Main hand is that of Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (KellJ); however Warmington instead distinguishes the music/text scribe F, with additional music copied by scribe H3 and text by scribe Y (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Probably intended for Henry VIII, King of England, and his wife, Catherine of Aragon, but came instead to Munich, either along with MunBS 6, MunBS 7, and MunBS 34, for presentation to Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550), or at a later date. If owned by Wilhelm IV, manuscript acquired by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek as part of ducal court library.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS F |
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| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 375 x 275 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 7 compositions, 5 from 3 composers, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound (1829) in modern covers of brown board
Liminary Note
Inscription inside modern front cover indicates that the following was written inside original back cover and removed when book was rebound: 'Authore Ildephonso Morales Spagnol / Brüssel Majestro di Capella.' Another inscription, only partially decipherable, on f. 118: 'Ego dono Georgii Schnevogri(P) Decani ad S. Joanne Baptista in monte … Caeremoniarii et organoeri(?) aulier … 23 Jan … 1717.'
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 15.
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 3-118 (ff. 1-2 missing)
Decoration
Borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Missing f. 2' probably had miniatures or coat of arms. Heraldic emblems of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII (pomegranate, greyhound, dragon, on ff. 3, 86', 104', respectively).
Surface
i paper + 116 parchment + i paper folios
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses
Gascongne-2, (Josquin/Moulu)-1, (Moulu)-1, (Richafort)-1, anon-2
i paper + 116 parchment + i paper folios, 375 x 275. Modern pencil foliation, 3-118 (ff. 1-2 missing). Blank folios: 37, 58, 72, 85'-86, 103'-104, 118'; blank staves only on f. 36'. Rebound (1829) in modern covers of brown boards. No index. Main hand is that of Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 15. Borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Missing f. 2' probably had miniatures or coat of arms. Heraldic emblems of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII (pomegranate, greyhound, dragon, on ff. 3, 86', 104', respectively). Inscription inside modern front cover indicates that the following was written inside original back cover and removed when book was rebound: "Authore Ildephonso Morales Spagnol / Brüssel Majestro di Capella." Another inscription, only partially decipherable, on f. 118: "Ego dono Georgii Schnevogri(P) Decani ad S. Joanne Baptista in monte … Caeremoniarii et organoeri(?) aulier … 23 Jan … 1717."
1508-34, probably ca. 1509-25 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Probably intended for Henry VIII, King of England, and his wife, Catherine of Aragon, but came instead to Munich, either along with MunBS 6, MunBS 7, and MunBS 34, for presentation to Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550), or at a later date. If owned by Wilhelm IV, manuscript acquired by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek as part of ducal court library.
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D-Mbs Mus. MS F
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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, 9: . Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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, vol. 2. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 57, 115. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Diehl, George Karl. 1974. The Partbooks of a Renaissance Merchant. Cambrai: Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 125-128. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 483-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Swing, Peter Gram. 1969. Parody and Form in Five Polyphonic Masses by Mathieu Gascongne. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 5-7, 22-3, 25, 27. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lenaerts, René Bernard. 1963. Polyphonische Missen op Nederlandse Liederen. Organicae Voces: Festschrift Joseph Smits van Waesberghe, 101-5. Amsterdam. Pages: 105. Notes: contents list (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1958-63. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: MSS. 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels. Annales Musicologiques, 6: 145-287. Pages: 215. Notes: contents list (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, 11: 6-19. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.
Kabis, Mary Elise. 1957. The Works of Jean Richafort, Renaissance Composer (1480?-c. 1548). New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 47. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Doorslaer, G van. 1929. Jean Richafort, Maître de chapelle-compositeur, 1480? -+ 1548. Bulletin de Académie Royale d'Archéologie de Belgique, 103-61. Pages: 151. Notes: contents list (partial).
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 2-3. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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