I-Fn MS Magl. XIX.111 [Discantus]

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze (Florence), Italy

partbook: After 1528, probably c. 1530 (Fenlon/Haar)

Archive	Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze (Florence), Italy (I-Fn)
Shelfmark	MS Magl. XIX.111 [Discantus]
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	170 x 235 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: FlorBN Magl. 111
Notations	black void mensural
Copyists	scribal concordance [56] Text and Music
Provenance	Firenze (Florence)? Italy
Contents	10 pieces from 7 composers

General Description

A Discantus ('Superannus') partbook from a set originally of four volumes. Scribal concordance with FlorBN Magl. 112 (BernC). Copied by a single scribe. Probably copied in Florence.

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Extent

4 ff.

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Binding

Modern cardboard covers

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Watermark

probably identical to Briquet #3903 and #5963; the same mark or a similar one is also found in FlorBN Magl. 112, 122-5, 164-7, and BolC Q21

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

After 1528, as the 4 chansons may have been copied from Attaignant's "Chansons nouvelles" of that year; on repertorial grounds c. 1530 (Fenlon/Haar)

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Ruling

6 staves per page

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Foliation

Modern foliation

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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6 Italian secular pieces, 4 French secular pieces = 10

(Eustachius de Monte Regali)-1, (S. Festa)-1, (Sermisy)-3, (Verdelot)-1, anon-4

3 paper partbooks of an original 4 (D-4 folios, A-4, T-i parchment + 4), 170 x 235. Modern foliation. Modern cardboard covers. Scribal concordance with FlorBN Magl. 112 (BernC). Watermark is probably identical to Briquet #3903 and #5963; the same mark or a similar one is also found in FlorBN Magl. 112, 122-5, 164-7, and BolC Q21. The four French pieces are concordant with FlorBN Magl. 112 and RISM 1528/3; four of the Italian pieces are also found in BolC Q21.

After 1528. Copied in Florence.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "(S. Festa)-1" to "(C Festa/S. Festa)-1"; change "(Ser-misy)-3" to "(La Rue/Sermisy)-1, (Mouton/Sermisy)-1, (Sermisy)-1."

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1	J'attens secours de ma seule pensée	-	Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)
J'attens secours de ma seule pensée Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) Appears on: 1 Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Jatens secours
1	Jouissance vous donnerai, mon ami	-	Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)
Jouissance vous donnerai, mon ami Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) Appears on: 1 Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Jossence vous doneray
1v	Languir me fais sans t'avoir offensé	-	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) (?) Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) (?)
Languir me fais sans t'avoir offensé Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) (?) Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) (?) Appears on: 1v Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Languir me faro sans tauoir offenssee
1v	Ma bouche rit et mon coeur pleure	-	Dubois, François (?)
Ma bouche rit et mon coeur pleure Dubois, François (?) Appears on: 1v Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Ma bouche rit
2	Vergine bella che di sol vestita	-	Anonymous
Vergine bella che di sol vestita Anonymous Appears on: 2 Genres: Madrigal (Italian) Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: Vergine bella che di sol uestita
2v	Si osassi di dir quel che piangendo	-	Romano, Eustachio
Si osassi di dir quel che piangendo Romano, Eustachio Appears on: 2v Genres: Frottola Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: Si vsassi di dire quel che piangendo
3	De come alhor fu vano il pensier mio	-	Anonymous
De come alhor fu vano il pensier mio Anonymous Appears on: 3 Genres: Madrigal (Italian) Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: De come alhor fu vano il pensier mio
3v	Per mio servir senza timor con fede	-	Anonymous
Per mio servir senza timor con fede Anonymous Appears on: 3v Genres: Madrigal (Italian) Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: Per mio seruir senza timor con fede
4	Vita della mia vita quando gran tort	-	Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)
Vita della mia vita quando gran tort Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532) Appears on: 4 Genres: Madrigal (Italian) Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Vita de l[a] mia uita
4v	O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti	-	Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524)
O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524) Appears on: 4v Genres: Madrigal (Italian) Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: O passi sparsi o pensier uaghi

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	De come alhor fu vano il pensier mio – 3 Per mio servir senza timor con fede – 3v Vergine bella che di sol vestita – 2
Dubois, François	(?) Ma bouche rit et mon coeur pleure – 1v
Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524)	O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti – 4v
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	(?) Languir me fais sans t'avoir offensé – 1v
Romano, Eustachio	Si osassi di dir quel che piangendo – 2v
Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)	J'attens secours de ma seule pensée – 1 Jouissance vous donnerai, mon ami – 1 (?) Languir me fais sans t'avoir offensé – 1v
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)	Vita della mia vita quando gran tort – 4

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
De come alhor fu vano il pensier mio	Anonymous	3
J'attens secours de ma seule pensée	Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)	1
Jouissance vous donnerai, mon ami	Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)	1
Languir me fais sans t'avoir offensé	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) (?) Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) (?)	1v
Ma bouche rit et mon coeur pleure	Dubois, François (?)	1v
O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti	Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524)	4v
Per mio servir senza timor con fede	Anonymous	3v
Si osassi di dir quel che piangendo	Romano, Eustachio	2v
Vergine bella che di sol vestita	Anonymous	2
Vita della mia vita quando gran tort	Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)	4

Set: MS Magl. XIX.111

Type: Partbooks

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‡ denotes primary source study

Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1973. La Courone et fleur des chansons a troys; A Mirror of the French Chanson in Italy in the Years between Ottaviano Petrucci and Antonio Gardano. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 1-68. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.

Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, 50-1. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 244, 248. Notes: concordances (partial).

Gallico, Claudio. 1961. Un Canzionere Musicale Italiano del Cinquecento (Bologna, Conservatorio di Musica "G. B. Martini" Ms. Q 21). Florence. Pages: 79, passim. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Becherini, Bianca. 1959. Catalogo dei manoscritti musicali della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze. Kassel. Pages: 46. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Rubsamen, Walter H. 1951. Music Research in Italian Libraries: An Anecdotal Account of Obstacles and Discoveries. Los Angeles. Pages: 91. Notes: mention of MS.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description