Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ). Warmington identifies 3 music copyists (scribes H4, I1 and I2) and two text copyists (scribes Y and Z). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Blank folios: 17', 31'-32, 42', 61'-62, 85'-86, 105'-106, 122'.
B-Br MS 6428
KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium
manuscript of polyphony: 1508-34
| Archive | KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium (B-Br) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 6428 |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 735 x 500 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 35 compositions from 2 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
All of the miniatures have been cut out of the manuscript; some borders and initials have also been removed. Because of mutilations, portions of all Kyries and of some other sections are missing.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
1508-34 (court activity of Alamire), perhaps ca. 1512 (KellBP).
Foliation
Modern foliation.
Decoration
Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials.
Index
Modern index (1878) by James Robert Sterndale Bennett (1847–1928) pasted on the inside cover.
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses
Isaac-1, La Rue-6
i + 122 + i parchment folios, 735 x 500. Modern foliation. Blank folios: 17', 31'-32, 42', 61'-62, 85'-86, 105'-106, 122'. Modern cardboard covers. Modern index (1878) by J. R. Sterndale-Bennett pasted inside cover. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ). Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. All of the miniatures have been cut out of the manuscript; some borders and initials have also been removed. Because of mutilations, portions of all Kyries and of some other sections are missing.
1508-34 (court activity of Alamire), perhaps ca. 1512 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ).
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B-Br MS 6428
Current source
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Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.
Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, 9: . Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list (partial).
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1983. In Alamire's Workshop. Notes on Scribal Practice in the Early Sixteenth Century. Datierung und Filiation von Musikhandschriften der Josquin-Zeit, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 26. 15-63. Wiesbaden. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: (I,xxi,27,85; II,60; II1,33. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Notes: mention of MS.
Kellman, Herbert. 1958. The Origins of the Chigi Codex: The Date, Provenance, and Original Ownership of Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 11: 6-19. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.
Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler. Mainz. Pages: VIII, 144. Notes: physical description.
Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie. Brussels. Pages: 34, passim. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
Closson, Ernest, and Charles van den Borren. 1950. La musique en Belgique du Moyen Age à nos jours. Brussels. Pages: 89. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).
Roediger, Karl Erich. 1935. Die geistlichen Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Jena. 2 vols. Jena: Frommannsche Buchhandlung. Pages: 97. Notes: mention of MS.
Doorslaer, G van. 1934. La Chapelle Musicale de Philippe le Beau. Revue Belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art, 4: 21-57,139-65. Pages: 38. Notes: mention of MS.
Borren, Charles van den. 1933-34. Inventaire des manuscrits de musique polyphonique qui se trouvent en Belgique. Acta Musicologica, 5 & 6: V:66-71,120-7,177-83;VI:23-9,65-73,116-21. Pages: V, 70. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 447. Notes: mention of MS.
Marchai, J. None. Catalogue des manuscrits de La Bibliothèque Royale des ducs de Bourgogne. Pages: I, 129. Notes: mention of MS.
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