E-Ac 3

Archivo de la Catedral, Avila, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: 18th century copy of a 16th century original

Archive Archivo de la Catedral, Avila, Spain (E-Ac)
Shelfmark 3
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Pagination
Measurements 490 x 355 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ÁvilaC 3
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Contents Contains 6 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.
General Description

Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather on boards, with metal corners; clasps missing.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Original pagination, 1-226; modern pagination from 227 to the end.

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Decoration

Red ink is used for rubrics and initials from p. 227 to the end. Inked initials are in plain block or Gothic styles, usually on rectangular backgrounds or enclosed in rectangular borders

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Index

Original index of main layer on pp. [ii-iii] lists pieces in order of appearance (= order of liturgical calendar). Dated 1796 at end.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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3 psalms, 47 hymns, 2 motets = 52

Arizmendi-1, Guerrero-3, Navarro of Seville-32, B. Ribera-1, Sepúlveda-4, Vivanco-3, anon-8

ii + 120 paper folios, 490 x 355. Original pagination, 1-226; modern pagination from 227 to the end. Original covers of brown leather on boards, with metal corners; clasps missing. Original index. Red ink is used for rubrics and initials from p. 227 to the end.

1796 (date at the end of the index). Probably copied for the cathedral at Ávila (Crawford).

Vol 4

Contents: 3 psalms, 48 office hymns (1 incomplete), 1 processional hymn, 2 motets = 54

Composers: Change "Navarro of Seville-32" to "Navarro of Seville-33"; add "(OleacySerra)-1."

Physical: 123 paper folios, 495 x 352. Original pagination, 1-240, beginning on verso of third folio (first 5 pages and last page not numbered; p. 214 and p. 217 not numbered, but correctly counted in enumeration; p. 215 incorrectly numbered "214," but counted as 215 in enumeration). Original covers of brown leather over boards, with metal corners; clasps missing. Original index of main layer on pp. [ii-iii] lists pieces in order of appearance (= order of liturgical calendar). Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Inked initials in plain block or Gothic styles, usually on rectangular backgrounds or enclosed in rectangular borders; some initials, rubrics, etc. in red.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents Note; Surface Note

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description