GB-Lbl Add. MS 34700

British Library, London, England

manuscript of polyphony: Late 16th century

Archive	British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark	Add. MS 34700
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	92-6 x 156-8 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: LonBL 34700
Copyists	? Steurlein, Johannes Music
Relationships	Liepmannssohn (of Berlin), Leo (owner)
External Links	British Library online catalogue entry
Provenance	Wasungen? Bavaria, Germany
Contents	Contains 7 compositions from 4 composers.

General Description

Several originally separate small gatherings, each containing one voice part for one piece. Fascicles containing discantus parts for two Passions apparently lost; tenor part for German Passion incomplete. Copied by a single scribe, perhaps the composer Johannes Steurlein (1546-1613). Possibly copied in Wasungen, Thuringia (Steurlein there 1569-89), or in nearby Meiningen (Steurlein there from 1589 until his death).

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Binding

New covers of purple leather on cardboard

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-32.

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 K-G-S Mass, 1 Latin Passion (incomplete), 1 German Passion (incomplete) = 3

Obrecht/(Longaval/Venture)-1, Steurlein-1 + 1?

i + 32 + i paper folios, 192-6 x 156-8. Several originally separate small gatherings, each containing one voice part for one piece. Fascicles containing discantus parts for two Passions apparently lost; tenor part for German Passion incomplete. Modern pencil foliation, 1-32. New covers of purple leather on cardboard. Copied by a single scribe, perhaps the composer Johannes Steurlein (1546-1613). No initials or decoration.

Late 16th century. Of German origin; possibly copied in Wasungen, Thuringia (Steurlein there 1569-89), or in nearby Meiningen (Steurlein there from 1589 until his death). Subsequent history of manuscript not traced. Purchased by British Museum from the antiquarian bookseller Leo Liepmannssohn of Berlin, in 1894.

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–12v	Mass: Kyrie	4	-	Steurlein, Johannes
Mass: Kyrie Steurlein, Johannes Appears on: 1v–12v Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4
1v–12v	Mass: Gloria	4	-	Steurlein, Johannes
Mass: Gloria Steurlein, Johannes Appears on: 1v–12v Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4
1v–12v	Mass: Agnus Dei	4	-	Steurlein, Johannes
Mass: Agnus Dei Steurlein, Johannes Appears on: 1v–12v Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4
13–32	Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 1a pars (of 3): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum	4	-	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?)
Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 1a pars (of 3): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?) Appears on: 13–32 Genres: Liturgical work, Motet, Passion Number of voices: 4 General Note Discantus missing
13–32	Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 2a pars (of 3): Apprehendit ergo eum Pilatus	4	-	Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?)
Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 2a pars (of 3): Apprehendit ergo eum Pilatus Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Appears on: 13–32 Genres: Passion Number of voices: 4 General Note Discantus missing; tenor lacks last leaf
13–32	Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 3a pars (of 3): Orabat autem Jesus pro crucifigentibus	-	-	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?)
Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 3a pars (of 3): Orabat autem Jesus pro crucifigentibus Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?) Appears on: 13–32 Genres: Motet General Note Discantus missing; tenor lacks last leaf
13–32	Passion (German)	-	-	Steurlein, Johannes (?)
Passion (German) Steurlein, Johannes (?) Appears on: 13–32 Genres: Passion General Note Discantus missing; tenor lacks first leaf

Composer	Compositions
Longueval, Antoine de (1498-1525)	Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 1a pars (of 3): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum – 13–32 Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 2a pars (of 3): Apprehendit ergo eum Pilatus – 13–32 Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 3a pars (of 3): Orabat autem Jesus pro crucifigentibus – 13–32
Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457-1505)	(?) Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 1a pars (of 3): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum – 13–32 (?) Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 2a pars (of 3): Apprehendit ergo eum Pilatus – 13–32 (?) Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 3a pars (of 3): Orabat autem Jesus pro crucifigentibus – 13–32
Steurlein, Johannes	Mass: Agnus Dei – 1v–12v Mass: Gloria – 1v–12v Mass: Kyrie – 1v–12v (?) Passion (German) – 13–32
Venture, Johannes a la (c1500)	(?) Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 1a pars (of 3): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum – 13–32 (?) Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 2a pars (of 3): Apprehendit ergo eum Pilatus – 13–32 (?) Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 3a pars (of 3): Orabat autem Jesus pro crucifigentibus – 13–32

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Mass: Agnus Dei	Steurlein, Johannes	1v–12v
Mass: Gloria	Steurlein, Johannes	1v–12v
Mass: Kyrie	Steurlein, Johannes	1v–12v
Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 1a pars (of 3): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?)	13–32
Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 2a pars (of 3): Apprehendit ergo eum Pilatus	Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?)	13–32
Passio Domini secundum Matthaeum - 3a pars (of 3): Orabat autem Jesus pro crucifigentibus	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Longueval, Antoine de (fl. 1498-1525) Venture, Johannes a la (fl. c1500) (?)	13–32
Passion (German)	Steurlein, Johannes (?)	13–32

‡ denotes primary source study

Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 752-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Maas, Chris J. 1976. Towards A New Obrecht Edition. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 26: 84-108. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Noblitt, Thomas L. 1973. Manuscript Mus. l/D/505 of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden (olim Annaberg, Bibliothek der St. Annenkirche, Ms. 1248). Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 30: 275-310. Pages: 299. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Gottwald, Clytus. 1968. Die Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München. Die Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München, vol. 2. Wiesbaden. Pages: 76. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Gottwald, Clytus. 1964. Codices Musici (Cod. Mus. Fol. I 1-71). . Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, vol. Reihe I, Band 1. Wiesbaden. Pages: 69-70. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 214, 387-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 453. Notes: physical description (partial).

Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: XXVIII, v-viii]. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1894-9], 44. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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