A manuscript mostly non-musical contents, though there is a music treatise on ff. 140-174 and polyphonic pieces on ff. 79'-80', 138-139'.. Copied by three scribes, probably in Leipzig. Bequeathed to Leipzig Universitätsbibliothek by Johannes Cleyne of Löbau in 1490 (inscription on f. 1).
| Archive | Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany (D-LEu) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1236 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | 8° |
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| Contents | Contains 8 compositions, 3 from 1 composer, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers.
Notation
black full mensural and black void mensural
Date
date 1449 on f. 137'
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-579 (omits one folio following f. 129 and one folio following f. 162).
Decoration
No decoration on folios with music.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Miscellaneous writings, with polyphony: 1 Mass Proper section, 7 motets = 8
(P. Wilhelmi)-3, anon-5
581 paper folios, 8°. New pencil foliation, 1-579 (omits one folio following f. 129 and one folio following f. 162). Original covers. Contents mostly non-musical, but include treatise on music (ff. 140-174) and polyphonic pieces (ff. 79'-80', 138-139'). Two pieces in black mensural notation; others in white mensural notation. Copied by three scribes. No decoration on folios with music.
Mid 15th century (date 1449 on f. 137'). Probably copied in Leipzig. Bequeathed to Leipzig Universitätsbibliothek by Johannes Cleyne of Löbau in 1490 (inscription on f. 1).
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‡ denotes primary source study
Ward, Tom Robert. 1981. A Central European Repertory in Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14274. Early Music History, 1: 325-43. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VIII, 576. Notes: physical description (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 451. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description