E-Boc MS 7

Documentation Center of the Orfeo Català (CEDOC) [formerly: Biblioteca de l'Orfeó Català], Barcelona, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: before 1583

Archive Documentation Center of the Orfeo Català (CEDOC) [formerly: Biblioteca de l'Orfeó Català], Barcelona, Spain (E-Boc)
Shelfmark MS 7
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 412 x 285 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BarcOC 7
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Ms. M 12-VII-24
Notations
  • black void mensural
External Links
Provenance
Contents Contains 36 compositions, 10 from 4 composers, 26 are anonymous.
General Description

Copied in Barcelona. Ownership or user entry on fol. 1r: Al molt magnifih seny nor mosen | Jau me serra beneficiat de la seu de bar | celona vuy A desset d febrer 1583. This entry and the first section of the manuscript were written by the same scribe and added to the MS. later. The MS.’s main body was completed earlier.

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011
Binding

Modern pasteboard covers over fragments of original covers of tan leather

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011
Notation

black void mensural

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011
Foliation

Modern pencil foliation; some folios have original ink foliation, not continuous and not in the same order as the new foliation

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011
Decoration

The manuscript is in poor condition, with many folios crumbling, and ink corrosion causing holes.

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011
Surface

paper

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Kyries, 1 Magnificat, 2 hymns, 8 Lamentations, 20 motets = 33

Josquin-1, Martinus-1, Morales-3, anon-27

69 paper folios, 412 x 285. The manuscript is in poor condition, with many folios crumbling, and ink corrosion causing holes. Modern pencil foliation; some folios have original ink foliation, not continuous and not in the same order as the new foliation. Modern pasteboard covers over fragments of original covers of tan leather. No index.

1583 (date in manuscript). Copied in Barcelona. Inscription on f. 1: "Al molt magnifi … segnor mosen Jamme (?) Serra beneficiat de 1a Sen. de Barcelona vuy A desset d febrer 1583."

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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denotes primary source study

Puentes-Blanco, Andrea. 2018. Música y devoción en Barcelona (ca. 1550-1626): estudio de libros de polifonía, contextos y prácticas musicales. Universitat de Barcelona, Ph. D. Pages: I:82-97, II:142-149. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances.

Del Sol, Manuel. 2014. Lamentaciones de Cristobal de Morales: Historia y Autenticidad. Revista de Musicologia, vol. 37, no.1: 107-139.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 122.

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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