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
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) |
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| 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 |
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| Contents | Contains 9 compositions, 2 from 2 composers, 7 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
No covers; folios preserved loose.
Notation
Black full mensural with black void colouration
Ruling
8 five-line staves per page
Foliation
I-IV verso
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, I-IV
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
Parchment
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.
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
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Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 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, vol. 53. 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, vol. 3. 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, vol. Serie II, Vol. 5. 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, 3-4-5: 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, 1: . 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, 1: 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, 5: 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, 42: 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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Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
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