I-Sc K.I.2

Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati, Siena, Italy

manuscript of polyphony: 1481 - c.1520 (D'Accone); c.1502-5 (Dickey)

Archive Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati, Siena, Italy (I-Sc)
Shelfmark K.I.2
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 440 x 290 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-Sc K.I.2
  • CCM: SienBC K.I.2
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents Contains 123 compositions, 32 from 15 composers, 91 are anonymous.
General Description

Repertory in main layer grouped by genres, as follows: (1) psalms; (2) hymns; (3) Magnificats; (4) motets; (5) Masses. The main scribe was Matteo Ghai (see D'AccS); five additional scribes. Copied in Siena, for use by cathedral choir (D'AccS).

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Physical Description

Many original folios now lost.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over boards; brass ornaments (some now missing)

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Watermark

(1) generally resembles Briquet #5920; (2) crown surmounted by circle (not in Briquet)

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

1481 (earliest layer), with additions extending into first quarter of 16th century (D'AccS). Dickey 2004 argues for a date c. 1502-5.

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Ruling

Staff height 17.5 on ff. 208-224; 21.5 on most other folios

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 1-136, continued from 137-224 by several later hands (ff. 106-107, 111, 124-128 now missing; '11' and '141' omitted; '102' and '135' applied to two consecutive folios). Ff. 208-221 also bear earlier foliation, 279-280; 283; 286-296; ff. 222-224 also numbered 74, 76, 77 respectively.

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Index

Modern index on ff. [iii-iii'] and f. 1 lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by one main scribe and ten or more additional scribes.

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Surface

paper

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RISM Description

RISM

XVIe s. 224ff. (+ 3ff. de garde n. ch.). Papier, 444 x 303 mm. Foliotation ancienne en haut des ff. Les nos 11 et 141 sautés dans la foliotation, les f. 102 et 135 chiffrés 2 fois. Les ff. 106, 107, 111 mq. Les ff. 45v, 46, 55v, 56, 89v, 90, 123v, 129, 130, 156, 181v, 182, 184, 185, 199, 202v, 203, 207v, 209v, 211v, 212, 222v, 224 sont blancs. Quelques ff. coupés mq. entre 123 et 130, 136 et 137, 186 et 187, 197 et 198, 209 et 210. Notation mesurée blanche. 9 portées par p. Au 3e f. de garde n. ch. et au f. 1, Index incomplet du ms. établi postérieurement (XVIII s. ?) Reliure ancienne cuir, bouillons et coins de cuivre, portant au dos: «Libro corale con note. Ms. 17.»

Il s'agit d'un ms. composite à la compilation duquel ont contribué au moins 10 copistes. A partir du f. 208, une 2e foliotation, probablement plus ancienne, jouxte la 1ère (208/279, 209/280 &c jusqu'à la fin), ce qui semble indiquer que toute cette dernière partie appartenait à un autre ms. que l'on a ensuite joint à la 1ère partie, probablement copiée un peu postérieurement ainsi que le confirme l'Index qui, s'arrêtant au f. 207 et ne concernant que la 1ère partie, a donc été établi avant la constitution du ms. actuel. Avec les seuls éléments d'ordre général dont on dispose, on ne peut que dater approximativement le ms. Le filigrane (échelle dans un cercle) se retrouve sur des papiers à Sienne entre 1495 et 1524. Le plat intérieur du dos de la reliure porte une liste de 10 chanteurs (répétée 2 fois) précédée de «Ano domini 1501j», sans qu'il soit possible d'attribuer avec certitude cette date au ms. lui-même. Quant aux compositeurs identifiés, ce que l'on connaît de leur biographie place leur activité musicale entre les dernières décennies du XVe s. et les premières années du XVIe. Le répertoire essentiellement liturgique semble avoir été primitive-ment ordonné par genres, mais cet ordre a été quelque peu bouleversé par l'adjonction postérieure de pièces différentes. En tout cas, la graphie «hantore» de la 2e liste marque une origine toscane, et les noms sont ceux de membres de la chapelle du Duomo dans les deux premières décennies du siècle.

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6 Masses (3 incomplete), 1 Sanctus-Agnus pair (incomplete), 2 Glorias (1 incomplete), 2 Credos (incomplete), 1 Mass Ordinary fragment, 10 Magnificats (4 incomplete), 21 psalms, 24 hymns, 23 motets (5 incomplete), 4 textless pieces (3 incomplete) = 94

A. Agricola-1, (Basiron)-1, (Compere)-1, (Compère/Richafort)-1, (Isaac)-1, (Josquin)-1, (Josquin/Mouton)-1, (Ninot le Petit)-1, (Ninot le Petit/Obrecht)-1, (Obrecht)-1, Simonis-1, (Weerbecke) -2, anon-81

iii + 216 paper folios, 440 x 290. Many original folios now lost. Original ink foliation, 1-136, continued from 137-224 by several later hands (ff. 106-107, 111, 124-128 now missing; "11" and "141" omitted; "102" and "135" applied to two consecutive folios). Ff. 208-221 also bear earlier foliation, 279-280; 283; 286-296; ff. 222-224 also numbered 74, 76, 77 respectively. Original covers of brown leather over boards; brass ornaments (some now missing). Modern index on ff. [iii-iii'] and f. 1 lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by one main scribe and ten or more additional scribes. Staff height 17.5 on ff. 208-224; 21.5 on most other folios. Space left for decorative initials, but only a few inked calligraphic initials actually inscribed. Watermarks: (1) generally resembles Briquet #5920; (2) crown surmounted by circle (not in Briquet). Repertory in main layer grouped by genres, as follows: (1) psalms; (2) hymns; (3) Magnificats; (4) motets; (5) Masses.

Ca. 1500 (date 1502 appears above list of singers inside back cover). Copied in northern Italy.

Vol 4

Contents: Change "23 motets" to "21 motets"; change total number of pieces from "94" to "92."

Composers: Change "(Compère)-1" to "(Compère)-2"; add "(Dufay)-2" and "(Martini)-3"; change "anon-81" to "anon-73."

Physical: The main scribe was Matteo Ghai (see D'AccS); five additional scribes.

Date/provenance: 1481 (earliest layer), with additions extending into first quarter of 16th century (D'AccS). Copied in Siena, for use by cathedral choir (D'AccS).

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Dickey, Timothy J. 2005. Rethinking the Siena Choirbook: A New Date and Implications for its Musical Contents. Early Music History, 24: 1-52.

Dickey, Timothy J. 2003. Reading the Siena Choirbook: A Re-Appraisal of the Dating, Musical Repertoires, and Marian Performance Context of the Manuscript Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli intronati, MS. K.1.2. Duke University, Ph.D.

D'Accone, Frank A (editor). 1986. Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati, MS K.I.2. Renaissance Music in Facsimile, vol. 17.  New York. Notes: physical description; contents list; facsimile; discussion.

Maas, Chris J (editor). 1983-. New Obrecht Edition.  Utrecht. Pages: II, xi-ff, 7ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

D'Accone, Frank A. 1983. A Late l5th-Century Sienese Sacred Repertory: MS K. I. 2 of the Biblioteca Comunale, Siena. Musica Disciplina, 37: 121-70. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); discussion.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: III, 153-154.

Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3.  American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 307-15. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Ziino, Agostino. 1976. Appunti su una nuova fonte di musica polifonica intorno al 1500. Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, 10: 437ff. Notes: physical description; contents list; discussion.

Ilari, Lorenzo. 1846. La Biblioteca pubblica di Siena disposta secondo le materie... Catalogo. 71ff. Siena. Pages: V, 71.

D'Accone, Frank A. None. D'Accone ?

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Riccardo Pintus

Wednesday, 7 November, 2018

Gloria on 212v identified as being from the Missa L'ami Baudichon by Josquin.

DIAMM, 2016

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