Composite of originally separate fascicles. The main scribe was Claudius Gellandi; ff. 190'-199' copied by Johannes Orceau; later text corrections by Johannes Parvus on f. 71' and f. 76 (DeanS). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 45
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1511-4
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Capp. Sist. 45 |
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| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 556 x 423 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 59 compositions from 10 composers. |
General Description
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
on ff. 190-199 generally resembles Briquet #478 (SherrPM)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 25
Foliation
Original ink foliation, i-ccii, on upper right rectos (excludes parchment folio); modern pencil foliation (cited here), 1-204, on lower center rectos (excludes first and last flyleaves).
Decoration
Pen-and-wash miniatures and initials on f. 3' include coat of arms of Medici pope; DeanS identifies arms as those of Pope Leo X (1475-1521), and refutes earlier assertions that arms are those of Pope Clement VII (ca. 1475-1534). Other folios have inked calligraphic initials, some decorated with floral tracery, animals, birds, human faces, etc.
Index
Original index on f. 2' lists pieces in order of appearance.
Surface
ii paper + i parchment + 202 paper + i paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s. 202ff. + 2ff. limin. Papier, 555 x 420 mm. Foliotation ancienne en ch. romains: 1-202 et foliotation moderne: 1-204. Dans la foliotation ancienne, les ff. limin. Ir-v, II, 15v, 16, 30v, 31, 47v, 48, 64v, 65, 82v, 83, 97v, 98, 115, 116, 129v, 130, 145v à 149, 168v, 169, 176v, 177, 180v, 181, 187v, 188, 198v à 199, 202v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p. Au f. limin. IIv: Tabula. Quelques initiales ornées en coul., les autres à la plume. Reliure du XVIIIe s. cuir, fermoirs et bouillons métal.
Ms. copié par un seul scribe à une date difficile à fixer avec exactitude. On lit au f. 1.[3]: «Requiescat in pace. L'ame de feu tres bonne memoire. Treshault puissant tresvertueulx et tresvictorieux prince Monseigneur Charles de Bourbonnoys d'Auvergne, de Millan et de Chastellerault etc. Cappitaine et lieutenant général pour l'empereur en Italie. Lequel morut a l'assault de Romme le Lundi sixiesme jour de may. L'an de l'incarnacion notre seigneur mil cinq cens vingt sept. Amen. Cayron.», ce qui semble situer la copie après 1527, c'est-à-dire sous le pontificat de Clément VII (1523-1534) dont on a jusqu'à présent reconnu les armoiries dans l'initiale du f. lv. Mais, comme l'allusion au siège de Rome de 1527 a pu être ajoutée à n'importe quel moment et que les armoiries désignent un pape Médicis sans autre précision, on a pu avec autant de vraisemblance les attribuer à Léon X (1513-1521) et considérer le ms. comme datant de cette époque, surtout si l'on tient compte du répertoire et du style de l'écriture. (Cf. Bibliographie, SherrAW).
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10 Masses, 2 Credos, 4 motets = 16
Brumel-1, Brunet [Jo. Brumes]-1, A. Févin-1, Isaac-1, Josquin-3, Josquin/(La Rue)-1, La Rue-4, La Rue/(Josquin)-1, Mouton-1, Prioris-1, Silva-1
ii paper + i parchment + 202 paper + i paper folios, 556 x 423. Composite of originally separate fascicles. Original ink foliation, i-ccii, on upper right rectos (excludes parchment folio); modern pencil foliation (cited here), 1-204, on lower center rectos (excludes first and last flyleaves). 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 manu-scripts with similar bindings. Original index on f. 2' lists pieces in order of appearance.
The main scribe was Claudius Gellandi; ff. 190'-199' copied by Johannes Orceau; later text corrections by Johannes Parvus on f. 71' and f. 76 (DeanS). See general index for other manuscripts copied by Gellandi, Orceau, and Parvus. Staff height 25. Pen-and-wash miniatures and initials on f. 3' include coat of arms of Medici pope; DeanS identifies arms as those of Pope Leo X (1475-1521), and refutes earlier assertions that arms are those of Pope Clement VII (ca. 1475-1534). Other folios have inked calligraphic initials, some decorated with floral tracery, animals, birds, human faces, etc. Watermark on ff. 190-199 generally resembles Briquet #478 (SherrPM).
Ca. 1511-4 (DeanS), with a few corrections ca. 1576-7. Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
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Sherr, Richard Jonathan. 1996. Papal Music Manuscripts in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 5. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Dean, Jeffrey J. 1984. The Scribes of the Sistine Chapel 1501-1527. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 58, 80ff, 94, 241-2, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 90. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, xiv, 18-28. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxxviii, 27, 61. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Rifkin, Joshua. 1976. Ein römisches Messenrepertoire am bayerischen Hof-Bemerkungen zum Wolfenbütteler Chorbuch A Aug. 2° und zu seinem Umkreis. Paper read at colloquium "Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez," held at Wolfenbüttel, September 14-17, 1976, . Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Sherr, Richard Jonathan. 1976. A Workshop on Josquin's masses. Josquin des Prez. Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference held at the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center in New York City, 21-25 June 1971, 713. London.
Sherr, Richard Jonathan. 1975. The Papal Chapel ca. 1492-1513 and Its Polyphonic Sources. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 137, 283-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Wexler, Richard. 1974. The Complete Works of Johannes Prioris. . Pages: 27-8, 373. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Rifkin, Joshua. 1973. Scribal Concordances for Some Renaissance Manuscripts in Florentine Libraries. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 26: 305-26. Pages: 308. Notes: mention of MS.
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1969-72. Antoine Brumel: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 5. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xvii-xviii; V, xlii, 113-20. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Minor, Andrew C (editor). 1967-. Joannes Mouton: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 43. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, vii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Clinkscale, Edward Henry. 1965. The Complete Works of Antoine de Févin. New York University, Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 224. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1960. Capellae Sixtinae Codices. Vatican City. Pages: 92-4. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Rehm, Wolfgang (editor). 1957) & Vol. VI: Mehrstimmige Lamentationen aus der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts, Massenkeil, G (ed.) (1965) & Vol. VII-VIII. Heinrich Isaac Messen, Staehelin, Martin (ed.) (1970-1973. Die Chansons von Gilles Binchois (1400-1460). Musikalische Denkmäler, vol. II. Pages: M. Staehelin, in Musikalische Denkmäler VIII, 145.
Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler. Mainz. Pages: VIII, 145, 160ff. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie. Brussels. Pages: 38, 155ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: P. Kast, in MGG XI, col. 752.
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: VII, vii-xii; XVI, xliv-lx. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: VI, vi, x-xii; XXV, xli, xliv. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Haberl, Franz Xavier. 1885-88. Bausteine für Musikgeschichte. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: II, 19.
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Wednesday, 17 January, 2018
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
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