Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 10'-12 and ff. 38-48 of VatS 15, ff. 204'-206 of VatS 35, and ff. 50'-54', 185', and 187 of VatS 41 (SherrPM). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 197
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1492-5
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Capp. Sist. 197 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 505 x 418 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 5 compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Covers of cream-colored parchment probably date from 18th century
Watermark
Watermark not identifiable (SherrPC).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 15
Foliation
Original ink foliation, [1]-12, on lower right rectos
Decoration
. Ink and watercolor initials in calligraphic style, decorated with human faces, animals, and floral tracery; miniature of knight with sword slaying dragon (f. 10') presumably inspired by title of Mass ('L'homme armé').
Surface
Paper
DIAMM Note
SherrPMM’s ‘Scribe B’ copies pieces by de Orto & des Pres (only) in Vats 15, 35, 41 and 197. RodinWIR considers it therefore “tempting to identify Scribe B as one of the two composers”.
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s. 12ff. papier, 505 x 418 mm. Foliotation ancienne au bas des ff. Les ff. 1 et 12v sont vides. Notation mesurée blanche. 11 portées par p. Initiales ornées avec au f. 10v l'effigie de l'Homme armé attaquant un dragon.
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1 Mass
Josquin
12 paper folios, 505 x 418. Original ink foliation, [1]-12, on lower right rectos. Covers of cream-colored parchment probably date from 18th century. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 10'-12 and ff. 38-48 of VatS 15, ff. 204'-206 of VatS 35, and ff. 50'-54', 185', and 187 of VatS 41 (SherrPM). Staff height 15. Ink and watercolor initials in calligraphic style, decorated with human faces, animals, and floral tracery; miniature of knight with sword slaying dragon (f. 10') presumably inspired by title of Mass ("L'homme armé"). Watermark not identifiable (SherrPC).
Ca. 1492-5 (SherrPM). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
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Rodin, Jesse. 2008. “When in Rome…”: What Josquin Learned in the Sistine Chapel. Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 61/2: 307-372. Pages: 319. Notes: discussion, scribal concordances.
Roth, Adalbert. 1998. Liturgical (and Paraliturgical) Music in the Papal Chapel towards the End of the Fifteenth Century: A Repertory in Embryo. Papal Music and Musicians in Late Medieval and Renaissance Rome, edited by Adalbert Roth, 125-37. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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; concordances.
Dean, Jeffrey J. 1984. The Scribes of the Sistine Chapel 1501-1527. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 285. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Roth, Adalbert. 1982. Studien zum frühen Repertoire der Päpstlichen Kapelle unter dem Pontifikat Sixtus' IV. (1471-1484). Die Chorbücher 14 und 51 des Fondo Cappella Sistina der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 242. Notes: contents list; discussion.
Sherr, Richard Jonathan. 1975. The Papal Chapel ca. 1492-1513 and Its Polyphonic Sources. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 66, 191-2. Notes: contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
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: 213. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: I, x-xxiv. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances.
Haberl, Franz Xavier. 1885-88. Bausteine für Musikgeschichte. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: II, 48f.
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