'.
Surface
parchment
RISM Description
RISM
Ms. Acquisti e doni 666
XVIe s., 154 ff. Parchemin 420 x 275 mm. Foliotation ancienne en ch. arabes en haut des ff. Les ff. 2, 77v à 79, 88v, 89, 146v à 154v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p. Initiales ornées en coul. et armes des Médicis au bas des ff. 2v et 3 par Attavante degli Attavanti. Reliure de velours rouge contemporaine du ms., tranche dorée. Au f. lr-v, Table du ms. avec acrostiche au f.lr: Vivat Semper Invictus Laurentius Medices Dux Urbini.
On distingue deux écritures dans ce ms., le 1er scribe en ayant rédigé la plus grande partie: f. 1 à 36 et 79v à 143, et le 2e les ff. 36v à 77 et 143v à 146. Bien que l'acrostiche de la Table indique clairement que le recueil a été rédigé à l'intention de Lorenzo de'Medici, petit fils du Magnifique, aucun ms. n'a donné lieu à autant de discussions concernant son origine. Pour Lowinsky (et aussi Sparks) il aurait été copié en France (bien que l'un des copistes soit italien) sur ordre de François 1er à l'occasion du mariage de Lorenzo avec Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne célébré à Amboise le 2 Mai 1518, alors que pour d'autres (Perkins, Rifkin), il aurait bien été destiné à Lorenzo mais par le pape Léon X qui l'aurait fait copier à Rome. Enfin, on peut penser aussi qu'il aurait été constitué tout simplement à Florence chez Lorenzo lui-même dont la mort inopinée aurait interrompu le travail, ce qui expliquerait que les derniers ff. soient restés blancs. Peut-être le ms. fut-il acquis ensuite par Carlo Strozzi au XVIIe s., un cachet portant les armes de la famille Strozzi figurant au bas du f. 1. En tout cas, il devient en 1913 la propriété de l'éditeur florentin Leo S. Olschki, puis de Mme Alida Varzi de Milan qui en a fait don à la Biblioteca Laurenziana.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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53 motets
Boyleau-1, Bruhier-1, Brumel-1, Brunet-1, Divitis-1, Elimon [Elimot]/(Barra)-1, C. Festa-4, Jacotin-1, Jhan of Ferrara [Mr. Jam]/(Heugel/Josquin)-1, Josquin-5, Lafage-1, Lafage/(Mouton)-1, Lapicida [Erasmus]/(Mouton)-1, Le Santier-1, Lhéritier-1, Lupus-1, Moulu-3, Mouton-7, Mouton/(Josquin)-1, Mouton/ (Moulu)-1, Mouton/(Willaert)-1, Richafort-2, Silva-5, Therache -1, Willaert [Adrien]-7, anon-2
154 parchment folios, 420 x 275. Original foliation, 1-154. Blank folios: 77'-79, 88'-89, 146'-154'. Original covers of red velvet. Original index on ff. 1-1'. Two text hands, one Italian, one French (LowMCE); copied by two scribes, each responsible for music, text, and calligraphic initials; both of these hands are also found in various Vatican manuscripts (RifSC). Illuminated initials and other decorations by Attavante degli Attavanti, including the heraldic emblems of the families Medici and de la Tour d'Auvergne, on ff. 2'-3; the remainder of the manuscript has inked initials by two calligraphers (LowMCE). Acrostic in index: "Vivat semper invictus Laurentius Medices Dux Urbini."
- Copied in Rome (PerkR, RifSC); copied in France (LowMCE). Probably a wedding gift for Lorenzo de' Medici II (1492-1519) and Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne (1501-19).
Vol 4
Contents: 53 motets (2 with French/Latin texts)
Composers: Change " Mouton/(Willaert)-1 " to " Mouton/(Josquin/Willaert)-1 " ; change "Silva-5" to "Silva-5 + 1?"; change "Therache-1" to "Therache/(A. Févin)-1"; change "anon-2" to "anon-1." Add footnote: "FinschMK suggests that attribution to "Andreas" for "Tota pulchra es" (ff. 35'-36) may refer to Andreas Michot rather than Andreas de Silva, but KirschMS concludes that Silva is most likely composer."
Physical: i + 154 + i parchment folios, 420 x 275. Original ink foliation, 1-154, on upper right rectos. The main scribe (who also wrote portions of VatG XII.2 and VatS 46) remains unidentified, but see DeanS, who discusses probable influence of the calligraphier Ludovico degli Arrighi (d. 1527) on main scribe's work. Ff. 36'-77 and ff. 143'-146 copied mostly by Claudius Gellandi, who also wrote VatS 16, VatS 26, most of VatS 45, and portions of VatG XII.2, VatS 46, and VatS 55 (DeanS); some text added by Gellandi's assistant.
Provenance: Delete "copied in France (LowMCE)."
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Benjamin Ory
Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
Notified that 'Missus est angelus Gabriel a Deo', starting on f. 132v is here (as in other manuscripts) attributed to 'Monton' (with the previously stated authorship of Josquin being doubtful).
Benjamin Ory
Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
Updated bibliography.
Benjamin Ory
Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
Notified of mis-attribution of the second piece ('In principio') to Simon Boyleau - the actual composer being an earlier, otherwise unidentified 'Boyleau' (as noted in James Haar and Lucia Marchi's article on 'Boyleau [Boileau, Beaqua], Simon' in New Grove).
Benjamin Ory
Monday, 11 April, 2022
Works by la Fage, incorrectly attributed, re-assigned to Jean.
Tomoyuki Sato
Monday, 28 January, 2019
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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