Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ). Warmington identifies the copyists as scribe F (music) and scribe Z (text). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ).
B-Br MS 15075
KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1511
| Archive | KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium (B-Br) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 15075 |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 569 x 387 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 35 compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Original brown leather covers, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design. Contemporary inscription on cover: 'Liber missarum Pétri de la Rue.'
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Copied ca. 1511, decorated ca. 1530 (BoomM); after 1524 (marriage of John III and Catherine), before 1534 (retirement of Alamire) (KellBP).
Foliation
First folio unnumbered; then modern foliation 1-130
Decoration
Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style by Master of John III of Portugal (WinkF); painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms and miniatures of John III of Portugal and Catherine of Austria.
Index
Modern index (1821) by Van Hulthem on first folio
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses
La Rue-7
ii + 131 + ii parchment folios, 569 x 387. First folio unnumbered; modern foliation of the rest, 1-130. Blank folios: 21'-22, 63'-64, 83'-84, 131'. Original brown leather covers, partially restored, with blind-tooled lozenge design. Modern index (1821) by Van Hulthem on first folio. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ). Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style (the decoration was done ca. 1530 by Master of John III of Portugal —WinkF); painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms and miniatures of John III of Portugal and Catherine of Austria. Contemporary inscription on cover: "Liber missarum Pétri de la Rue."
Copied ca. 1511, decorated ca. 1530 (BoomM); after 1524 (marriage of John III and Catherine), before 1534 (retirement of Alamire) (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ).
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Linked by Origin or Contents · 72 sources
B-Br MS 15075
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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.
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.
Rubsamen, Walter H. 1976. Unifying Techniques in Selected Masses of Josquin and La Rue: A Stylistic Comparison. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 369-400. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 375-6. Notes: transcription (partial).
Kreider, John Evan. 1974. The Masses for Five and Six Voices by Pierre de la Rue. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 1,15-21, passim; II,vii,xii-xiii,76-156,398-482. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Huys, Bernard. 1966. De Grégoire le Grand à Stockhausen: Douze siècles de notation musicale. Brussels. Pages: 38-9. Notes: physical description; additional bibliography.
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.
Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie. Brussels. Pages: 34, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS.
Closson, Ernest, and Charles van den Borren. 1950. La musique en Belgique du Moyen Age à nos jours. Brussels. Pages: 75, passim. Notes: contents list; facsimile (partial); mention of MS.
Auda, Antoine. 1946-7. La transcription en notation moderne du 'Liber missarum' de Pierre de la Rue. Scriptorium, 1: 119ff. Pages: 119. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Tirabassi, Antonio (editor). 1942. P. de la Rue. Liber missarum. Première transcription moderne. Mechlin, Basel, and Milan. Notes: transcriptions.
Tibrabassi, Antonio. 1935), 250-7; XLIII (1936. L'interprétation traditionelle des oeuvres de Pierre de la Rue. Musica Sacra, 42-43: 37-41,116-30.
Boom, Ghislaine de. 1935. Marguerite d'Autriche-Savoie et la Pre-Renaissance. Paris and Brussels. Pages: 188-95. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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, 69. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Winkler, Friedrich. 1925. Die Flämische Buchmalerei des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts; Künstler und Werke von den Brüdern Van Eyck bis zu Simon Bening. Leipzig. Pages: 129,167. Notes: mention of MS.
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I,447. Notes: mention of MS.
Verheyden, Prosper. 1904. Het Gezangboek van Margaretha van Oostenrijk. Tijdschrift voor Boek- en Bibliotheekwezen, 2: 22-32,74-84. Pages: 80-1. Notes: mention of MS.
Eitner, Robert. 1892. Kgl. Bibliothek zu Brüssel. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 24: 31-3. Pages: 31. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Micheland, M. 1871. Inventaire des vaisselles, joyaux, tapisseries, peintures, manuscrits, etc., de Marguerite d'Autriche, régente et gouvernante des Pays-Bas, dressé en son palais de Malines, 1e 9 juillet 1523. Compte rendu des séances de la Commission royale d'histoire Ser. III, vol. XII. 5-78,83-136. Pages: 30. Notes: mention of MS.
Marchai, J. None. Catalogue des manuscrits de La Bibliothèque Royale des ducs de Bourgogne. Pages: I,302. Notes: mention of MS.
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