B-Bc MS 27089

Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

manuscript of polyphony: 1586-99

Archive Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium (B-Bc)
Shelfmark MS 27089
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 563 x 404 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BrusC 27089
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
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Contents 14 pieces from 5 composers
General Description

Copied by Leonhardt Franz, employed as scribe at court of Emperor Rudolf II 1586-99; Franz also wrote VienNB Mus. 15951 (ComberP). Once in the library of Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909). Following Olmeda's death, the manuscript was offered for sale by Hiersemann Antiquariat in Leipzig; it was purchased in 1912 by the Brussels Conservatoire.

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Binding

Original covers of cream-colored leather tooled with floral designs and 'Spes,' 'Fides,' 'Caritas'; bronze bosses and clasps.

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Watermark

(1) generally resembles Briquet #140-5; (2) resembles Briquet #2118; (3) resembles Briquet #2122

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff height 26-28

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation by G. Van Doorslaer

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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8 Masses, 1 motet, 1 French secular piece, 4 Italian secular pieces = 14

Philippe de Monte-10, Rore-2, Striggio-1, (Verdelot)-1

212 paper folios, 560 x 402. Modern pencil foliation by G. Van Doorslaer.

Second half of the 16th century. Provenance: Low Countries (?). Once in the library of Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909). Following Olmeda's death, the manuscript was offered for sale by Hiersemann Antiquariat in Leipzig; it was purchased in 1912 by the Brussels Conservatoire.

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Physical: 212 paper folios, 563 x 404. Modern pencil foliation by G. Van Doorslaer. Original covers of cream-colored leather tooled with floral designs and "Spes," "Fides," "Caritas"; bronze bosses and clasps. No index. Copied by Leonhardt Franz, employed as scribe at court of Emperor Rudolf II 1586-99; Franz also wrote VienNB Mus. 15951 (ComberP). Staff height 26-28. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks: (1) generally resembles Briquet #140-5; (2) resembles Briquet #2118; (3) resembles Briquet #2122.

Date/provenance: 1586-99 (ComberP). Copied in Prague, for use at court of Emperor Rudolf II (r. 1576-1612). Later owned by Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909); purchased by Brussels Conservatoire in 1912 from Hiersemann Antiquariat, Leipzig.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
2v–3 Ancor che co'l partire io mi sento morire -
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)

Ancor che co'l partire io mi sento morire

Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)
Appears on: 2v–3
Genres: Italian secular
4v–22 Missa Ancor che col partire Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa Ancor che col partire

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 4v–22
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
23v–43 Missa (4vv) Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa (4vv)

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 23v–43
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
44v–45 Reviens vers moi Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Reviens vers moi

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 44v–45
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
45v–67 Missa Reviens vers moi Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa Reviens vers moi

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 45v–67
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
68v–89 Missa (4vv) Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa (4vv)

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 68v–89
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
91v–93 Inclina cor meum Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Inclina cor meum

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 91v–93
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
93v–118 Missa Inclina cor meum Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa Inclina cor meum

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 93v–118
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
121v–124 O altitudo divitiarum sapientie et scientie II: Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini Ciprianus
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)

O altitudo divitiarum sapientie et scientie II: Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini

Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)
Appears on: 121v–124
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Ciprianus
124v–155 Missa O altitudo divitiarum Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa O altitudo divitiarum

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 124v–155
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
156v–158 Nasce la pena mia non potendo mirar Striggio
Striggio, Alessandro (ca. 1536–1592)

Nasce la pena mia non potendo mirar

Striggio, Alessandro (ca. 1536–1592)
Appears on: 156v–158
Genres: Italian secular
Source Attribution: Striggio
158v–180 Missa Nasce la pena mia Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa Nasce la pena mia

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 158v–180
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
183v–185 Ultimi miei sospiri che mi lasciate -
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (the elder) (1543–1588) (?)
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)

Ultimi miei sospiri che mi lasciate

Ferrabosco, Alfonso (the elder) (1543–1588) (?)
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)
Appears on: 183v–185
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
185v–212 Missa Ultimi miei sospiri Philippus de Monte
Monte, Philippe de

Missa Ultimi miei sospiri

Monte, Philippe de
Appears on: 185v–212
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Philippus de Monte
Composer Compositions
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (the elder) (1543–1588)
Monte, Philippe de
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)
Striggio, Alessandro (ca. 1536–1592)
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Ancor che co'l partire io mi sento morire
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)
2v–3
Inclina cor meum
Monte, Philippe de
91v–93
Missa (4vv)
Monte, Philippe de
23v–43
Missa (4vv)
Monte, Philippe de
68v–89
Missa Ancor che col partire
Monte, Philippe de
4v–22
Missa Inclina cor meum
Monte, Philippe de
93v–118
Missa Nasce la pena mia
Monte, Philippe de
158v–180
Missa O altitudo divitiarum
Monte, Philippe de
124v–155
Missa Reviens vers moi
Monte, Philippe de
45v–67
Missa Ultimi miei sospiri
Monte, Philippe de
185v–212
Nasce la pena mia non potendo mirar
Striggio, Alessandro (ca. 1536–1592)
156v–158
O altitudo divitiarum sapientie et scientie II: Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)
121v–124
Reviens vers moi
Monte, Philippe de
44v–45
Ultimi miei sospiri che mi lasciate
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (the elder) (1543–1588) (?)
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)
183v–185

‡ denotes primary source study

Comberiati, Carmelo Peter. 1983. Polyphonic Settings of the Mass Ordinary at the Court of Rudolf II (1576-1612). University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 86-9,91,167,170,180-1,201,208-9,212-7,326-7. Notes: physical description; contents list; GDis.

Owens, Jessie Ann. 1979. An Illuminated Manuscript of Motets by Cipriano de Rore (München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. Ms. B). Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,231,235. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Borren, Charles van den. 1933-34. Inventaire des manuscrits de musique polyphonique qui se trouvent en Belgique. Acta Musicologica, V:66-71,120-7,177-83;VI:23-9,65-73,116-21. Pages: V, 182-3. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Doorslaer, G van. 1927. Livre de choeur contenant huit masses inédites de Philippe de Monte. Musica Sacra, 94ff. Pages: 94ff. Notes: physical description; contents list.

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