A Discantus partbook of an original 5. Copied by Johannes Heugel (d. 1585), court composer for Philip of Hesse, who also wrote KasL 4, 9, 24, 38, 43, 53b, 91, 94, 118, 142, and part of KasL 143. Copied in Kassel, for the court of Count Philip of Hesse. Present Landesbibliothek incorporates holdings of former court library.

One additional folio, 105 x 152, now bound with this manuscript as f. 59, contains tenor parts for two German pieces, and is apparently the only remaining fragment of a different Heugel manuscript, now lost, although it has also been identified as the only leaf remaining from the Tenor partbook of the set whose sole survivor now is PL-Kj Mus. Ms. 40185..

Original parchment covers.

black void mensural

dates from June 1534 to January 1540 in manuscript; these are probably dates of composition or performance rather than copying

No foliation or pagination;

Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 1-60 (first two pieces unnumbered; third piece numbered '2'; numbering continues consecutively to '60'). The two pieces on the additional Tenor leaf (f. 59) are numbered 114-115.

Some initials and texts in red ink.

paper

61 German sacred pieces + 2 German pieces on loose folio = 63

(Heugel?)-63

1 paper partbook of an original 5 (D-59 folios), 109 x 150. One additional folio, 105 x 152, now kept loose with this manuscript, contains tenor parts for two German pieces, and is apparently the only remaining fragment of a different Heugel manuscript, now lost. No foliation or pagination; original numbering of pieces, 1-60 (first two pieces unnumbered; third piece numbered "2"; numbering continues consecutively to "60"). Two pieces on loose folio num-bered "114" and "115." Blank folios: [1-1', 32', 59-59']. Original parchment covers. No index. Copied by Johannes Heugel (d. 1585), court composer for Philip of Hesse, who also wrote KasL 4, 9, 24, 38, 43, 53/2, 91, 94, 118, 142, and part of KasL 143. Some initials and texts in red ink.

16th century (dates from June 1534 to January 1540 in manuscript; these are probably dates of composition or performance rather than copying). Copied in Kassel, for the court of Count Philip of Hesse. Present Landesbibliothek incorporates holdings of former court library.