Composite of originally separate fascicles. Copied by Johannes Parvus (LlorCS), except for music, initials, and rubrics on ff. 112-128', index, and original foliation, which are work of Johannes Ochon (BraunerP). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 19
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1535-7
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Capp. Sist. 19 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 648 x 495 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 47 compositions from 15 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
Many folios in poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; some music now illegible
Binding
Covers of medium brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative borders and central diamond motif; brass clasps, studs, and bosses. Covers date from 18th century (LlorCS), but decoration imitates earlier style; see VatS 13 for other manuscripts with similar bindings.
Watermark
(not in Briquet): (1) crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star; (2) anchor in circle surmounted by six-pointed star (see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same marks)
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1535-7 (BraunerP).
Ruling
Staff height 31
Foliation
Original ink foliation, [i]-clxvi, on upper right rectos (no actual numbers on f. [i] or f. [ii], but folios correctly counted in enumeration). Modern pencil foliation, 1-168, on lower right or center rectos (excludes first and last flyleaves). Latter foliation cited here.
Decoration
Illuminated miniatures, initials, and borders on ff. 3'-4 are work of Vincent Raymond (LlorM); other folios have inked calligraphic initials.
Index
Original index on f. 2 lists pieces in order of appearance.
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s., 168 ff. Papier, 655 x 490 mm. Foliotation ancienne en ch. romains ne tenant pas compte des 2 ff. limin. n. ch. Le f. limin. [I], les ff. 1, 22v, 23, 41v, 42, 65v, 66, 87v, 88, 108v, 109, 127v, 128, 134v, 135, 140v, 141, 155v, 156, 166v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p. au f. limin. [II] r-v: Tabula hujus libri. Aux ff. lv, 2, lettres ornées de miniatures de la main de Vincent Raymond. Rehure du XVIII s.
Ms. copié par Johannes Parvus sous le pontificat de Paul III (1534-1549) dont les armes figurent au f. lv, 2. D'après les concordances (C.G. XII.4, par ex.), la copie devrait avoir été exécutée vers 1536.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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6 Masses, 9 motets = 15
Arcadelt/(Verdelot)-1, Bonnevin [Jo. Beausseron]-2, Briant [Brumen]/(Richafort)-1, Gascongne-1, Hesdin/(Willaert)-1, Jhan of Ferrara-2, Josquin/(Mouton)-1, Lhéritier-1, Lupi-1, Morales-2, Piéton-1, anon-1
ii + i + 166 + i paper folios, 648 x 495. Composite of originally separate fascicles. Many folios in poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; some music now illegible. Original ink foliation, [i]-clxvi, on upper right rectos (no actual numbers on f. [i] or f. [ii], but folios correctly counted in enumeration). Modern pencil foliation, 1-168, on lower right or center rectos (excludes first and last flyleaves). Latter foliation cited below.
Covers of medium brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative borders and central diamond motif; brass clasps, studs, and bosses. Covers date from 18th century (LlorCS), but decoration imitates earlier style; see VatS 13 for other manuscripts with similar bindings. Original index on f. 2 lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by Johannes Parvus (LlorCS), except for music, initials, and rubrics on ff. 112-128', index, and original foliation, which are work of Johannes Ochon (BraunerP). See general index for other manuscripts copied by Parvus and Ochon. Staff height 31. Illuminated miniatures, initials, and borders on ff. 3'-4 are work of Vincent Raymond (LlorM); other folios have inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Pope Paul III (1468-1549) on f. 3'. Watermarks (not in Briquet): (1) crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star; (2) anchor in circle surmounted by six-pointed star (see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same marks).
Ca. 1535-7 (BraunerP). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
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Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1984. Music from the Cappella Sistina at the Cappella Giulia. The Journal of Musicology, 3: 287-311. Pages: 290, 302-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Dean, Jeffrey J. 1984. The Scribes of the Sistine Chapel 1501-1527. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 212, 216. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Josephson, Nors S (editor). 1982-. Early Sixteenth-Century Sacred Music from the Papal Chapel. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 95. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, x, xiii, xv, xviii, 40-81, 113-20. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1982. The Parvus Manuscripts: A Study of Vatican Polyphony, ca. 1535 to 1580. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 11, 92-108, 138, 369, 381ff, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 398. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1969. The Musical Codexes of the Sistine Chapel Written Through the Generosity of the Pauline Popes. Studies in Musicology: Essays in the History, Style, and Bibliography of Music in Memory of Glen Haydon, 18-50. Chapel Hill, N.C. Pages: 33. Notes: physical description.
Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xliv, lvi. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Swing, Peter Gram. 1969. Parody and Form in Five Polyphonic Masses by Mathieu Gascongne. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 22, 27. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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, 219-28. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Beck, Hermann. 1960. Adrian Willaerts Messen. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 17: 215-42. Pages: 222. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1960. Capellae Sistinae Codices musicis notis instructi sive manu scripti sive praelo excussi. Studi e testi, vol. 202. Città del Vaticano. Pages: 39ff.
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1960. Capellae Sixtinae Codices. Vatican City. Pages: 39-41, 480. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits (partial).
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1958-61. Miniaturas de Vincent Raymond en los Manuscritos Musicales de la Capilla Sixtina. Miscelânea en Homenaje a Monsenor Higinio Angles, 475-98. Barcelona. Pages: 488,494. Notes: physical description (partial).
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1958-61. Miniaturas de Vincent Raymond en los manuscritos musicales de la Capilla Sixtina. Miscelânea en homenaje a Monsenor Higinio Anglès, 475ff. Barcelona. Pages: 488.
[No Author] 1947-. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. The American Institute of Musicology. 110 vols. A-R Editions, Inc. Pages: L. Perkins, in CMM 48,1, p. XLIV.
Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola. Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: XV, 35; XX, 21. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: IX, v-vii. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Haberl, Franz Xavier. 1885-88. Bausteine für Musikgeschichte. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: II, 8.
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Edward Tambling
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Locuti sunt adversum me on 151v–155 is by Adrian Willaert; concordance in I-MOe MS C.313
David Wyatt
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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