Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ). WarmMC distinguishes two music and text scripts: scribe X (music on ff. 1'-3, 13'-14, 33-34, 49-50, 54', 64, 77-78, and 97'-98, and most text in manuscript); and scribe C2 (music on ff. 3'-12, 14'-32, 34'-48', 50'-63, 64'-76, 78'-89, 90'-96). She later proposed that some of the text copying might be by scribe C5 (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent as gift to Pope Leo X (1475-1521). vdHeide2019 argues that the book was made for Lord John III of Bergen op Zoom and only subsequently converted into a gift to Leo X (a gift he places around 1513, the date of Leo's election).
V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 160
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: 1513-21
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Capp. Sist. 160 |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 596 x 404 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 37 compositions from 9 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Covers of medium brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative designs; no clasps or bosses. Covers date from 18th century (LlorCS), but decoration imitates earlier style.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
1513-21, probably ca. 1518-9 (KellJ); 1515-6 (WarmMC). vdHeide2019 places it slightly earlier than 1513, being converted in that year to a gift for the Pope on his election.
Ruling
Staff height 23.5
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-110, on lower center rectos (excludes front flyleaf).
Decoration
Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms and portrait of Pope Leo X on f. 3; coat of arms of Leo X on f. 33 and f. 49; coats of arms of Portugal and Hungary on f. 14. Some miniatures subsequently removed.
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s. 110ff + 1f. limin. Parchemin, 596 x 404 mm. Pas de foliotation. Le f. limin. r-v, les ff. 1, 13v, 32v, 48v, 63v, 76v, 89v, 90, 96v, 97, 110v sont blancs. Nombreux, ff. arrachés au ms. primitif entre 13 et 14, 32 et 33, 48 et 49, 63 et 64, 76 et 77. Notation mesurée blanche. 9-11 portées par p. Bandes et initiales ornées de miniatures en coul. dont beaucoup ont maintenant disparu. Reliure du XVIIIe s.
Ms. copié à Malines chez Marguerite d'Autriche, comme le montre le style flamand des miniatures (semblables à celles des mss. 34 et 36 de la Sistina), probablement par Alamire, et donné ensuite (probablement en 1518-19 à l'occasion de l'élection impériale) au pape Léon X dont les armoiries et l'effigie figurent dans le ms.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses (5 incomplete), 2 Kyries, 1 Credo = 10
(Barbireau)-1, (A. Févin/Mouton)-1, M. Forestier [Mathurin Forestyn]/(Mouton)-1, Isaac-1, (Josquin/La Rue)-1, La Rue-1, (Obrecht)-2, Vorda-1, anon-1
ii + 109 parchment folios, 596 x 404. Modern pencil foliation, 1-110, on lower center rectos (excludes front flyleaf). Covers of medium brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative designs; no clasps or bosses. Covers date from 18th century (LlorCS), but decoration imitates earlier style. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. WarmMC distinguishes two music and/or text scripts: X (music on ff. 1'-3, 13'-14, 33-34, 49-50, 54', 64, 77-78, and 97'-98, and most text in manuscript); and C2 (music on ff. 3'-12, 14'-32, 34'-48', 50'-63, 64'-76, 78'-89, 90'-96); see general index for other manuscripts attributed to the same scribes. Staff height 23.5.
Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms and portrait of Pope Leo X on f. 3; coat of arms of Leo X on f. 33 and f. 49; coats of arms of Portugal and Hungary on f. 14. Some miniatures subsequently removed.
1513-21, probably ca. 1518-9 (KellJ); 1515-6 (WarmMC). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent as gift to Pope Leo X (1475-1521).
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van der Heide, Klaas. 2019. How Many Paths Must a Choirbook Tread Before it Reaches the Pope? Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 11: 47-70. Notes: Discusses appearance of the royal Hungarian coat of arms in this and other manuscripts.
Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.
Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, 9: . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Maas, Chris J (editor). 1983-. New Obrecht Edition. Utrecht. Pages: I, xxii-ff, [xxxvii]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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, xii, 1-39. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Warmington, Flynn. 1982. A Master Calligrapher in Alamire's Workshop: The Chronology of His Work. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, November, 1982, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxxviii-xxxix, 42, 58, 93; III, 99, 114-5. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 193, 209, 212. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lowinksy, Edward E (editor). 1976. Kellman, Josquin and the courts of the Netherlands and France: The evidence of the sources in 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, 181ff. London. Pages: 212.
Staehelin, Martin. 1975. Obrechtiana. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 25/1: 1-37. Pages: 18. Notes: contents list (partial).
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1974-. Henrici Isaac (ca. 1450-1517): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 65. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xi. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 79-91. Pages: 80. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (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: 187-9. Notes: physical description; contents list.
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: 490-1. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert. 1958. The Origins of the Chigi Codex: The Date, Provenance, and Original Ownership of Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 11: 6-19. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.
Kast, Paul. 1955. Studien zu den Messen des Jean Mouton. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 56, 66-7, 193, 195. Notes: 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, 164. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: IV, Tafel 25; XI, 751-2. Notes: physical description (partial); facsimile (partial).
Haberl, Franz Xavier. 1888 R 1971. Bibliographischer und Thematischer Musikkatalog des Päpstlichen Kapellarchives im Vatikan zu Rom. Supplement to Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 19: . Pages: 42-3, 84-6, 137, 164, 173. Notes: contents list; incipits.
Haberl, Franz Xavier. 1885-88. Bausteine für Musikgeschichte. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: II, 42.
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