V-CVbav MS Ottob. lat. 308

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican

Processional with added polyphony: 14th–15th century

Archive Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav)
Shelfmark MS Ottob. lat. 308
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Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 260 x 182 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VatO 308
  • olim (Former shelfmark): I-Rvat MS Ottob. lat. 308
Notations
  • black void mensural
  • square
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

Sarum Processionale; a later hand added 'Salve festa dies' faburden on f. 155. Copied in England. Later owned by Giovanni Angelo Altemps (d. 1620), of Rome. Given to Pietro Vito Ottoboni (1610-91; Pope Alexander VIII after 1689). Donated by Ottoboni family to Pope Benedict XIV in 1748, and placed in present library.

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Binding

Rebound in modern covers of brown leather over cardboard, gold tooled with decorative borders; 'OTT. 308' on spine.

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Notation

main corpus in square chant; faburden in black void mensural

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Date

14th century (main corpus); faburden added in late 15th century

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Foliation

155v

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-156, on upper right rectos ('79' applied to two consecutive folios)

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Surface

i paper + 157 parchment + i paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Sarum Processionale, with faburden: 1 processional hymn

Anonymous

i paper + 157 parchment + i paper folios, 260 x 182. Modern foliation, 1-156, on upper right rectos ("79" applied to two consecutive folios). Rebound in modern covers of brown leather over cardboard, gold tooled with decorative borders; "OTT. 308" on spine. Main corpus in square chant notation, copied by a single scribe. Later hand added "Salve festa dies" faburden on f. 155', in white mensural notation.

14th century? (main corpus); faburden added in late 15th century. Copied in England. Later owned by Giovanni Angelo Altemps (d. 1620), of Rome. Given to Pietro Vito Ottoboni (1610-91; Pope Alexander VIII after 1689). Donated by Ottoboni family to Pope Benedict XIV in 1748, and placed in present library.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
155v Salve festa dies - Anonymous

Salve festa dies

Anonymous
Appears on: 155v
Genres: Fauxbourdon/faburden
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salve festa dies
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Salve festa dies Anonymous 155v

‡ denotes primary source study

Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.

Trowell, Brian. 1980. Faburden-New Sources, New Evidence: A Preliminary Survey. Modern Musical Scholarship, 28-78. Stocksfield, Boston, Henley, and London. Pages: 67, 74, 76.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Surface Note

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