A single Bassus partbook, over half of the contents of which are unica. Copied by a single scribe, except for original f. 71', copied by a different but contemporary hand, and ff. 1 and 53', which contain musical fragments in an 18th-century hand. A break in the main copying is evident at f. 26v (where the index stops).

Copied in northern Italy. Provenance unknown until owned by the historian Giuseppe Campori (1821-87) of Modena; bequeathed to Biblioteca Estense.

i+72ff (originally 75-80 folios)

Gatherings are quaternions, but the 6th and 8th are incomplete, lacking 2 & 1 folios respectively. The losses are of text only; music remains complete.

Restored original covers of dark brown leather, tooled with ornamental designs and initials 'B.A.'

An indistinct watermark (anchor in circle with six-pointed star) is visible in some gatherings; no watermarks visible elsewhere

black void mensural

The earliest layer (ff. 1-26v) consists of repertory from the 1520s, and may slightly pre-date 1530; the second section was probably added not long after, c. 1530 (Fenlon/Haar).

Staff height 10; 4 staves per page.

Original ink foliation (in a different hand from the cpying), 1-71, on upper right rectos ('70' applied to two consecutive folios); new pencil foliation, 1-72, on lower left rectos.

No initials or decoration

Original index on flyleaf at beginning lists first 25 pieces only.

paper

RISM

XVIe s. 72ff. (+ 1 f. de garde non ch.) Papier, 117 x 180 mm. Foliotation ancienne 1-71. Le f. 70 chiffré 2 fois. Les ff. 45v, 54, 67v, 68 sont blancs. Aux ff. 1 et 53v, quelques lignes de musique copiées postérieurement. Notation mesurée blanche. 4 portées par p. Au v. du f. de garde, table contemporaine du ms. jusqu'au f. 26 seul' (no 25). Reliure ancienne (dos refait) cuir brun, portant au plat supérieur: + B + + A + Partie de Bassus seul'.

Signalé d'abord par V. Cian dès 1884, puis par R. Vandini en 1886 dans l'Appendice à son catalogue de la bibliothèque du marquis Giuseppe Campori, ce ms. est entré à l'Estense par donation après la mort de son possesseur. Il contient 69 pièces, dont 64 sur texte italien profane, 3 motets et 2 chansons françaises. La copie a été effectuée par un seul scribe (sauf peut-être le no 69) vers 1530, à cette époque de transition entre frottola et madrigal, ce que confirme la préférence donnée à Verdelot avec 11 pièces ainsi que la présence des Festa.

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3 motets, 65 Italian secular pieces, 1 French secular piece = 69

(Bartolucci d'Assisi)-1, (Cara)-1, (C. Festa)-1, (C. Festa/S. Festa)-1, (S. Festa)-1, (Hellinck)-1, (Isaac)-1, (Lhéritier)-1, (Pretin)-1, (Ostia or Santacroce? [F.P.])-1, (Silva/Verdelot)-1, (Verdelot)-10, anon-48

1 paper partbook (B-i + i + 72 + i folios), 117 x 180. Original ink foliation, 1-71, on upper right rectos ("70" applied to two consecutive folios); new pencil foliation, 1-72, on lower left rectos. Restored original covers of dark brown leather, tooled with ornamental designs and initials "B.A." Original index on flyleaf at beginning lists first 25 pieces only. Copied by a single scribe, except for original f. 71', copied by a different but contemporary hand, and ff. 1 and 53', which contain musical fragments in an 18th-century hand. Staff height 10. No initials or decoration. No watermarks visible.

Ca. 1530? (JepFR). Copied in northern Italy. Later owned by the historian Giuseppe Campori (1821-87) of Modena; bequeathed to Biblioteca Estense.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "(C Festa)-1" to "(C Festa)-2"; change "(Ostia or Santa-croce? [F.P.])-1" to "(Santacroce)-1"; change "anon-48" to "anon-47."