Copied by one main scribe, whose hand also appears in MilD 3 (Rifkin); later insertions by Franchino Gafori, who also copied ParmC 1158 and portions of MilD 1, MilD 2, and MilD 3. The composers of several works are conjectural, based on descriptions of manuscript before fire damage, and lists of works by Compère and Gafori for which there are no other known sources. Many unidentified pieces probably by Gafori. Copied in Milan, for use by the cathedral choir; prepared under direction of Franchino Gafori, maestro di cappella from 1484 until his death in 1522.
I-Mfd MS 2266 (Librone 4)
Archivio della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, Sezione Musicale, Milano, Italy
choirbook: Early 16th century
| Archive | Archivio della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, Sezione Musicale, Milano, Italy (I-Mfd) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 2266 (Librone 4) |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Measurements | irregular and varying sizes (original size c. 400 x 300). mm |
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| Contents | Contains 95 compositions, 47 from 7 composers, 48 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Seriously damaged by fire in 1906 while on display at international art exhibit in Milan. Some folios completely destroyed; charring of edges of surviving folios obliterated some music, all original foliation, and attributions. Restored 1914-6 by Achille Ratti, prefect of Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
Binding
Surviving folios preserved unbound in 10 boxes, numbered 34-43.
Notation
Black void mensural notation
Decoration
Inked initials and voice designations
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s. (1527). 144ff. Papier, 400 x 300 mm. Foliotation moderne: 1-144. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p.
Les restes de ce ms., très sévèrement brûlé en 1906 à l'Exposition de Milan, sont maintenant conservés dans 10 cassettes à l'Archivio della Fabbrica del Duomo. De nombreux ff. ayant été complètement détruits et les autres très endommagés, la description est ici donnée d'après les catalogues antérieurs à 1906 (cf. Bibliographie). A la p. 169 des Annali, on a noté: «In fine dell'altro codice manoscritto … sta scritto Liber Franchini Gafuri musici praefitiensis die 22 junii 1527», note qui ne peut concerner que ce Librone 4 et qui fixe la date finale de la copie, indiquant ainsi que celle-ci a été faite quelques années après la mort de Gaffurio, dont de nombreuses oeuvres (Messes, Magnificat, motets) figuraient dans le ms. Une restauration commencée par Achille Ratti (futur Pie XI) en 1914, puis améliorée en 1953 par Onesta Benetti de l'Istituto di patologia del libro de Rome, a permis de déchiffrer ce qui reste des parties de T et B, le Sup. et l'A ayant à peu près complètement disparu. Aucune pièce ne peut donc être transcrite en entier et, comme on trouve dans Sartori les incipit musicaux des T et B qui ont pu être déchiffres, que le facs. du ms. est maintenant réalisé, il a semblé inutile de donner ici le dépouillement d'un ms. dont, de surcroit, tous les noms de compositeurs ont disparu.
Edition
Facs. du ms. entier: AMMM XVI
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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5 Masses, 1 G-C-S Mass, 1 Sanctus, 2 Agnus, 6 Magnificats, 61 motets, 1 lauda, 1 textless piece = 78
(Compère)-3, (Gafori)-13, (Josquin)-5, (Spataro)-1, (Weerbecke)-4, anon-52
144 paper folios of an original 200?, now of irregular and varying sizes (original size ca. 400 x 300). Seriously damaged by fire in 1906 while on display at international art exhibit in Milan. Some folios completely destroyed; charring of edges of surviving folios obliterated some music, all original foliation, and attributions. Restored 1914-6 by Achille Ratti, prefect of Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan. Surviving folios preserved unbound in 10 boxes, numbered 34-43.
Copied by one main scribe, whose hand also appears in MilD 3 (Rifkin); later insertions by Franchino Gafori, who also copied ParmC 1158 and portions of MilD 1, MilD 2, and MilD 3. Inked initials and voice designations. Composer list above includes several conjectural identifications based on descriptions of manuscript before fire damage, and lists of works by Compère and Gafori for which there are no other known sources. Many unidentified pieces probably by Gafori.
Early 16th century. Copied in Milan, for use by the cathedral choir; prepared under direction of Franchino Gafori, maestro di cappella from 1484 until his death in 1522.
Vol 4
Contents: 4 Masses, 1 G-C-S Mass, 1 Kyrie, 1 Sanctus, 2 Agnus, 5 Magnificats, 1 Magnificat section, 73 motets (some arranged in cycles, possibly as substitutes for Mass sections), 1 Italian lauda, 1 textless piece = 90
Composers: (Compère)-5 + 1?, (Compère/Gafori)-1, (Compère/Richafort)-1, (Gafori)-14 + 6?, (Josquin)-5, (Spataro)-1, (Weerbecke)-7 + 1?, anon-48
Physical: Change "ParmC 1158" to "ParmP 1158."
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Mss. 2266-9 (Libroni 1-4)
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Filippi, Daniele V. 2021b. Gaffurius's Paratexts: Notes on the Indexes of Libroni 1-3. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 165-179. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Filippi, Daniele V. 2021a. The Making and the Dating of the Gaffurius Codices: Archival Evidence and Research Perspectives. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 3-58. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana. [Filippi 2021a].
Cassia, Cristina. 2021. Gaffurius at the Mirror: The Internal Concordances of the Libroni. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Cristina Cassia, 181-215. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Pantarotto, Martina. 2021. ‘Scripsi et notavi’: Scribes, Notators, and Calligraphers in the Workshop of the Gaffurius Codices. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Martina Pantarotto, 59-164. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Pavanello, Agnese. 2021. The Non-Milanese Repertory of the Libroni: A Potential Guide for Tracking Musical Exchanges. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Agnese Pavanello, 217-269. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Rossi, Francesco Rocco. 2021. Franchino Gaffurio compositore. I mottetti. Ivrea: LeMus.
Cassia, Cristina. 2019b. Catalogo dei Libroni gaffuriani. Codici per cantare. I Libroni del Duomo nella Milano Sforzesca, edited by Cristina Cassia, 291-389. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Filippi, Daniele V. 2019b. Where Devotion and Liturgy Meet: Reassessing the Milanese Roots of the "Motetti missales". Motet Cycles between Devotion and Liturgy, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 53-91. Basel: Schwabe.
Cassia, Cristina. 2019a. La compilazione del Catalogo dei Libroni: problemi e osservazioni. Codici per cantare. I Libroni del Duomo nella Milano Sforzesca, edited by Cristina Cassia, 275-290. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Filippi, Daniele V. 2019a. Breve guida ai "motetti missales" (e dintorni). Codici per cantare. I Libroni del Duomo nella Milano Sforzesca, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 139-169. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Halpern, Lynn Elise. 1986. The Motetti Missales Repertory Reconsidered. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 39: 491-523. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Halpern, Lynn Elise. 1985. Motet and Mass-Motet Cycles in lhe Gafurius Codices. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1981. Textual Criticism of Selected Works Published by Petrucci. Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 6. 201-42. Munich. Pages: 207,234-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (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: II, 153-154.
Finscher, Ludwig. 1979. Zum Verhältnis von Imitationstechnik und Textbehandlung im Zeitalter Josquins. Renaissance-Studien: Helmuth Osthoff zum 80. Geburtstag, Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 11. 57-72. Tutzing. Pages: 62-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Tirro, Frank P. 1974. Giovanni Spataro's Choirbooks in the Archive of San Petronio in Bologna. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 190-214. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1963. The Motetti Missales of the Late Fifteenth Century. University of Texas at Austin, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 3-5, 11, 209, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Migliavacca, Luciano, Angelo Ciceri, and Amerigo Bortone (editors). 1958-1969. Archivium musices metropolitanum mediolanense. Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano. Pages: A. Ciceri, in AMMM, Vff., et L. Migliavacca, id. Xlff.
Sartori, Claudio. 1953. II Quarto Codice di Gaffurio non e del Tutto Scomparso. Collectanea Historiae Musicae, 25-44.
[No Author] 1906. II Duomo di Milano all'Esposizione internazionale del 1906. Milano: Amministrazione dell Fabbrica del Duomo. Pages: 41, n° 128.
[No Author] 1877-1885. Appendix to Vol II. Annali della Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, 6 vols. Milano. Pages: 169.
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