Composite of three originally separate sections bound together in 17th century: Part I = new ff. 1-24; Part II = new ff. 25-64; Part III = new ff. 65-94. Part I copied by several scribes; Parts II-III copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Part I probably copied in Saragossa; Parts II-III probably copied in Tarazona (HardieP). Possibly copied in Palència or Valladolid (RussellB).
E-TZ Archivo Ms. 5
Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Tarazona, Spain
manuscript of polyphony: 16th century
| Archive | Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Tarazona, Spain (E-TZ) |
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| Shelfmark | Archivo Ms. 5 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 400 x 269 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 46 compositions, 30 from 15 composers, 16 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Several original folios now missing at various places; some folios frayed, torn, separated from binding threads, or damaged by ink corrosion, but most music still legible.
Binding
Original covers lost; modern cloth binding now includes two other music manuscripts not within scope of this catalogue.
Watermark
(1) sun with initials "M A"; (2) generally resembles Briquet #13154; (3) crowned eagle; (4) circle with initials "I M", surmounted by cross; (5) mermaid. Reproduced in HardieP, 55-8.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-94, on lower right rectos; new ff. 26-64 also have original ink foliation, i-xxxviiii, on upper right rectos. Several other foliation systems, incomplete and inaccurate.
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
Index
Index on new f. 1 probably added in 17th century; reflects present ordering of contents in composite volume.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass (incomplete), 1 K-S-A Mass (incomplete), 1 Requiem Mass, 2 Requiem Mass sections (incomplete), 3 Kyries, 2 Credo sections, 4 Magnificats, 5 psalms, 2 office hymns, 1 processional hymn, 1 Lamentation, 15 motets, 1 litany, 3 Benedicamus dominos = 42
(Anchieta)-1, Basurto-1 + 1?, Basurto-Pastrana-(Brumel)-(Ockeghem)-anon-1, Gómez-1, Pastrana-6, Pastrana/(Jaquet of Mantua)-1, Peñalosa-2, Peñalosa/(Anchieta)-1, Ribaflecha-1, Robledo-1, Rubio-1, Sticheler? [Joannes Stiche]-2, (F. Torre)-1, anon-21
94 paper folios of an original 100 or more, 400 x 269. Composite of three originally separate sections bound together in 17th century: Part I = new ff. 1-24; Part II = new ff. 25-64; Part III = new ff. 65-94. Several original folios now missing at various places; some folios frayed, torn, separated from binding threads, or damaged by ink corrosion, but most music still legible. Modern pencil foliation, 1-94, on lower right rectos; new ff. 26-64 also have original ink foliation, i-xxxviiii, on upper right rectos. Several other foliation systems, incomplete and inaccurate. Original covers lost; modern cloth binding now includes two other music manuscripts not within scope of this catalogue.
Index on new f. 1 probably added in 17th century; reflects present ordering of contents in composite volume. Part I copied by several scribes; Parts II-III copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks (reproduced in HardieP, 55-8): (1) sun with initials "M A"; (2) generally resembles Briquet #13154; (3) crowned eagle; (4) circle with initials "I M", surmounted by cross; (5) mermaid.
Part I: second half of 16th century; Parts II-III: first half of 16th century. Part I probably copied in Saragossa; Parts II-III probably copied in Tarazona (HardieP). Possibly copied in Palència or Valladolid (RussellB).
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‡ denotes primary source study
Calahorra Martínez, Pedro (editor). 1995. Autores hispanos de los siglos XV-XVI de los Ms. 2 y 5 de la catedral de Tarazona. Polifonia Aragonesa, vol. 9. Zaragoza. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Hardie, Jane Morlet. 1983. The Motets of Francisco de Pehalosa and Their Manuscript Sources. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 52-75, 115, 143-4, 149, 189ff, 283-5, 428-38. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Russell, Eleanor. 1979. The Missa in Agendis Mortuorum of Juan Garcia de Basurto: Johannes Ockeghem, Antoine Brumel, and an Early Spanish Polyphonic Requiem Mass. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 29: 1-37. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 165-6 [referred to as MS 4]. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Sevillano, Justo. 1961. Catálogo musical del Archivo Capitular de Tarazona. Anuário Musical, 16: 149-76. Pages: 157-8. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola. Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: I, 125 [referred to as MS 4] XXIV, 9 [information incorrect: Morales' Missa Ut re mi fa sol la not in TarazC 5]. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial).
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Benjamin Ory
Wednesday, 27 May, 2026
"Qui Lazarum" does not belong to the 14th century Fr[anciscus] Reynaldus, but to a 16th century Franciscus Rey (=Franco Rei)
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