A-Wn Cod. 1783

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria

manuscript of polyphony: ca. 1505

Archive Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark Cod. 1783
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 395 x 270 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VienNB 1783
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Theol. 34; VII.A.16
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
  • Brussels, Belgium
Contents Contains 22 compositions from 9 composers.
General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe B1, who also wrote JenaU 22 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Compiled as wedding gift for Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain (DixM).

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Binding

Rebound in 1952 in original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design; metal bosses, clasps, and corners now missing.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Notation

black void mensural

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Ruling

Staff height 17

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Foliation

Modern ink foliation, 1-255

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Decoration

Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain on ff. l'-2 and f. 17'; mottoes of Philip the Fair, Archduke of Austria, on ff. 65'-66 and f. 83'.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Surface

parchment

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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18 Masses, 1 Kyrie, 1 Credo = 20

A. Agricola-2, A. Agricola/(Ghiselin)-1,* Barbireau-3, Brumel-Isaac-1,** Ghiselin [Verbonnet]-1, Josquin-1, La Rue-6, La Rue/ (Josquin)-1, Orto-3, Weerbecke [Jaspar]-1

*Missa Paschale on ff. 83'-98 attributed to "Allexander Agricola"; Sanctus of this Mass attributed to "Verbonnet" [= Ghiselin] in VerBC 756.

**Attribution to "Brumel" appears at beginning of Mass on ff. 187'-197, but Credo (based on "Tmeiskin was jonck") attributed to "Yzaac."

ii + 255 + ii parchment folios, 395 x 280. Modern ink foliation, 1-255. Rebound in 1952 in original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design; metal bosses, clasps, and corners now missing. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe B', who also wrote JenaU 22 (KellBP). Staff height 17. Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain on ff. l'-2 and f. 17'; mottoes of Philip the Fair, Archduke of Austria, on ff. 65'-66 and f. 83'.

1500-5, probably 1500 (KellJ). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Compiled as wedding gift for Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain (DixM).

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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 (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1987. London, British Library, Royal 8 G. VII. Renaissance Music in Facsimile, vol. 9.  New York. Notes: mention of MS.

Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III.  Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xlii-xliii,34,57-8,84; III,99-100. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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: 193,195,209-10. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Curtis, Alan (editor). 1974. Gaspar van Weerbeke, Missa Princesse d'amourettes 4 vx. Exempla Musica Neerlandica. 1964- (VvNM), vol. VII. Edited by Willem Elders.  Amsterdam. Pages: VIII. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Miller, Ronald Lee. 1974. The Musical Works of Marbriano de Orto: Transcription and Commentary. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,18-9,21,42ff,119ff; II,345-57. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 79-91. Pages: 82. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Dixon, Helen M. 1969. The Manuscript Vienna, National Library, 1783. Musica Disciplina, 23: 105-16. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Elders, Willem. 1968. Studien zur Symbolik in der Musik der alten Niederländer.  Bilthoven. Pages: 125,151-2. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Unterkircher, Franz. 1962. Manuscrits et Livres Imprimés Concernant L'Histoire des Pays-Bas 1475-1600. Biblos-Schrifien, vol. 33.  Brussels. Pages: 70, Pl. 56. Notes: physical description; facsimile (partial).

Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I.iii.xiv; II,i-ii,x,l-22. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gottwald, Clytus (editor). 1961-68. Johannes Ghiselin- Verbonnet: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 23.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III.viii.[x]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).

Fox, Charles Warren. 1960. Barbireau and Barbingant: A Review. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 13: 79-101. Pages: 81, 86,88,101. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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.

Unterkircher, Franz. 1957-9. Inventar der Illuminierten Handschriften, Inkunabeln und Frühdrucke der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek.  Vienna. Pages: I,49. Notes: physical description.

Meier, Bernhard (editor). 1954-7. Jacobi Barbireau: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 7.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,i-x, 1-20,47-51; plates preceding 1 and 47. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie.  Brussels. Pages: 44-5,55-6,155ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: I,1245-6; IV, 1409-10; VIII,233-4. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Kinsky, Georg (editor). 1930. A History of Music in Pictures.  London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 54. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: VI.v-xii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Winkler, Friedrich. 1925. Die Flämische Buchmalerei des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts; Künstler und Werke von den Brüdern Van Eyck bis zu Simon Bening.  Leipzig. Pages: 203. Notes: physical description (partial).

Waagen, G F. 1867. Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien. Manuscripte mit Miniaturen, Handzeichnungen und Kupferstiche, vol. 2.  Vienna. Pages: 56-7. Notes: physical description (partial).

Mantuani, Joseph. 1864-99 R 1965. Tabulae Codicum Manu Scriptorum in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi Asservatorum. 10 vols. Vienna: (1864-99) Graz: (1965 reprint). Pages: I,289. Notes: physical description (partial).

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Sam Bradley

Saturday, 27 June, 2020

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Jonathan Tribe

Thursday, 16 May, 2019

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