V-CVbav MS Vat. lat. 5318

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican

theory treatise with polyphony: 1517-43

Archive	Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav)
Shelfmark	MS Vat. lat. 5318
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	303-20 x 243 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: VatV 5318 olim (Former shelfmark): I-Rvat MS Vat. lat. 5318
Notations	black void mensural
Inventory	This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk
Relationships	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) (author (of treatise)) Lago, Giovanni del (author (of treatise))
External Links	images
Provenance	Italy
Contents	Contains 11 compositions from 3 composers.

General Description

12 polyphonic items in Collection of letters on music theory. These items are counted according to letters written by Giovanni del Lago to Giovanni Spataro (= JepKC #3); by Giovanni del Lago to Lorenzo Gazo (#18); by Giovanni Spataro to Giovanni del Lago (#27, #32-4); by Giovanni Maria Lanfranco to Adrian Willaert (#70-2); and by Giovanni Spataro to Pietro Aron (#98-9, #101-2). Letters written in Venice (Lago), Bologna (Spataro), and Brescia (Lanfranco). Collection owned by Giovanni del Lago, priest at Church of St. Sophia, Venice.

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Binding

Rebound in modern covers of cream-coloured vellum over cardboard; 'VAT. 5318' gold stamped on spine.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

1517-43 (inclusive dates of collection); 1520-32 (inclusive dates of letters cited here).

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-255, replaces earlier foliation ('104,' '115,' '173,' '191,' and '245,' respectively, applied to two consecutive folios; f. 187 erroneously numbered as '186a,' but correctly counted as 187).

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Collection of letters on music theory, with polyphonic quotations: 12 items*

*Some bear Latin texts or titles; others are without text, but have been identified as excerpts from Masses and motets. Collection also includes numerous short musical quotations, fragments, charts, etc., not included in above count.

Gafori-2, Johannis Bononiensis-1, Lago-1, Lanfranco-1, Spataro-6, anon-1

260 paper folios, 303-20 x 243. Modern foliation, 1-255, replaces earlier foliation ("104," "115," "173," "191," and "245," respectively, applied to two consecutive folios; f. 187 erroneously numbered as "186a," but correctly counted as 187). Rebound in modern covers of cream-colored vellum over cardboard; "VAT. 5318" gold stamped on spine. Polyphonic items counted above are from letters written by Giovanni del Lago to Giovanni Spataro (= JepKC #3); by Giovanni del Lago to Lorenzo Gazo (#18); by Giovanni Spataro to Giovanni del Lago (#27, #32-4); by Giovanni Maria Lanfranco to Adrian Willaert (#70-2); and by Giovanni Spataro to Pietro Aron (#98-9, #101-2).

1517-43 (inclusive dates of collection); 1520-32 (inclusive dates of letters cited here). Letters written in Venice (Lago), Bologna (Spataro), and Brescia (Lanfranco). Collection owned by Giovanni del Lago, priest at Church of St. Sophia, Venice.

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)
[-]	Certa salutis spes	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Certa salutis spes Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: [-] Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Certa salutis spes
[-]	Multi sunt vocati	-	-	Lago, Giovanni del
Multi sunt vocati Lago, Giovanni del Appears on: [-] Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Multi sunt vocati
[-]	Threicius memorat quicumque	-	-	Lanfranco, Giovanni Maria
Threicius memorat quicumque Lanfranco, Giovanni Maria Appears on: [-] Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Threicius memorat quicumque
222	Nativitas tua - 1a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua Dei genitrix	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Nativitas tua - 1a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua Dei genitrix Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 222 Genres: Motet
222	Nativitas tua - 2a pars (of 2): Qui solvens maledictionem	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Nativitas tua - 2a pars (of 2): Qui solvens maledictionem Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 222 Genres: Motet
228	Virgo prudentíssima - 1a pars (of 2): Virgo prudentíssima	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Virgo prudentíssima - 1a pars (of 2): Virgo prudentíssima Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 228 Genres: Motet
228	Virgo prudentíssima - 2a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Virgo prudentíssima - 2a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 228 Genres: Motet
232	Haec virgo est - 1a pars (of 2): Haec virgo est preclarum vas	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Haec virgo est - 1a pars (of 2): Haec virgo est preclarum vas Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 232 Genres: Motet
232	Haec virgo est - 2a pars (of 2): Hanc pecatores devote	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Haec virgo est - 2a pars (of 2): Hanc pecatores devote Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 232 Genres: Motet
245	Ave gratia plena - 1a pars (of 2): Ave gratia plena Dei genitrix	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Ave gratia plena - 1a pars (of 2): Ave gratia plena Dei genitrix Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 245 Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Ave gratia plena dei genitrix
245	Ave gratia plena - 2a pars (of 2): O virgo Maria	-	-	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)
Ave gratia plena - 2a pars (of 2): O virgo Maria Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541) Appears on: 245 Genres: Motet

Composer	Compositions
Lago, Giovanni del	Multi sunt vocati – [-]
Lanfranco, Giovanni Maria	Threicius memorat quicumque – [-]
Spataro, Giovanni (1458-1541)	Ave gratia plena - 1a pars (of 2): Ave gratia plena Dei genitrix – 245 Ave gratia plena - 2a pars (of 2): O virgo Maria – 245 Certa salutis spes – [-] Haec virgo est - 1a pars (of 2): Haec virgo est preclarum vas – 232 Haec virgo est - 2a pars (of 2): Hanc pecatores devote – 232 Nativitas tua - 1a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua Dei genitrix – 222 Nativitas tua - 2a pars (of 2): Qui solvens maledictionem – 222 Virgo prudentíssima - 1a pars (of 2): Virgo prudentíssima – 228 Virgo prudentíssima - 2a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua – 228

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Ave gratia plena - 1a pars (of 2): Ave gratia plena Dei genitrix	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	245
Ave gratia plena - 2a pars (of 2): O virgo Maria	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	245
Certa salutis spes	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	[-]
Haec virgo est - 1a pars (of 2): Haec virgo est preclarum vas	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	232
Haec virgo est - 2a pars (of 2): Hanc pecatores devote	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	232
Multi sunt vocati	Lago, Giovanni del	[-]
Nativitas tua - 1a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua Dei genitrix	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	222
Nativitas tua - 2a pars (of 2): Qui solvens maledictionem	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	222
Threicius memorat quicumque	Lanfranco, Giovanni Maria	[-]
Virgo prudentíssima - 1a pars (of 2): Virgo prudentíssima	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	228
Virgo prudentíssima - 2a pars (of 2): Nativitas tua	Spataro, Giovanni (1458–1541)	228

‡ denotes primary source study

Tirro, Frank P. 1986. Renaissance musical sources in the Archive of San Petronio in Bologna. Vol. I: G. Spataro's choirbooks. American Institute of musicology. Pages: I, 26ff, 72-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Tirro, Frank P. 1974. Giovanni Spataro's Choirbooks in the Archive of San Petronio in Bologna. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 176-85, 236-41, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Jeppesen, Knud. 1941. Eine musiktheoretische Korrespondenz des früheren Cinquecento. Acta Musicologica, 13: 3-39. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion; additional bibliography.

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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