D-B MS Mus. 40213

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany

partbooks: 1562

Archive Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany (D-B)
Shelfmark MS Mus. 40213
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 310 x 200 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BerlS 40213
Notations
  • black void mensural
Provenance
  • Halle an der Saale, Saxony, Germany
Contents Contains 7 compositions, 4 from 3 composers, 3 are anonymous.
General Description

Set of 5 partbooks (Discantus, Altus, Tenor and Bassus). Copied by one main scribe; the tenor part for the Kyrie-Gloria pair (the only part of this piece in the manuscript) has been copied into the Q book in a different hand, however.

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Extent

D, 8ff; A, 6ff; T, 6ff; B, 5ff; Q, 5ff

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Binding

Rebound, with cardboard covers

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Watermark

similar to Briquet #6434

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Inscription in manuscript: 'Postridie cal. Septembris Anno 1562. Halae Saxonum.'

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Foliation

Pencil foliation

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Kyrie-Gloria pair, 4 motets = 5 (some incomplete)

Sermisy-1, anon-4

5 paper partbooks (D-8 folios, A-6, T-6, B-5, Q-5), 310 x 200. Pencil foliation. Rebound, with cardboard covers. One main scribe; the tenor part for the Kyrie-Gloria pair (the only part of this piece in the manuscript) has been copied into the Q book in a different hand.

Inscription in manuscript: "Postridie cal. Septembris Anno 1562. Halae Saxonum."

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1–2 Benedicite dominum omnes angeli 4 -
Merques, Nicolas (?)

Benedicite dominum omnes angeli

Merques, Nicolas (?)
Appears on: 1–2
Genres: Introit, Proper
Number of voices: 4
General Note

incomplete in Altus & Bassus books (beginning missing owing to loss of first leaf)
2–3v Concussum est mare - 1a pars (of 2): Concussum est mare et contremuit terra 5 -
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)

Concussum est mare - 1a pars (of 2): Concussum est mare et contremuit terra

Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Appears on: 2–3v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 5
4–5 Concussum est mare - 2a pars (of 2): Factum est silentium in caelo dum draco committeret 5 -
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)

Concussum est mare - 2a pars (of 2): Factum est silentium in caelo dum draco committeret

Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Appears on: 4–5
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 5
5–6 Michael archangele veni in adjutorium 4 Claudin
Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)

Michael archangele veni in adjutorium

Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)
Appears on: 5–6
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Claudin
Number of voices: 4
6v–8 Te sanctum Dominum R: Te decet laus Vs. Cherubim quoque et Seraphim 3-4 - Anonymous

Te sanctum Dominum R: Te decet laus Vs. Cherubim quoque et Seraphim

Anonymous
Appears on: 6v–8
Genres: Responsory
Number of voices: 3-4
General Note

Altus incomplete (final leaf missing)
8v [blank staves] - - -

[blank staves]

Appears on: 8v
4v–6v (Q only) Missa ad imitationem Fabricianam: Kyrie - - Anonymous

Missa ad imitationem Fabricianam: Kyrie

Anonymous
Appears on: 4v–6v (Q only)
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
4v–6v (Q only) Missa ad imitationem Fabricianam: Gloria - - Anonymous

Missa ad imitationem Fabricianam: Gloria

Anonymous
Appears on: 4v–6v (Q only)
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510-ca. 1556)
Merques, Nicolas
Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490-1562)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Benedicite dominum omnes angeli
Merques, Nicolas (?)
1–2
Concussum est mare - 1a pars (of 2): Concussum est mare et contremuit terra
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
2–3v
Concussum est mare - 2a pars (of 2): Factum est silentium in caelo dum draco committeret
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
4–5
Michael archangele veni in adjutorium
Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)
5–6
Missa ad imitationem Fabricianam: Gloria Anonymous 4v–6v (Q only)
Missa ad imitationem Fabricianam: Kyrie Anonymous 4v–6v (Q only)
Te sanctum Dominum R: Te decet laus Vs. Cherubim quoque et Seraphim Anonymous 6v–8

‡ denotes primary source study

Korth, Hans-Otto, Helmut Hell, and Jutta Lambrecht. 1997. Die Signaturengruppe Mus ms. 40000 ff. Folge 1: Handschriften des 15. - 19. Jahrhunderts in mensuraler und neuerer Notation. Katalog. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kataloge der Musikabteilung, Erste Reihe, vol. Handschriften, 13.  München. Pages: 334-335.

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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