The high original foliation of this fragment shows that it was once part of a much larger Codex. It survived as the front and back flyleaves of the incunabulum A. Spiera, Quadragesimale de floridibus sapientie, (Venetiis 1485). Discovered by Alberto Gallo, the two sheets are now kept separately. They transmit 2 Latin motets, of which the first four-voice piece survives complete; of the second, three-voice work only the beginning survives. The origin of the fragment is not known (the incunabulum, for which it served as cover sheets, seems to have changed owners many times) the text of the first motet - which contains a reference to Francesco Dandolo, Doge of Venice in the years 1329-1339 - suggests that the manuscript probably originated as early as the 2nd Quarter of the 14th Century.

black full 'Marchetto da Padova' type

first page contains 9 five-line systems, the remaining three pages 8

1-2v

Original foliation: f. LXXXV and LXXXVI.

Parchment

RISM B/IV 4: 14. Jh.; 2 Blätter Pergament, 210 x 170 mm. Originale Foliierung: f. LXXXV und LXXXVI. Die erste Seite enthält 9, die restlichen drei Seiten 8 Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer, der Auffassung von Marchetto da Padova entsprechender Notation.

Dieses Fragment eines - wie die hohen Ziffern der originalen Foliierung zeigen - ehemals stattlichen Codex ist als Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblatt in der Inkunabel A. Spiera, Quadragesimale de floridibus sapientie, Venetiis 1485, erhalten geblieben. Die beiden von Alberto Gallo entdeckten Blätter werden nunmehr separat aufbewahrt. Sie überliefern 2 lateinische Motetten, von denen die erste, vierstimmige, ganz, von der zweiten, dreistimmigen, nur der Anfang auf uns gekommen sind. Während die Herkunft des Fragments kaum näher bestimmt werden kann, weil die Inkunabel, der es als Deckblätter diente, mehrfach den Besitzer gewechselt zu haben scheint, geht aus dem im Text der ersten Motette enthaltenen Hinweis auf den in den Jahren 1329-1339 als Doge von Venedig nachweisbaren Francesco Dandolo hervor, daß die Handschrift vermutlich schon im 2. Viertel des 14. Jh. entstanden ist.

[Translation]14th century. 2 sheets of parchment, 210 x 170 mm. Original foliation: f. LXXXV and LXXXVI. The first page contains 9 five-line systems, the remaining three pages 8, with black notation, in keeping with the theory of Marchetto da Padova.

This fragment - whose high original foliation shows that it was once part of a much larger Codex - survived as the front and back flyleaves of the incunabulum A. Spiera, Quadragesimale de floridibus sapientie, (Venetiis 1485). Discovered by Alberto Gallo, the two sheets are now kept separately. They transmit 2 Latin motets, of which the first four-voice piece survives complete; of the second, three-voice work only the beginning survives. While the origin of the fragment can hardly be known, since the incunabulum, for which it served as cover sheets,seems to have changed owners many times, it is clear from the text of the first motet - which contains a reference to Francesco Dandolo, Doge of Venice in the years 1329-1339 -that the manuscript probably originated as early as the 2nd Quarter of the 14th Century.

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