I-Pu MS 684 (Pad A)

Biblioteca Universitaria, Padua, Italy

flyleaves: 14th - 15th century

Archive Biblioteca Universitaria, Padua, Italy (I-Pu)
Shelfmark MS 684 (Pad A)
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 315 x 215; trimmed from c. 320 x 245 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-Pu684
  • CCM: PadU 684
  • Other catalogues/source: PadA
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Old inventory no. 416
Notations
  • black full mensural
Relationships
Provenance
Contents 8 pieces from 4 composers
General Description

Polyphony on parchment flyleaves at front and back; flyleaves were once part of same manuscript as PadU 1475 and OxfBC 229. Copied at St. Giustina Benedictine Abbey in Padua. Folios with music removed from original context and used as flyleaves during first half of 15th century. Subsequent history same as for PadU 675.

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Binding

Original covers of wooden boards, now overlaid with modern leather.

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Notation

Black full mensural

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Ruling

10 red 5-line staves per page

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Foliation

1-2v, 195rv

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-195.

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Surface

ii paper + ii parchment + 193 parchment + i parchment + ii paper

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DIAMM Note

Inventory (incl. foliation) after Cuthbert, p. 101f.

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RISM Description

Corpus of theological treatises and commentaries, 193 folios in total, plus 3 flyleaves (2 at front, 1 at end) and 2 modern endpapers each end. Modern foliation including parchment flyleaves. Modern leather binding over original wooden boards. Music only on the parchment flyleaves. 10 red 5-line staves per page.

RISM B/IV 4: 14./15. Jh.; 193 Blätter Pergament + 2 Vorsatz- und 1 Nachstoßblatt Pergament + je 2 moderne Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblätter, 315 x 215 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-195 (inklusive Pergament-Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblätter). - Einband: moderner Lederüberzug der originalen Holzdeckel.

Diese aus S. Giustina (Padua) stammende Handschrift des 15. Jh. enthält theologische Traktate und Kommentare (altes Inventar Nr. 416). Musik steht nur auf den insgesamt 3 Pergament-Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblätter. Diese müssen zur gleichen Handschrift gehört haben wie die Fragmente GB-Ob229 und I-Pu1475. Die vor allem seitlich beschnittenen drei Blätter besaßen ursprünglich das Format von ca. 320 x 245 mm und sind nach Clercx im ausgehenden 14. Jh. oder um 1400 geschrieben worden. Je Seite stehen 10 rote Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer Mensuralnotation Das Fragment schließt unmittelbar an I-Pu1475 an (vergleiche Incipitverzeichnis Nr. 1 und I-Pu1475, Nr. 16).

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Theological writings, with polyphony:

2 Glorias, 1 Credo, 1 Sanctus, 1 motet, 3 Italian secular pieces = 8 (some incomplete)

Grazioso da Padova-3, Landini [M. Francisci de Florentia]-3, Perrinet [Perneth]-1, anon-1

ii paper + ii parchment + 193 parchment + i parchment + ii paper folios, 315 x 215. Polyphony on parchment flyleaves at front and back, trimmed from original size of ca. 320 x 245; these flyleaves were once part of same manuscript as PadU 1475 and OxfBC 229. Modern foliation, 1-195. Original covers of wooden boards, now overlaid with modern leather. Black mensural notation on red staves.

Late 14th or early 15th century (ClercxJC). Copied at St. Giustina Benedictine Abbey in Padua. Folios with music removed from original context and used as flyleaves during first half of 15th century. Subsequent history same as for PadU 675.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v Sanctus -
Padova, Grazioso de

Sanctus

Padova, Grazioso de
Appears on: 1v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f2c4
Voice Text: Sanctus ...
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: imperfecta .i.
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Sanctus ...
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Sanctus ...
General Note

C, T, Ct. Contratenor begins on f. 51r (MS Padua 684) and continues onto f. 50v (MS Padua 1475)

Layout

parts
51v Gran pianto a gli ochi M[agister] Fran[cis]ci de Floren[ti]a
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)

Gran pianto a gli ochi

Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Appears on: 51v
Genres: Italian secular
Source Attribution: M[agister] Fran[cis]ci de Floren[ti]a
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Gran pianto agli ochi ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: Italian
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Gran pianto agli ochi ...
General Note

C, T, Ct
51v S' i' ti son stato et vogli' esser fedele -
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)

S' i' ti son stato et vogli' esser fedele

Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Appears on: 51v
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Clef: c2
Voice Text: S' i' te so stato ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Italian
Clef: f2c4
Voice Text: S' i' te so stato ...
General Note

cf I-Fn26 noi. 18; Used as the music for a lauda Sempre laudata e benedetta sia in Chigi 266, f. 204v.
60? Et in terra pax (Gloria), [Tro] Qui sonitu melodia - Anonymous

Et in terra pax (Gloria), [Tro] Qui sonitu melodia

Anonymous
Appears on: 60?
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Gloria
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Qui sonitu.
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Qui sonitu.
General Note

{C}, T, Ct

Layout

parts
60v Poiché partir convien mi donna cara M[agister] Fran[cis]ci de Flor[enti]a
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)

Poiché partir convien mi donna cara

Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Appears on: 60v
Genres: Italian secular
Source Attribution: M[agister] Fran[cis]ci de Flor[enti]a
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: f3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Poy che partir convien ...
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: c4
General Note

cf I-Fn26 no. 43; Used as music for the lauda Po' che da morte nessun si ripara in Riccardiana 2870, f. 60

Layout

parts
60v Alta regina de virtute Gratiosus de Padua
Padova, Grazioso de

Alta regina de virtute

Padova, Grazioso de
Appears on: 60v
Genres: Lauda
Source Attribution: Gratiosus de Padua
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Alta regina de virtute ...
General Note

C, {T}, +? Used as music for the lauda Alta regina e virgine beata

Layout

parts
195 Et in terra pax [Gloria] Gratiosus
Padova, Grazioso de

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Padova, Grazioso de
Appears on: 195
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Gratiosus
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: imperfecta .i.
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Et in terra.
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: imperfecta .i.
Clef: f2c4
Voice Text: Et in terra.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: imperfecta .i.
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis ...
General Note

C, T, Ct

Layout

parts
195v Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Perneth
Perrinet (1375–1425)

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Perrinet (1375–1425)
Appears on: 195v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Perneth
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo (patrem omnipotentem)
General Note

F-Sm222 no. 8; [C1], [T], {C2}; layout suggests three-voice version without contratenor
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Padova, Grazioso de
Perrinet (1375–1425)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Alta regina de virtute
Padova, Grazioso de
60v
Et in terra pax (Gloria), [Tro] Qui sonitu melodia Anonymous 60?
Et in terra pax [Gloria]
Padova, Grazioso de
195
Gran pianto a gli ochi
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
51v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]
Perrinet (1375–1425)
195v
Poiché partir convien mi donna cara
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
60v
S' i' ti son stato et vogli' esser fedele
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
51v
Sanctus
Padova, Grazioso de
1v

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Set: Pad A

Type: Fragments of a whole

GB-Ob MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 229 (Pad A)

I-Pu MS 684 (Pad A)

I-Pu MS 1475 (Pad A)

‡ denotes primary source study

Fischer, Kurt von. None. Paduaner Handschriften. MGG (1st ed.), Pages: 571f.

Cattin, Giulio. 2011. Santa Giustina, gli ordini mendicanti e la musica. frammenti musicali padovani tra Santa Giustina e la diffusione della musica in Europa. Giornata di studio. Padova, Abbazia di S. Giustina-Biblioteca Universitaria,15 giugno 2006. Atti, edited by Giulio Cattin, 9-39. Padova. Pages: 9-39.

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2011. Groups and Projects among the Paduan polyphonic sources. I frammenti musicali padovani tra Santa Giustina e la diffusione della musica in Europa. Giornata di studio. Padova, Abbazia di S. Giustina-Biblioteca Universitaria,15 giugno 2006. Atti, 183-214. Padova. Pages: 440-468.

Facchin, Francesco. 2011. Alcune concordanze con i frammenti musicali padovani. I frammenti musicali padovani tra Santa Giustina e la diffusione della musica in Europa. Giornata di studio. Padova, Abbazia di S. Giustina-Biblioteca Universitaria,15 giugno 2006. Atti, 228-243. Padova. Pages: 228-243.

Prosdocimi, Lavinia. 2011. Frammenti musicali nelle legature dei codici della Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova. I frammenti musicali padovani tra Santa Giustina e la diffusione della musica in Europa. Giornata di studio. Padova, Abbazia di S. Giustina-Biblioteca Universitaria,15 giugno 2006. Atti, 155-181. Padova. Pages: 155-181.

Facchin, Francesco. 2008?. Una nuova fonte musicale trecentesca nell'Archivio di Stato di Padova. Contributi per la storia della musica sacra a Padova, Fonti e ricerche di storia ecclesiastica padovana. 115-39. Padua: Istituto per la storia ecclesiastica padovana. Pages: 115-139.

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2006. Trecento fragments and Polyphony beyond the codex. Harvard University, Ph.D.

Fischer, Kurt von, and Antonio Delfino. 1999. La disposizione del testo nelle ballate a tre voci di Francesco Landini. Col dolce suon che da te piove. Studi su Francesco Landini e la musica del suo tempo. In memoria di N. Pirrotta, cuola di paleografia e filologia musicale. Fondazione “W. Stauffer”. Studi e testi, 2; La tradizione musicale. edited by Kurt von Fischer and Antonio Delfino, 181-196. Firenze. Pages: 181-196.

Pirrotta, Nino. 1999. “Franciscus peregre canens”. Col dolce suon che da te piove. Studi su Francesco Landini e la musica del suo tempo. In memoria di N. Pirrotta, Scuola di paleografia e filologia musicale. Fondazione “W. Stauffer”. Studi e testi, 2; La tradizione musicale. edited by Nino Pirrotta, 7-13. Firenze. Pages: 7-13.

Sucato, Tiziana. 1999. Landini nella tradizione di alcuni codici settentrionali. Alcune osservazioni sull'uso della ‘ligatura' parigrado. Col dolce suon che da te piove. Studi su Francesco Landini e la musica del suo tempo. In memoria di N. Pirrotta, Scuola di paleografia e filologia musicale. Fondazione “W. Stauffer”. Studi e testi, 2; La tradizione musicale. edited by Tiziana Sucato, 37-50. Firenze. Pages: 37-50.

Facchin, Francesco. 1999. Diffusione dell'opera landiniana fra Trecento e Quattrocento: un' ulteriore indagine. Col dolce suon che da te piove. Studi su Francesco Landini e la musica del suo tempo. In memoria di N. Pirrotta, Scuola di paleografia e filologia musicale. Fondazione “W. Stauffer”. Studi e testi, 2; La tradizione musicale. 121-139. Firenze. Pages: 121-139.

Marchi, Lucia. 1999. Bibliografia. Col dolce suon che da te piove. Studi su Francesco Landini e la musica del suo tempo. In memoria di N. Pirrotta, Scuola di paleografia e filologia musicale. Fondazione “W. Stauffer”. Studi e testi, 2; La tradizione musicale. 619-634. Firenze. Pages: 619-634.

Marchi, Lucia. 1999. Catalogo delle opere di Francesco Landini. Col dolce suon che da te piove. Studi su Francesco Landini e la musica del suo tempo. In memoria di N. Pirrotta, Scuola di paleografia e filologia musicale. Fondazione “W. Stauffer”. Studi e testi, 2; La tradizione musicale. 589-617. Firenze. Pages: 589-617.

Ciliberti, Galliano. 1990. Fonti musicali per poeti e scelte poetiche di musicisti a Firenze nel tardo Medioevo. Archivio storico italiano, 767-792. Pages: 767-792.

Nadas, John, and Agostino Ziino. 1990. The Lucca Codex. Codice Mancini. Lucca, Archivio di Stato, ms. 184. Perugia, Biblioteca comunale Augusta, ms. 3065. Introductory Study and Facsimile Edition. Ars Nova.  Lucca: Libreria musicale italiana.

Cattin, Giulio. 1989. L'“ars nova” musicale a Padova. Padua sidus preclarum. I Dondi dall'Orologio e la Padova dei Carraresi, 107-114. Brugine. Pages: 107-114.

Dalla Vecchia, Patrizia. 1989. Padua sidus preclarum. I Dondi dall'Orologio e la Padova dei Carraresi. edited by Patrizia Dalla Vecchia,  Brugine. Pages: 184. Notes: Alta Regina de virtute. Gratiosus de Padua.

Gallo, Franco Alberto (editor). 1981. II Codice Musicale Panciatichi 26 della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze: Riproduzione in Facsimile. Studi e testi per la storia della musica.  Florence: Leo S. Olschki. Notes: facsimile.

Petrobelli, Pierluigi. 1976. La musica nelle cattedrali e nelle città ed i suoi rapporti con la cultura letteraria. Storia della cultura veneta, 2. Il Trecento, edited by Pierluigi Petrobelli, 440-468. Vicenza: Neri Pozza. Notes: [ms. 584 ma 684].

Hagopian, Viola L. 1973. Italian Ars Nova Musik: A Bibliographic Guide to Modem Editions and Related Literature. 2nd ed.  Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London. Pages: 63-4. Notes: additional bibliography.

Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I.  Kassel. Pages: B IV/4, 990-2. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits.

Stäblein-Harder, Hanna. 1962. Fourteenth-Century Mass Music in France. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xiii 42-3, 66-7, 91, 126-32, 155-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Clercx-Lejeune, Suzanne, and Suzanne Clercx. 1960. Johannes Ciconia. Pages: I, 74ff.

Layton, Billy Jim. 1960. Italian Music for the Ordinary of the Mass 1300-1450. Harvard University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 116-60, 199ff, 358-62. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Schrade, Leo (editor). 1958. The Works of Francesco Landini. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century.  Monaco: Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre. Notes: edition.

Schrade, Leo (editor). 1956-. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century. 24 vols. Monaco. Pages: Commentary to Vols. II-III, 48-9, passim; Commentary to Vol. IV, 33ff, passim; X, 134, 151ff; XII, 17-20, 79-82, 193ff. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Fischer, Kurt von. 1956. Studien zur italienischen Musik des Trecento und frühen Quattrocento. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft.  Bern: Paul Haupt. Pages: 97f.

Garbelotto, Antonio. 1956. Il trecento musicale italiano in alcuni frammenti padovani. Padova, issue 9 pp. 3-16, issue 11 pp. 13–19, and vol. 3 (1957), issue 3. pp. 26–34. Pages: 2 (1956), 9, p. 3-16; 11, p. 13-19.

Plamenac, Dragan. 1955. Another Paduan Fragment of Trecento Music. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 165-81. Pages: 165-181.

Besseler, Heinrich. 1950; Reprinted: 1974. Bourdon und Fauxbourdon, Studien zum Ursprung der niederländischen Musik.  Leipzig. Pages: IV, iv-v, xi, 40-2. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial).

Ludwig, Friedrich (editor). 1926-9. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke, 1-3.  Leipzig: Publikationen älterer Musik. Pages: I, 63; II, 24-7*, passim; IV, 20. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Besseler, Heinrich. 1925. Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters: I. Neue Quellen des 14. und beginnenden 15. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 167-252. Pages: I, 228ff.

Ludwig, Friedrich. 1925. Die mehrstimmige Messe des 14. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 417ff. Pages: II, 25f, 62f, 52, 54.

Suttina, Luigi. 1906. Contribuzione alla storia del costume signorile nel Medio Evo italiano. Memorie storiche cividalesi.  Cividale: Fratelli Stagni. Pages: 107.

Ludwig, Friedrich. 1905. Studien über die Geschichte der mehrstimmigen Musik im Mittelalter. II. Ein mehrstimmiges St. Jakobs-Offiziumdes 12. Jahrhunderts. Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch, . Pages: 615ff.

Wolf, Johannes. 1904; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1965. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I, 258f.

Wolf, Johannes. 1904. 78 Kompositionen des 13. bis 15. Jahrhunderts aus den Handschriften übertragen.  Leipzig. Notes: editions.

Mazzoni, Guido. 1893. Spigolature da manoscritti. Atti e memorie della R. Accademia di scienze, lettere ed arti in Padova, 49-90. Pages: 49-90.

Renier, Rodolfo. 1893. Review of Emil Vogel, Bibliothek der gedruckten Weltlichen Vocalmusik Italien. aus den Jahren 1500-1700 (Berlin 1893). Giornale storico della Letteratura italiana, 378-393. Pages: 390.

Mazzoni, Guido. 1892. Tre ballata e due sonetti antichi. Per nozze Salvioni-Taveggia .  Padova: Gallina. Notes: edns?.

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