I-VId MS U.VIII.11

Archivio Capitolare del Duomo di Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy

liturgical ms with added polyphony: 1st half of 15th century (with a few later additions)

Archive Archivio Capitolare del Duomo di Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy (I-VId)
Shelfmark MS U.VIII.11
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 372-7 x 280 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VicAC 11
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • square chant
Provenance
  • Vicenza, Italy
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

First 10 folios (Lamentations) form separate, independent fascicle not bound in with remainder of manuscript, copied by a single scribe. Polyphonic litany on verso of front flyleaf is 16th-century addition by different scribe. (Monophonic contents copied by several scribes). Copied in Vicenza (CattSC).

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Binding

Original covers of dark brown leather over wooden boards, with brass corners and bosses; brass/leather clasp

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Notation

black full mensural (polyphony); square chant (monophony)

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Date

Lamentations copied ca. 1430-40 (CattSC)

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Ruling

red staves; staff height 17

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Foliation

1-27

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Foliation

original ink foliation, 14-23; modern foliation, 1-10. Last 18 folios have remnants of original foliation, and modern foliation, 1-18

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Decoration

Inked Gothic initials in red, blue, and yellow; titles, rubrics, and some text in red or blue ink.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Liturgical book, with polyphony: 9 Lamentations, 1 litany =10

(Quadris)-9, anon-1

i + 10 + 18 parchment folios, 372-7 x 280. First 10 folios (Lamentations) form separate, independent fascicle not bound in with remainder of manuscript: original ink foliation, 14-23; modern foliation, 1-10. Last 18 folios have remnants of original foliation, and modern foliation, 1-18. Original covers of dark brown leather over wooden boards, with brass corners and bosses; brass/leather clasp. No index. Polyphonic Lamentations copied by a single scribe, in black mensural notation on red staves (staff height 17). Polyphonic litany on verso of front flyleaf is 16th-century addition by different scribe. Monophonie contents copied by several scribes, in square chant notation. Inked Gothic initials in red, blue, and yellow; titles, rubrics, and some text in red or blue ink.

First half of 15th century, with a few later additions; Lamentations copied ca. 1430-40 (CattSC). Copied in Vicenza (CattSC).

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Litanies - - Anonymous

Litanies

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Litany
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Litanies
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Litanies Anonymous [-]

‡ denotes primary source study

Bent, Margaret. 1995. Pietro Emiliani's Chaplain Bartolomeo Rossi da Carpi and the Lamentations of Johannes de Quadris in Vicenza. Il Saggiatore musicale, 2: 5-16.

Kanazawa, Masakata. 1975. Review of Quadris, Opera. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 28: 364-8. Pages: 364-5.

Cattin, Giulio. 1974. Un Processionale Fiorentino per la Settimana Santa: Studio Liturgico-Musicale sul Ms. 21 dell'Opera di S. Maria del Fiore. Quadrivium, 15/2: 53-204. Pages: 129ff.

Cattin, Giulio (editor). 1972. Johannis de Quadris: Opera. Antiquat Musicae Italicae, Monumenta Veneta Sacra, vol. 2.  Bologna. Pages: v,ix-x, 10-57,78-83.

Cattin, Giulio. 1970. Uno Sconosciuto Codice Quattrocentesco dell'Archivio Capitolare di Vicenza e le Lamentazioni di Johannes de Quadris. L'Ars Nova Italiana del Trecento III,

Cattin, Giulio. 1969. II Presbyter Johannes de Quadris. Quadrivium, 10/2: 5-47. Pages: 20ff, Tav. III-IV.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

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