Three bundles of loose sheets containing various voice parts of eight compositions, with no particular order or structure. Although some pieces were copied as groups (the 2 Lohr settings are back to back on 3 successive groups of pages, and the 3 St John Passions & Scandello's Resurrection appear to have been similarly copied as a group), there is no attempt to bring together the parts of each composition, nor to organise the bundles like partbooks. Only three of the eight pieces they contain are complete.

Copied by Christoph Nostwitz, Christian Mauke, and others. The manuscript originated at the Löbau Latin school. It was at one time in the Löbau Ratsbibliothek, but was deposited at the library in Dresden in 1890.

(1) 28pp, (2) 44pp; (3) 70pp

Many folios are in very poor condition

The folios are loose; no covers.

black void mensural

1590-1675 (SteudeMS); 2 broad campaigns of copying, one c1590-1610, another in the first half of the 17th century, suggesting a date c. 1620-1630 for the collation of the bundles.

No original foliation or numbering; only modern pagination.

A table of contents by Otto Kade (1888) is included in the third volume.

paper

Inventory listing in page sequence. The available pagination information leaves a couple of 4-5 page gaps - it is not clear what (if any) additional music the omitted pages contain

4 German Passions (1 monophonic), 3 Latin/German sacred pieces, 1 German sacred piece = 8

(Gesius)-1, Loth-2, (Scandello)-2, (Vulpius)-1, (Walter)-2

Ca. 70 paper folios, ca. 320 x 200 (size varies considerably), containing various voice parts. Many folios are in very poor condition; only three pieces are complete. No original foliation or numbering; modern pagination. The folios are loose; no covers. Copied by Christoph Nostwitz, Christian Mauke, and others.

Ca. 1590-1675 (SteudeMS). Originated at the Löbau Latin school. The manuscript was at one time in the Löbau Ratsbibliothek, but was deposited at the library in Dresden in 1890.