I-PSac Bibliotheca musicalis, B. 3. 5

Archivio Capitolare di Pistoia, Pistoia, Italy

fragment: 14th - Early 15th century (c.1400)

Archive Archivio Capitolare di Pistoia, Pistoia, Italy (I-PSac)
Shelfmark Bibliotheca musicalis, B. 3. 5
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements c. 230 x 122, 229 x 162, 231 x 132, and 232 x 152; originally c. 250 x 165 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-PSac5
  • RISM: Pist
  • CCM: PistAC 5
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • coloration in black void
External Links
Provenance
  • Pistoia? Italy
Contents 9 pieces from 3 composers
General Description

Recovered from bindings of liturgical manuscripts. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript of unknown extent; PirrL refutes Ghil's assertion that these leaves once belonged to same original manuscript as LucAS 184 and PerBC 3065. Copied by a single scribe. Possibly copied in Pistoia

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Binding

No covers; folios preserved loose.

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Notation

Black full mensural with black void colouration

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Ruling

8 five-line staves per page

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Foliation

I-IV verso

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, I-IV

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Surface

Parchment

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DIAMM Note

The holdings of the Archivio Capitolare di Pistoia will be digitized during 2010-11 and the Chapter Archives will be setting up a website to show digital reproductions of its holdings. The manuscript in its entirety will be online in this initiative. The image shown here is a low-resolution sample kindly donated by the library.

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 4: 15. Jh.; 4 Blätter (2 Doppelbllätter) Pergament, ca. 230 x 160/120 mm (zum Teil stark beschnitten). Moderne Foliierung von f. I-IV. Je Seite 8 Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer und schwarz/hohler Mensuralnotation.

Die beiden Doppelblätter, die derselben um 1400 oder im frühen 15. Jh. geschriebenen italienischen Handschrift angehören, dienten als Deck- beziehungsweise Vorsatzblätter zu liturgischen Handschriften Das ursprüngliche Format betrug ca. 250 x 165 mm. Die Blätter weisen keine direkten Beziehungen zu anderen bekannten Fragmenten oder Handschriften auf (auch nicht zu I-Las184). Die Stücke des 2. Doppelblatt (f. III/IV) stehen auf Palimpsest (Vokabular oder Kommentar des 12. Jh. ?).

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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6 Italian secular pieces, 3 French secular pieces = 9 (some fragmentary) (Antonello da Casertani, (Landini)-2, anon-6

4 parchment folios, 230 x 122, 229 x 162, 231 x 132, and 232 x 152 (trimmed from original size of ca. 250 x 165), recovered from bindings of liturgical manuscripts. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript of unknown extent; PirrL refutes Ghil's assertion that these leaves once belonged to same original manuscript as LucAS 184 and PerBC 3065. Modern pencil foliation, I-IV. No covers; folios preserved loose. Black mensural notation with black void coloration. Copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration.

Early 15th century (RISM). Possibly copied in Pistoia

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
I State a dio fatti con dio - Anonymous

State a dio fatti con dio

Anonymous
Appears on: I
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Italian
Clef: f2
Voice Text: State a dio fatti con dio ...
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Clef: c1
Voice Text: State a dio fatti con dio ...
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Iv Fortuna ria amor e crudel donna - Anonymous

Fortuna ria amor e crudel donna

Anonymous
Appears on: Iv
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Voice Text: [Fortuna ri]a Amor e crudel donna ...
II A pianger l'ochi l'ochi mei -
Caserta, Antonello da (fl. c1400)

A pianger l'ochi l'ochi mei

Caserta, Antonello da (fl. c1400)
Appears on: II
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Voice Text: A piançer l'ochi ...
IIv Araigera ? de madame confort - Anonymous

Araigera ? de madame confort

Anonymous
Appears on: IIv
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Araigera (?) de madame confort ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Layout

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IIv ... plus tost vorroj la mort - Anonymous

... plus tost vorroj la mort

Anonymous
Appears on: IIv
Genres: Chanson, Secular
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: f3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Clef: c2
Voice Text: ... plus tost vorroj la mort ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: f3
Layout

parts
III Vous etes celle qui m'a cure vous etes - Anonymous

Vous etes celle qui m'a cure vous etes

Anonymous
Appears on: III
Genres: Chanson, Secular
Voice: Tenor
Languages: French
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Vos celle.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Vos estes celle qui m'a cure vos estes ...
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: French
Clef: f3
Voice Text: [Vos celle.]
Layout

parts
IIIv Gentil aspecto in cui la mente - Anonymous

Gentil aspecto in cui la mente

Anonymous
Appears on: IIIv
Genres: Secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Voice Text: [Gentil aspec]to in cui la mente ...
Layout

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IV Se n'Antogn'ama ... ... dell'onesta ca frena / Se n'Antogn'ama 'l qual e 'l - Anonymous

Se n'Antogn'ama ... ... dell'onesta ca frena / Se n'Antogn'ama 'l qual e 'l

Anonymous
Appears on: IV
Genres: Secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Clef: c2
Voice Text: [Se n'Antogn'ama ...] ... dell'onesta ca frena ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Italian
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Se n'Antogn'ama 'l qual e 'l.
Layout

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IVv Mercé o morte o vaga anima mia -
Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412) (?)

Mercé o morte o vaga anima mia

Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412) (?)
Appears on: IVv
Genres: Ballata
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Italian
Clef: f2c4
Voice Text: Merçe merçe.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Clef: [c2]
Voice Text: Merçe merçe merçe o morte ...
Layout

parts
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Caserta, Antonello da (fl. c1400)
Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
... plus tost vorroj la mort Anonymous IIv
A pianger l'ochi l'ochi mei
Caserta, Antonello da (fl. c1400)
II
Araigera ? de madame confort Anonymous IIv
Fortuna ria amor e crudel donna Anonymous Iv
Gentil aspecto in cui la mente Anonymous IIIv
Mercé o morte o vaga anima mia
Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412) (?)
IVv
Se n'Antogn'ama ... ... dell'onesta ca frena / Se n'Antogn'ama 'l qual e 'l Anonymous IV
State a dio fatti con dio Anonymous I
Vous etes celle qui m'a cure vous etes Anonymous III

‡ denotes primary source study

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

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: 53-4,106. Notes: additional bibliography.

Apel, Willi (editor). 1970-72. French Secular Compositions of the Fourteenth Century. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,xlv-ff, 78,123,148. Notes: transcription (partial); texts (partial).

Gallo, Franco Alberto (editor). 1968-70. Il Codice Musicale 2216 della Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna. Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica: III. Mensurabilia. 2 vols. Bologna. Pages: 13. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Schrade, Leo (editor). 1956-. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century. 24 vols. Monaco. Pages: Commentary to Vol. IV, 49,110; X,149; XI,147, 173,176; XXIV, 152,213. Notes: 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: 42ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gotti, Ettore Li, and Nino Pirrotta. 1949-1951. II codice di Lucca. Musica Disciplina, III, 119-38; IV, 111-52; V, 115-42. Pages: 122. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Ghisi, Federico (editor). 1946-47. 'Italian Ars-Nova Music', musical supplement . Journal of Renaissance and Baroque Music, . Pages: 17-8. Notes: transcription (partial).

Ghisi, Federico. 1946-47. Italian Ars-Nova Music: The Perugia and Pistoia fragments of the Lucca musical codex and other unpublished early 15th century sources. Journal of Renaissance and Baroque Music, 173-91. Pages: 179ff; Suppl., 17. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Ghisi, Federico. 1942. Frammenti di un Nuovo Codice Musicale dell'ArsNova Italiana e due Saggi Inediti di Cacce del Secondo Quattrocento. La Rinascita, 72-103. Pages: 73. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Ghisi, Federico. 1938. Un frammento musicale della 'Ars Nova Italiana' nell'Archivio Capitolare della Cattedrale di Pistoia. Rivista Musicale Italiana, 162-8. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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

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