A single Bassus partbook from a set originally of 4 volumes. Copied by one main scribe, who also wrote BolC Q26 (Rifkin); textless fragments on original ff. 60-61' are later additions in a different hand. Copied in Low Countries. Acquired by present library in 1942 from estate of a Rector Gonthier, of Wilrijk (near Antwerp).
B-LVu MS 1050
Universiteitsbibliotheek (bibliotheek der Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
partbook: 1566
| Archive | Universiteitsbibliotheek (bibliotheek der Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven), Leuven, Belgium (B-LVu) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1050 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 180 x 240 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 10 compositions from 1 composer. Contains uninventoried compositions from 6 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original leather covers tooled in gold front and back with identical ornamental designs; string ties remain. Inscription on front cover: 'Bassus / a.4'; on back cover: 'A.D. 1566.'
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-61, beginning on recto of first opening with music; new pencil foliation, 1-67, includes all folios except first flyleaf and one leaf following f. 45
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
Index
Original index ('Tabula motettorum quatuor vocum') on new ff. 3'-5 lists all pieces except later textless additions; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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38 motets + several short textless fragments
Clemens non Papa-12, Clemens non Papa/(Maessens)-1, Crecquillon-6, C. Hollander-1, Lassus-7, Rore-6, G. Turnhout-3, anonymous
1 paper partbook of an original 4 (B-i + 68 folios), 180 x 240. Original ink foliation, 1-61, beginning on recto of first opening with music; new pencil foliation, 1-67, includes all folios except first flyleaf and one leaf following f. 45. Original leather covers tooled in gold front and back with identical ornamental designs; string ties remain. Inscription on front cover: "Bassus / a.4"; on back cover: "A.D. 1566." Original index ("Tabula motettorum quatuor vocum") on new ff. 3'-5 lists all pieces except later textless additions; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance. Copied by one main scribe, who also wrote BolC Q26 (Rifkin); textless fragments on original ff. 60-61' are later additions in a different hand. Inked calligraphic initials.
1566 (date on cover), with later additions. Copied in Low Countries. Acquired by present library in 1942 from estate of a Rector Gonthier, of Wilrijk (near Antwerp).
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‡ denotes primary source study
Bossuyt, Ignace. 1996. Muzikale schatten uit de Leuvense Universiteitsbibliotheek. M4 een manuscript van uitzonderlijke waarde. Musica Antiqua, 13: 38-39.
Schreurs, Eugeen. 1995. An Anthology of Music Fragments from the Low Countries (Middle Ages-Renaissance). Leuven.
Beebe, Ellen Scott. 1976. Mode, Structure, and Text Expression in the Motets of Jacobus Clemens non Papa: A Study of Style in Sacred Music. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 19, 78-9, 91-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1964. Bibliography of the Sacred Works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa. Musica Disciplina, 18: 85-150. Pages: 100, 105ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1962. Zum Todesjahr des Clemens non Papa. Festschrift Karl Gustav Feilerer zum Sechzigsten Geburtstag am 7. Juli 1962, 46-50. Regensburg. Pages: 49. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bruning, Elisens (editor). 1959-. Monumenta Musica Neerlandica. Amsterdam. Pages: IX/1, xiii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents Note; Surface Note
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