E-MO MS 773

Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: 1516-34

Archive	Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain (E-MO)
Shelfmark	MS 773
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	565 x 390 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: MontsM 773
Notations	black void mensural
Copyists	? Alamire, Petrus (ca. 1470–1536) Text and Music scribal concordance [23], Alamire C2 Music scribal concordance [33], Alamire X1 Music scribal concordance [8], Alamire X Text and Music scribal concordance [37], Alamire C4 Text
Relationships	? Charles V (1500–1558) (owner) Real Convento de las Senoras de la Encarnaçion (owner) Benedictine Monastery of Montserrat, Spain (owner) Philip II (1527–1598) (owner)
External Links	Musica Hispanica: Spanish Early Music Manuscripts Database Books of Hispanic Polyphony
Provenance	Brussels, Belgium
Contents	9 pieces from 1 composers

General Description

Copied mostly by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); WarmMC distinguishes two music scripts: C2 (main scribe); and X (ff. 1-12', 14-18', 23'-28', 30'-44, 45'-46, 61-62', 68'-78', 79'-84, 85'-98, 99'-100, 115'-117, 119'-124') - later attributing some of these folios to X1 (KellmanTO). She identifies text scripts C4 (main text scribe) and X. Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Perhaps one of the manuscripts sent to Emperor Charles V in Spain, mentioned in court pay records of 1524-6. Passed in 1558 to Charles' son, Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98); listed as #16 in 1602 and 1620 inventories of Philip's books. Purchased in 1620 by Real Convento de las Señoras de la Encarnaçion in Madrid; acquired from the Encarnaçion by Benedictine monastery at Montserrat, probably during 1920's. Originally 136 folios.

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Physical Description

Severely mutilated; miniatures and initials removed at beginning of each Mass. 26 folios almost completely torn or cut out at various places. Some attributions are now missing due to lost or mutilated folios.

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Binding

Original covers of dark brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design; brass buckles and corners.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

1516-34, perhaps ca. 1524 (KellBP); completed by March 1516 (WarmMC).

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Ruling

Staff height 23

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-131, by Higini Anglès.

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Decoration

Painted initials and miniatures now missing; some inked calligraphic initials remain

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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9 Masses (all incomplete)

La Rue-9

131 parchment folios of an original 136, 565 x 390. Severely mutilated; miniatures and initials removed at beginning of each Mass, 26 folios almost completely torn or cut out at various places. Modern pencil foliation, 1-131, by Higini Anglès. Blank folios: 13'-14, 29'-30, 44'-45, 60'-61, 84'-85, 98'-99, 130'-131'. Original covers of dark brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design; brass buckles and corners. No index. Main hand is that of Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire. Staff height 23. Painted initials and miniatures now missing; some inked calligraphic initials remain. Some attributions now missing due to lost or mutilated folios.

1516-34, perhaps ca. 1524 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Perhaps one of the manuscripts sent to Emperor Charles V in Spain, mentioned in court pay records of 1524-6. Passed in 1558 to Charles' son, Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98); listed as #16 in 1602 and 1620 inventories of Philip's books. Purchased in 1620 by Real Convento de las Señoras de la Encarnaçion in Madrid; acquired from the Encarnaçion by Benedictine monastery at Montserrat, probably during 1920's.

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Physical: Copied mostly by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. WarmMC distinguishes two music and/or text scripts: C2 (main scribe); and X (ff. 1-12', 14-18', 23'-28', 30'-44, 45'-46, 61-62', 68'-78', 79'-84, 85'-98, 99'-100, 115'-117, 119'-124'); see general index for other manuscripts attributed to the same scribes.

Date: 1516-34, perhaps ca. 1524 (KellBP); completed by March 1516 (WarmMC).

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1–13	Missa Sancta Anna [with elevation motet 'O salutaris hostia']	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa Sancta Anna [with elevation motet 'O salutaris hostia'] Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 1–13 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa de Sancta Anna General Note title = 'Missa O salutaris hostia'
14v–29	Missa Inviolata	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa Inviolata Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 14v–29 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Missa Inviolata
30v–44	Missa Ave Maria	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa Ave Maria Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 30v–44 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa Ave Maria General Note incomplete, lacks parts of Kyrie & Agnus
45v–60	Missa O gloriosa Domina Margareta	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa O gloriosa Domina Margareta Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 45v–60 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa O gloriosa [domina] Margareta General Note unique source for the second Agnus
61v–79	Missa Sancta cruce (a 5)	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa Sancta cruce (a 5) Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 61v–79 Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa de Sancta Cruce (a 5)
79v–84	Missa O salutaris hostia	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa O salutaris hostia Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 79v–84 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa O salutaris hostia
85v–98	Missa Sancto Job	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa Sancto Job Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 85v–98 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa de Sancto Job
99v–115	Missa Alleluia a 5	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa Alleluia a 5 Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 99v–115 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa Alleluia (a 5) General Note incomplete: lacks Sabctus [other movements damaged also]
115v–130	Missa feria (a5)	-	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Missa feria (a5) Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 115v–130 Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa de Feria (a 5)

Composer	Compositions
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	Missa Alleluia a 5 – 99v–115 Missa Ave Maria – 30v–44 Missa Inviolata – 14v–29 Missa O gloriosa Domina Margareta – 45v–60 Missa O salutaris hostia – 79v–84 Missa Sancta Anna [with elevation motet 'O salutaris hostia'] – 1–13 Missa Sancta cruce (a 5) – 61v–79 Missa Sancto Job – 85v–98 Missa feria (a5) – 115v–130

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Missa Alleluia a 5	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	99v–115
Missa Ave Maria	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	30v–44
Missa feria (a5)	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	115v–130
Missa Inviolata	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	14v–29
Missa O gloriosa Domina Margareta	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	45v–60
Missa O salutaris hostia	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	79v–84
Missa Sancta Anna [with elevation motet 'O salutaris hostia']	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	1–13
Missa Sancta cruce (a 5)	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	61v–79
Missa Sancto Job	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	85v–98

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A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15495 (Maximilian Codex)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15496

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15497

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15941 (B)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15941 (Contratenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15941 Mus (T)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Altus/Contratenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Bassus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Superius/Cantus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Tenor 1)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Tenor 2/Quintus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Bassus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Contratenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Discantus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Tenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18832 (Lower Voice)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18832 (Upper Voice)

B-Amp MS M18.13 (fragment 1)

B-Amp MS M18.13 (fragment 2)

B-BRra 756

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B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 5170

B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 9423

B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 9424

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B-Bcpas H 1135

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B-Br MS 215-216

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B-Br MS 228 (Chansonnier of Margaret of Austria)

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B-Br MS 6428

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B-Br MS 9126

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B-Br MS 15075

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B-Br MS IV.922 (Occo Codex)

B-Gra Varia D.3360 B

B-MEa s.s.

B-TOsa Oud regime MS 183

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GB-Lbl Royal 8 G. vii

GB-Ob MS. Ashmole 831

GB-Ob MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8

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I-Fc MS Basevi 2439 (Basevi Codex)

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NL-Urc Hs. 47 (fragments 1 and 2)

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 34

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 36

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 160

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1976

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1977

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1978

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1979

‡ denotes primary source study

Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.

Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Warmington, Flynn. 1982. A Master Calligrapher in Alamire's Workshop: The Chronology of His Work. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, November, 1982, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Manns, Charles Gregor. 1977. The Manuscripts Montserrat 774 and 775. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Pages: l-2, 17. Notes: physical description (partial).

Olivar, Alexandre. 1977. Catàleg dels Manuscrits de la Biblioteca del Monestir de Montserrat. Montserrat. Pages: 178-80. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Duggan, Mary Kay. 1976. Queen Joanna and Her Musicians. Musica Disciplina, 73-95. Pages: 91. Notes: mention of MS.

Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 209. Notes: mention of MS.

Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 112. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Kreider, John Evan. 1974. The Masses for Five and Six Voices by Pierre de la Rue. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 17-9. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Stevenson, Robert. 1973. The Toledo Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks and some other lost or little known Flemish Sources. Fontes Artis Musicae, 87-107. Pages: 89. Notes: mention of MS.

Vander Straeten, Edmond. 1969. La Musique aux Pays-Bas Avant le XIX' Siècle. Brussels, 1867-88. Reprinted New York. Pages: VII, 480, 489 VIII, 375. Notes: mention of MS.

Davison, Nigel St. John. 1961. The Motets of Pierre de 1a Rue. Edinburgh University, Unpublished D.Mus. thesis. Pages: 102. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Lenaerts, René Bernard (editor). 1960. Drie Missen van Pierre de La Rue. Monumenta Musicae Belgicae. <em>NederlandsePolyfonieuitspannseBronnen</em>MonumentaMusicaeBelgicaeVol.IX(1963). Berchem-Antwerpen. Pages: VIII, x. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Kellman, Herbert. 1958. The Origins of the Chigi Codex: The Date, Provenance, and Original Ownership of Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 6-19. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.

Lenaerts, René Bernard. 1957. Niederländische Polyphone Musik in der Bibliothek von Montserrat. Festschrift für Joseph Schmidt-Görg zum 60. Geburtstag, 196-201. Bonn. Pages: 199-200. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie. Brussels. Pages: 42-3, 155ff. Notes: contents list; concordances.

Pujol O.S.B., David. 1950, 1952. Maniscritos de Mùsica Neerlandesa conservados en la Biblioteca del Monasterio de Montserrat. Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Musica Sacra ... (Roma, 25-30 Maggio 1950), 319-22. Tournai. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 1344. Notes: physical description (partial).

Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola. Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: I, 133-4. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Anglès, Higinio. 1941. La Música Espanola desde la Edad Media hasta Nuestros Dias. Catálogo de la Exposición Histórica, Barcelona. Pages: 30, Facs. 22. Notes: physical description; contents list; facsimile (partial).

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description

E-MO MS 773

Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: 1516-34

General Description

Physical Description

Binding

Notation

Date

Ruling

Foliation

Decoration

Surface

Census Catalogue of Music Description

General Note

General Note

General Note

General Note

Set: Books prepared by the Alamire workshop

Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017