Copied by two main scribes, with additions in five other hands (one from the 17th century or later). An inscription on f. 83 identifies one of the scribes as a certain 'Angelus'. Copied in Florence; the manuscript formerly belonged to the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence. It may be identical to a choirbook commissioned by the cathedral of Florence in 1514 (Rifkin; cf. D'AccBP, 133, n.63).

Ten folios are missing at the beginning; remaining folios are in poor condition because of ink corrosion.

Modern leather covers

resembles Briquet #744 (perhaps identical to one in RomeV 35-40); the other resembles Briquet #5919 (a similar mark also appears in FlorBN Magl. 99-102)

black void mensural

Some original ink foliation still visible; modern pencil foliation, 1-90

Penned initials, decorated mostly in red, sometimes in green. The date 1523 and the Medici crest appear on f. 57 (these were probably added after completion of the copying).

paper

RISM

XVIe s. 90ff. + 1f. limin. n. ch. Papier, 415 x 290 mm. Foliotation moderne au bas desff.: 1-90. Lesff. 65v, 66, 74v-75 sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p. Initiales ornées à la plume. Quelques notes, paroles et titres sont rubriques. Au revers de la reliure, une étiquette porte: «Ex Bibliotheca Nosocomii S.M.Novae.»

La date 1523 inscrite dans un écusson en marge du f. 57, peut être considérée approximativement comme celle de la compilation du ms., copié en tout cas pas avant 1511 et peu après 1520 puisque Francesco Corteccia dans la préface de ses Responsoria (Venise 1570) signale ceux de «Bernardo da Pisa» comme «antichissimi», ce qui laisse supposer que Pisano les avait écrits à l'usage des chantres de la cathédrale de Florence alors qu'il y était maître de chapelle, entre 1511 et 1520. Consacré pour la plus large part à la liturgie des trois derniers jours de la Semaine Sainte, le ms. dans son ensemble est l'oeuvre d'un seul scribe, sauf aux ff. 66v à 75, copiés postérieurement, semble-t-il, aux p. laissées libres par le premier scribe, d'une écriture moins soignée, sans capitales ornées qui ne reprennent qu'au f. 75v. L'encre ayant rongé le papier, certaines lectures restent difficiles.

Editions

Les Responsoria de PISANO (nos 2 à 20), in CMM 32; les Lamentations de CARPENTRAS (nos 21 à 24), in CMM 58, II; celles de QUADRIS (nos 34 à 41), in Johannes de Quadris. Voir en outre à chaque pièce.

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5 Canticles, 2 psalms, 31 Lamentations, 21 motets = 59

Brumel-2, Carpentras-14, (Ducis/Masson)-1, (Jaquet of Mantua)-1, Pisano-18 + 2?, (Vitali)-1, anon-20

iii + 90 + ii paper folios, 395 x 287. Ten folios are missing at the beginning; remaining folios are in poor condition because of ink corrosion. Some original ink foliation still visible; modern pencil foliation, 1-90. Modern leather covers. Copied by two main scribes, with additions in five other hands (one from the 17th century or later). Penned initials, decorated mostly in red, sometimes in green. The date 1523 and the Medici crest appear on f. 57 (these were probably added after completion of the copying). One watermark resembles Briquet #744 (perhaps identical to one in RomeV 35-40); the other resembles Briquet #5919 (a similar mark also appears in FlorBN Magl. 99-102). The manuscript may be identical to a choirbook commissioned by the cathedral of Florence in 1514 (Rifkin; cf. D'AccBP, 133, n.63).

Ca. 1520 (D'AccBP); 1514? (Rifkin). Copied in Florence; the manuscript formerly belonged to the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.

Vol 4

Contents: 5 canticles (1 incomplete), 1 psalm, 13 Lamentations, 22 motets = 41

Composers: Brumel-1, Carpentras-4·, (Ducis/Maffoni)-1, (Jaquet of Mantua)-1, Pisano-18 + 2?, (Quadris)-7, (Vitali)-1, anon-6

Physical: Inscription on f. 83 identifies one of the scribes as a certain "Angelus." Date: " 1521" on f. 83.