NL-L MS 1443

Gemeentearchief; Archieven van de Kerken, Leiden, Netherlands

manuscript of polyphony: Mid 16th century

Archive Gemeentearchief; Archieven van de Kerken, Leiden, Netherlands (NL-L)
Shelfmark MS 1443
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 413 x 278 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: LeidGA 1443
  • olim (Former shelfmark): F; 427; 765; 866; 1008
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Amsterdam? Holland
Contents 36 pieces from 17 composers
General Description

Composite of several originally separate fascicles copied at different times by different scribes. Copied by two main scribes (one identified by Jas, but not CCM, as de Blauwe), with later additions by several scribes, including Johannes Flamingus; some of the scribal hands also appear in LeidGA 1441 and LeidGA 1442. Main corpus perhaps copied in Brussels (though Jas argues for Leiden, and RISM suggests Amsterdam); later used by St. Peter's Church in Leiden, where additions were made. Subsequent history same as for LeidGA 1438.

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Binding

Restored and rebound in 1964 in new covers of brown leather on oak boards, tooled with classical busts; brass corners and clasps

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Watermark

One watermark is Briquet #1048; another resembles Briquet #7088; other watermarks unidentified

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-415, on lower right rectos

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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21 Masses (several incomplete), 3 Kyries (1 fragmentary), 1 psalm, 3 hymns, 7 motets, 1 set of responses = 36

Appenzeller [Benedictus]-1, Courtois-1, Crecquillon-2, Crecquillon/(Clemens non Papa)-1, Gombert-1, Hellinck-3, Johannes Flamingus-5 + 8?, (Josquin/Moulu)-1, La Rue-1, (Joannes de Monte)-1, Mouton-2, Novo Portu-1, Richafort-1, (Richafort/Sermisy)-1, anon-6

ii + i + 415 + ii paper folios, 413 x 278. Composite of several originally separate fascicles copied at different times by different scribes. New pencil foliation, 1-415, on lower right rectos. Restored and rebound in 1964 in new covers of brown leather on oak boards, tooled with classical busts; brass corners and clasps. No index. Copied by two main scribes, with later additions by several scribes, including Johannes Flamingus; some of the scribal hands also appear in LeidGA 1441 and LeidGA 1442. Inked calligraphic initials. One watermark is Briquet #1048; another resembles Briquet #7088; other watermarks unidentified.

Mid 16th century, with additions ca. 1564-7. Main corpus perhaps copied in Brussels; later used by St. Peter's Church in Leiden, where additions were made. Subsequent history same as for LeidGA 1438.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "Crecquillon-2" to "(Crecquillon)-1, Crecquillon/(Manchi-court)-1"; change "(Joannes de Monte)-1" to "(Joachimus de Monte)-1."

Provenance: Main corpus probably copied in Amsterdam; used by St. Peter's Church in Leiden, where additions were made.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–24 Missa Surge propera Lupus [Hellinck]
Appears on: 1v–24
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Lupus [Hellinck]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Surge propera
25v–46 Missa Domine quis habitabit Courtois
Appears on: 25v–46
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Courtois
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Domine quis habitabit
47v–68 Missa Nisi Dominus Cricquillon/(Manchicourt)
Appears on: 47v–68
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Cricquillon/(Manchicourt)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Nisi dominus
68v–70 Christe qui lux es et dies noctis (2p. Defensor noster aspice insidiantes), 5vv (Joachimus de Monte)
Appears on: 68v–70
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: (Joachimus de Monte)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Criste qui lux II: Defensor noster
70v–90 Missa Si dire je losoye [Manchicourt]
Appears on: 70v–90
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Manchicourt]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Si dire je losoye
90v–92 Asperges me Vs: Miserere mei Deus Joannes Flamingus
Appears on: 90v–92
Genres: Miserere mei Deus, Motet
Source Attribution: Joannes Flamingus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Asperges me Vs: Miserere mei Deus
92v–114 Missa Peccata mea Lupus [Hellinck]
Appears on: 92v–114
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Lupus [Hellinck]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Peccata mea
114v–138 Missa Mater Patris Lupus Hellinck
Appears on: 114v–138
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Lupus Hellinck
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Mater patris
138v–139 O quam glorifica vs. 2: Tu cum virgineo Joannes Flamingus
Appears on: 138v–139
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Joannes Flamingus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: O quam glorifica (vs. 2: Tu cum virgineo)
139v–160 Missa Sancta Maria Gombert
Appears on: 139v–160
Genres: BVM, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Gombert
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Sancta Maria
160v–162 Regina caeli laetare II: Resurrexit sicut dixit Franciscus De Novo Portu
Appears on: 160v–162
Genres: Motet, Regina caeli laetare
Source Attribution: Franciscus De Novo Portu
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Regina celi letare II: Resurrexit sicut dixit
162v–164 Crucifixum in carne II: Recordamini quomodo Joannes Flamingus
Appears on: 162v–164
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Joannes Flamingus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Crucifixum in carne II: Recordamini quomodo
165v–187 Missa Philomena previa (Richafort/Sermisy)
Appears on: 165v–187
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: (Richafort/Sermisy)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Philomena
187v–212 Missa Ecce quam bonum (Mouton)
Appears on: 187v–212
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: (Mouton)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Ecce quam bonum
212v–231 Missa Missus est Gabriel (Moulu)
Appears on: 212v–231
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: (Moulu)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Missus est 10.2
231v–255 Missa Tua est potentia Mouton
Appears on: 231v–255
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Mouton
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Tua est potentia
255v Set of Mass Responses et cum spiritu tuo, Amen, etc. - Anonymous
Appears on: 255v
Genres: Response
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, insufficient
Voice Text: [partial version of 256v]
Concordances

another (better) copy in the Smijers codex. Transcription in Jas 'Piety & Polyphony'

Item Bibliography

Jas, Eric. 2018. Piety and Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Holland: The Choirbooks of St Peter's Church, Leiden. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music. 432. Boydell Press. Pages: 169-174.

256v–259 Set of Mass Responses et cum spiritu tuo, Amen, etc. Anon. Anonymous
Appears on: 256v–259
Genres: Response
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Set of Mass Responses (et cum spiritu tuo, Amen, etc.)
260v–277 Missa Vous larez Benedictus [Appenzeller]
Appears on: 260v–277
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Benedictus [Appenzeller]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Vous larez
277v–292 Missa Dieu garde celle de deshonneur no Agnus Anon. Anonymous
Appears on: 277v–292
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Dieu garde celle de deshonneur (no Agnus)
292v Missa Amica mea (fragment) Anon. Anonymous
Appears on: 292v
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Amica mea (fragment)
293v–315 Missa O genitrix gloriosa Richafort
Appears on: 293v–315
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Richafort
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa O genitrix
316v–336 Missa Or combien Cricquillon/(Clemens non Papa)
Appears on: 316v–336
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Cricquillon/(Clemens non Papa)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Or pour combien est
336v Kyrie fragment Anon. Anonymous

Kyrie fragment

Anonymous
Appears on: 336v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie (fragment)
337v–344 &350v-355 Missa Da pacem (Johannes Flamingus?)
Appears on: 337v–344 &350v-355
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: (Johannes Flamingus?)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Da pacem (C incomplete) (K-G-C separated from S-A by following piece)
344v–350 Audi tellus audi magni II: Ubi plato ubi prophirius Anon. Anonymous
Appears on: 344v–350
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Audi tellus audi magni II: Ubi plato ubi prophirius
355v–372 Missa Erravi sicut ovis (Johannes Flamingus?)
Appears on: 355v–372
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: (Johannes Flamingus?)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Erravi sicut ovis
373–384 Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2 (Josquin)
Appears on: 373–384
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: (Josquin)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa [L'homme armé sexti toni] 6.2 (incomplete, K, first part of G, and A are missing)
385v–389v Missa Puer natus est nobis De la Rue
Appears on: 385v–389v
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: De la Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Puer natus (incomplete, only a few portions are present)
General Note

parts of KGC only

390v–402 Mass K-G-C-S-A, part of K copied twice Anon. Anonymous
Appears on: 390v–402
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Mass (K-G-C-S-A, part of K copied twice)
402v–403 Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium 2 Nobis natus nobis datus ex intacta 5 Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur (Johannes Flamingus?)
Appears on: 402v–403
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: (Johannes Flamingus?)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Pange lingua] Tantum ergo sacramentum (6th verse, "Genitori genitoque" also underlaid)
403v–404 Cibavit eos Dominus ex adipe Vs: Exultate deo adjutori nostro Jubilate deo Jacob (Johannes Flamingus?)
Appears on: 403v–404
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: (Johannes Flamingus?)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Cibavit eos dominus ex adipe Vs: [Exultate deo adiutori nostro] Jubilate deo iacob
404v–407 Kyrie [i] Joannes Flamingus
Appears on: 404v–407
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Joannes Flamingus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie (different from K beginning on 410v)
407v–410 Vidi aquam egredientem Vs: Confitemini Domino (Johannes Flamingus?)
Appears on: 407v–410
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: (Johannes Flamingus?)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Vidi aquam egredientem Vs: Confitemini Domino
410v–413 Kyrie [ii] Joannes Flamingus
Appears on: 410v–413
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Joannes Flamingus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie (different from K beginning on 404v)
413v–415 Crucifixum in carne II: Recordamini quomodo (Johannes Flamingus?)
Appears on: 413v–415
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: (Johannes Flamingus?)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Crucifixum in carne II: Recordamini quomodo
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Appenzeller, Benedictus (ca. 1480–ca. 1558)
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Courtois, Jean (fl. 1530-1545)
Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557)
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Flamingus, Johannes
Gombert, Nicolas (ca. 1495–ca. 1560)
Hellinck, Lupus (ca. 1494–1541)
Manchicourt, Pierre de
Mergot, Franciscus
Monte, Joachimus de
Moulu, Pierre (ca. 1484–ca. 1550)
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Richafort, Jean (ca. 1480–ca. 1550)
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Asperges me Vs: Miserere mei Deus 90v–92
Audi tellus audi magni II: Ubi plato ubi prophirius Anonymous 344v–350
Christe qui lux es et dies noctis (2p. Defensor noster aspice insidiantes), 5vv 68v–70
Cibavit eos Dominus ex adipe Vs: Exultate deo adjutori nostro Jubilate deo Jacob 403v–404
Crucifixum in carne II: Recordamini quomodo 162v–164
Crucifixum in carne II: Recordamini quomodo 413v–415
Kyrie [i] 404v–407
Kyrie [ii] 410v–413
Kyrie fragment Anonymous 336v
Mass K-G-C-S-A, part of K copied twice Anonymous 390v–402
Missa Amica mea (fragment) Anonymous 292v
Missa Da pacem 337v–344 &350v-355
Missa Dieu garde celle de deshonneur no Agnus Anonymous 277v–292
Missa Domine quis habitabit 25v–46
Missa Ecce quam bonum 187v–212
Missa Erravi sicut ovis 355v–372
Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2 373–384
Missa Mater Patris 114v–138
Missa Missus est Gabriel 212v–231
Missa Nisi Dominus 47v–68
Missa O genitrix gloriosa 293v–315
Missa Or combien 316v–336
Missa Peccata mea 92v–114
Missa Philomena previa 165v–187
Missa Puer natus est nobis 385v–389v
Missa Sancta Maria 139v–160
Missa Si dire je losoye 70v–90
Missa Surge propera 1v–24
Missa Tua est potentia 231v–255
Missa Vous larez 260v–277
O quam glorifica vs. 2: Tu cum virgineo 138v–139
Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium 2 Nobis natus nobis datus ex intacta 5 Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur 402v–403
Regina caeli laetare II: Resurrexit sicut dixit 160v–162
Set of Mass Responses et cum spiritu tuo, Amen, etc. Anonymous 255v
Set of Mass Responses et cum spiritu tuo, Amen, etc. Anonymous 256v–259
Vidi aquam egredientem Vs: Confitemini Domino 407v–410

denotes primary source study

Jas, Eric. 2018. Piety and Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Holland: The Choirbooks of St Peter's Church, Leiden. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music. 432. Boydell Press. Pages: 106-139, 303-310 & passim. Notes: physical decsription, contents list; concordances, facsimiles (partial), discussion.

Hudson, Barton (editor). 1974. Thomas Crecquillon: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, x, 41-68. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); transcription (partial).

Graziano, John. 1970. Lupus Hellinck: A Survey of Fourteen Masses. The Musical Quarterly, 247-69. Pages: 268. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).

Versprille, Annie J. 1965. De Geschiedenis van de Leidse Motetboeken. Jaarboekje voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde van Leiden en Omstreken, 100-5. Notes: physical description (partial); additional bibliography.

Overvoorde, J C. 1914. Catalogus van Voorwerpen in het Stedelijk Museum "De Lakenhal" te Leiden.  Leiden. Pages: 76. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Land, J P N. 1874-81. De Koorboeken van de St. Pieterskerk te Leiden. Bouwsteenen, 37-48. Notes: physical description; contents list.

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