Fragments (some a full bifolio, others tiny scraps of notation) from a single manuscript (? but at least two scribes) from about 1450-70. These fragments contain the Zachara Credo 'du Vilage'. At some point after Henrik Glahn's inventory of 1962, an unrelated(?) manuscript was added to the 17a collection with the fragment number 2409. This is the bifolio that contains the 'Or sus' fragment. It was discovered by Dragan Plamenac and appears in his 1974 letter to JAMS. This leaf was originally part of the Carmelite monastery of Cologne. Plamenac does not mention it, but since the music for 'Or sus' appears on Av, Br, and Bv, it must be the innermost bifolio of a gathering. Note that Plamenac was too quick to dismiss the 'single-voice' In Nomine on the first page -- it could be the end of something more important and should be investigated.
| Archive | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark (DK-Kk) |
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| Shelfmark | Fragm. 17a, inv. 2400-2409 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Measurements | c. 270 x 210 mm |
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| Inventory | This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk |
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| Contents | Contains 6 compositions, 2 from 2 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Watermark
similar to some on papers from the Auvergne
Notation
Black mensural
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Gloria, 2 Credos, 5 motets, 2 French secular pieces, 1 Latin/French quodlibet contratenor = 11 (many incomplete and fragmentary)
(Dufay)-2, (Zachara da Teramo)-1, anon-8
12 paper folios, originally ca. 270 x 210. Much of the manuscript is mutilated and in poor condition. New pagination (by Glahn), 1-20 (pp. 12 and 17 are blank). Watermarks similar to some on papers from the Auvergne,
1450-70. Copied in the Auvergne? (GlahnKF).
Vol. 4
Contents: Change "2 French secular pieces" to "3 French secular pieces"; change total number of pieces from "11" to "12."
Composers: Change "anon-8" to "anon-9."
Provenance: Possibly copied in Cologne or vicinity (see PlamCO).
The inventory could not be loaded.
‡ denotes primary source study
Nadas, John, and Agostino Ziino. 2005. Two newly discovered leaves from the Lucca Codex. Studi musicali, 34: 3-24(plusplates). Pages: 13-14.
Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier. New Haven and London. Pages: II, 154,399-400. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Plamenac, Dragan. 1974. Communication. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 27: 162-3. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Benthem, Jaap van. 1973. Ein verstecktes Quodlibet des 15. Jahrhunderts in Fragmenter 171 der Kongelige Bibliothek zu Kopenhagen. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 1-11. Notes: physical description; concordances (partial); transcription (partial).
Glahn, Henrik. 1962. Ein Kopenhagener Fragment aus dem 15. Jahrhundert. Natalícia Musicologica Knud Jeppesen, 59-99. Copenhagen. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).
Reaney, Gilbert (editor). 1955-83. Early Fifteenth-Century Music. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 11, 1-6. Rome: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI,xi,xxv-xxvi. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description