Main corpus apparently a composite of originally separate but related gatherings later bound together. Front flyleaves contain monophonic music;; main corpus and back flyleaf contain polyphony. Main corpus copied by one main scribe; two additional scribes, as follows: (1) ff. 57'-58, 120-131', 156'; (2) ff. 45'-46, 123 (FeldC). Back flyleaf apparently a fragment from slightly earlier, unrelated choirbook copied by a different scribe. Répertorial connections with BerlS 40021 and LeipU 1494. Copied in Silesia or Bohemia (FeldC). Acquired by Musikalisches Institut bei der Universität Breslau (now Wroclaw), probably from Silesian monastery secularized in early 19th century (FeldZ). Later transferred to present location.
PL-Wu RM 5892
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Oddzial Zbiorów Muzycznych, Warsaw, Poland
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1490-1500
| Archive | Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Oddzial Zbiorów Muzycznych, Warsaw, Poland (PL-Wu) |
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| Shelfmark | RM 5892 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 330 x 230 mm |
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| 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 |
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| Contents | Contains 85 compositions, 45 from 17 composers, 40 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Covers of new pasteboard over original wooden boards.
Watermark
(1) generally resembles Briquet #14593; (2) generally resembles Briquet #15372 and #15376; (3) generally resembles Briquet #4895 (ff. 120-131 only).
Notation
black void mensural
Date
dated c. 1490-1500 on the basis of watermarks (GancarczykKM)
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-156.
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials on ff. 1-21, 92', 119'-125, 131'-144; inked Gothic initials on ff. 39'-48, some decorated with faces; other folios have no initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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6 Masses (1 incomplete), 1 troped Kyrie, 1 Agnus (without text), 2 Mass Proper sections (1 fragmentary), 6 Magnificats, 16 office hymns (3 without text; some have additional Latin or Czech text in some voices), 3 processional hymns (1 with additional German and Latin text in some voices), 3 Lamentations, 45 motets (1 fragmentary), 1 motet-chanson (without text), 2 Latin secular pieces, 1 German secular piece, 1 French secular piece (without text), 1 Italian secular piece (without text), 6 textless pieces (2 fragmentary) = 95 + 3 complete or partial duplicates = 98
(Adam of Fulda)-2, (A. Agricola)-5, (A. Agricola/Josquin)-1, Aulenus(?)/(A. Agricola/Cuvenor)-1, (B.H.)-2, (Compère)-2, (Finck)-1, Flordigal-2, Frank [Bartholomeus**]-1, (G.F.)-1, (Ghiselin)-1, Isaac-6,** (Isaac/Martini)-2, (Josquin)-2, M.S.-1, (Roellrin)-1, Egidius Rossely-1, (Rupsch)-l + 1?, (Weerbecke)-3, anon-58
*Mass on ff. 1-6 entitled "Officium Aule[ni]"; see JustM for discussion of possible identity of composer.
**Composer named in text of "Venus stella splendens" on ff. 58'-59; see StaeBF for discussion.
***In Isaac's "Officium Rosarum" [= Missa Charge de deul\ on ff. 13-16 + 17'-22, the normal Agnus is replaced by the "Qui tollis" from Isaac's Missa La Spagna, with contrafact Agnus text.
ii + 156 + i paper folios, ca. 330 x 230. Main corpus apparently a composite of originally separate but related gatherings later bound together. Modern pencil foliation, 1-156. Covers of new pasteboard over original wooden boards. No index. Front flyleaves contain monophonic music in Gothic chant notation; main corpus and back flyleaf contain polyphony in white mensural notation. Main corpus copied by one main scribe; two additional scribes, as follows: (1) ff. 57'-58, 120-131', 156'; (2) ff. 45'-46, 123 (FeldC). Back flyleaf apparently a fragment from slightly earlier, unrelated choirbook copied by a different scribe. Inked calligraphic initials on ff. 1-21, 92', 119'-125, 131'-144; inked Gothic initials on ff. 39'-48, some decorated with faces; other folios have no initials or decoration. Watermarks: (1) generally resembles Briquet #14593; (2) generally resembles Briquet #15372 and #15376; (3) generally resembles Briquet #4895 (ff. 120-131 only). Répertorial connections with BerlS 40021 and LeipU 1494.
Ca. 1500; date 1517 in manuscript is later addition connected with lottery announcement (see FeldC). Copied in Silesia or Bohemia (FeldC). Acquired by Musikalisches Institut bei der Universität Breslau (now Wroclaw), probably from Silesian monastery secularized in early 19th century (FeldZ). Later transferred to present location.
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Gancarczyk, Pawel. 2001. Musica scripta: Kodeksy menzuralne II połowy XV wieku na wschodzie Europy Łacińskiej. 296. Warsaw: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk. Pages: 141. Notes: discussion of watermarks & dating.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3. American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xx, 29-34,65-7,85,87; III,38, 76-7,87-9. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies, vol. 27. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 70ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Just, Martin. 1975. Der Mensuralkodex Mus. ms. 40021 der Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz Berlin: Untersuchungen zum Repertoire einer deutschen Quelle des 15. Jahrhunderts. Würzburger Musikhistorische Beitrage, vol. 1. Tutzing. Pages: (I,119-20, passim; II,51ff,148. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1972. Neues zu Bartholomäus Frank. Festschrift Arnold Geering zum 70. Geburtstag, 119-28. Bern. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1969. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from the Late Fourteenth Century Until the Early Sixteenth Century. University of Pittsburgh, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 134-49,158-60,229ff,587-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (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: 125. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III.iv; V.xxvii.lxxxii-lxxxiii, xcvi,113-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).
Just, Martin. 1960. Studien zu Heinrich Isaacs Motetten. Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 17-8, passim; II, 13,66-8,110. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 350. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Feldmann, Fritz. 1955. Alte und neue Probleme um Cod. 2016 des Musikalischen Instituts bei der Universität Breslau. Festschrift Max Schneider zum achtzigsten Geburtstage, 49-66. Leipzig. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Salmen, Walter. 1954. Die Schichtung der mittelalterliche Musikkultur in der ostdeutschen Grenzlage. Kassel. Pages: 118-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Feldmann, Fritz. 1938, 1973. Musik und Musikpflege im mittelalterlichen Schlesien. Breslau: (1938) Hildesheim and New York: (1973 reprint). Pages: 142-53 Anhang II, 17-31. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Feldmann, Fritz. 1932. Der Codex Mf. 2016 des Musikalischen Instituts bei der Universiftät Breslau: Eine palaeographische und stilistische Beschreibung. 2 vols. Breslau. Pages: I-II. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Feldmann, Fritz. 1930-1. Zwei weltliche Stücke des Breslauer Codex Mf. 2016. Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 13: 252-66. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: XXXI LVI. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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