A Discantus partbook from a set originally of three volumes, each consisting of the prints RISM 189, 1539/2, 1545/5, and 1539/14, with manuscript additions. Copied by one main scribe and three additional scribes. Probably of east central German origin.
| Archive | Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków, Poland (PL-Kj) |
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| Shelfmark | Berlin MS Mus. 40175 [Discantus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 150 x 204 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 6 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of white leather tooled with decorative designs, voice designations, and date '1550'; metal clasps.
Watermark
resembles Briquet #6434; same mark also found in BerlPS 40192
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 12
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation in manuscript sections, 1-60
Foliation
Other numberings: Original ink numbering of first five Masses, I-V; other pieces unnumbered.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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6 Masses, 2 motets = 8
Anonymous
3 paper partbooks (D-60 folios, A-53, B-44), 150 x 204, bound together with the following prints: RISM 189, 1539/2, 1539/14, and 1545/5. Tooled leather covers. Copied mostly by three scribes, with one additional entry on the inside front cover and flyleaf in another hand.
Date 1550 on cover.
Vol. 4
Masses, 1 motet, 3 sets of responses = 10
(Berchem)-1, Crecquillon-1, Janequin)-1, (Lassus)-1, (Mouton) -1, (Vinders)-1, anon-4
3 paper partbooks, each consisting of the prints RISM 189, 1539/2, 1545/5, and 1539/14, with manuscript additions (D-60 + ii folios, A-53, B-44), 150 x 204. Modern pencil foliation in manuscript sections—D: 1-60; A: 1-53; B: 1-44. Original ink numbering of first five Masses, I-V; other pieces unnumbered. Original covers of white leather tooled with decorative designs, voice designations, and date "1550"; metal clasps. No index. Copied by one main scribe and three additional scribes. Staff height 12. No initials or decoration. Watermark resembles Briquet #6434; same mark also found in BerlPS 40192.
1550 (date on covers and at beginning of manuscript additions), with several additions in second half of 16th century. Probably of east central German origin.
No literature.
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Watermark Note; Notation Note; Ruling 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