V-CVbav MS Vat. lat. 2854

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Rome, Italy

non-music MS with interpolated music: Early 14th century

Archive Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Rome, Italy (V-CVbav)
Shelfmark MS Vat. lat. 2854
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 315 x 240 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-Rvat2854
  • olim (Former shelfmark): I-Rvat MS Vat. lat. 2854
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • square
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Italy
Contents 1 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

A Roman collection of writings of the Bonaiutus de Casentino on events at the time of the Popes Coelestin V and Boniface VIII. A moral treatise begins at f.34. Music is found only on f. 20r / 22r.

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Binding

brown canvas with leather back, 19th Century

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Notation

Black full mensural, square (the monophonic hymn Sanguis demptus on f. 21v/22r)

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Ruling

1 11 line and 2 10 line systems (f. 20 r/v); 2 10 line staves (f. 22r/v)

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Foliation

20-21v

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Foliation

18th-century foliation of f. 1-57

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Surface

Parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 4: 14. Jh.; 57 Blätter Pergament+ je 1 modernes Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblatt, 315 x 240 mm. Foliierung des 18. Jh. von f. 1-57. - Einband: 19. Jh.; braune Leinwand mit Lederrücken.

Diese römische Handschrift des frühen 14. Jh. enthält eine Sammlung von Schriften des Bonaiutus de Casentino über Ereignisse zur Zeit der Päpste Coelestin V. und Bonifaz VIII. Ab f. 34 folgt ein Moraltraktat. Musik steht nur auf f. 20r/ 22r; auf f. 20r/v befinden sich je 1 Elflinien- und 2 Zehnliniensysteme mit schwarzer Mensuralnotation des frühesten 14. Jh. Der einstimmige Hymnus Sanguis demptus (f. 21v/22r) ist in Quadratnotation geschrieben.

[Translation] 14th century. 57 parchment sheets + 1 modern front and back endpaper, 315 x 240 mm. 18th-century foliation of f. 1-57. - Binding: 19 Century; brown canvas with leather back.

This Roman manuscript of the early 14th Century contains a collection of writings of the Bonaiutus de Casentino on events at the time of the Popes Coelestin V and Boniface VIII. Beginning on f.34 is a moral treatise. Music is found only on f. 20r / 22r. f. 20r and v each have 1 11-line and 2 ten-line systems with black mensural notation of the very early 14th century. The monophonic hymn Sanguis demptus (f. 21v/22r) is written in square notation.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
20–21 Haec medela corporalis fructum -
Appears on: 20–21
Genres: Sequence
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c8
Voice Text: Hec medela corporalis fructum ...

Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Hec medela corporalis fructum ...
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: [facs.] plates XXXIV-XXXVI.

Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Haec medela corporalis fructum 20–21

denotes primary source study

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2006. Trecento fragments and Polyphony beyond the codex. Harvard University, Ph.D.

Martinez, Marie Louise. 1963. Die Musik des Frühen Trecento. Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte.  Tutzing: Schneider. Pages: 121.

Vecchi, Giuseppe. 1960. Carmi esametrici e ritmi musicali per Bonifacio VIII. Convivium, 518ff. Pages: 518ff.

Anglès, Higinio. 1954. Una nueva version del Credo de Tournai. Revue Belge de Musicologie, 97ff. Pages: 38.

Bannister, Enrico Marriott. 1913. Monumenti Vaticani di paleografia musicale latina. Codices e Vaticanis selecti phototypice expressi. 2 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I, 188f.

Ludwig, Friedrich. 1910. Repertorium organorum recentioris et motetorum vetustissimi stili. I. Catalogue raisonné. 1. Handschriften in Quadratnotation.  Halle: Niemayer. Pages: 14.

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