A-Wn Cod. 4809 Han

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria

manuscript of polyphony choirbook: 1518-1520

Archive Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark Cod. 4809 Han
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 392 x 280 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VienNB 4809
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Theol. 35; VIII. A. 1
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Mechelen (Malines), Belgium
Contents 7 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (NowakM); Warmington however distinguishes the hand of scribe F, with additional some music copied by scribe H3 (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.

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

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design

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

Gothic letter 'P', sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern).

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 17mm

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

Modern pencil foliation, I-IV + modern ink foliation, 1-148

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

Painted initials on ff. 1'-2 include coat of arms of Fugger family of Augsburg; inked calligraphic initials on other folios

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

Paper

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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7 Masses

Josquin-6, Josquin/(La Rue)-1

iv + 141 + vii paper folios, 392 x 278. Modern pencil foliation, I-IV + modern ink foliation, 1-148. Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (NowakM); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 17. Painted initials on ff. 1'-2 include coat of arms of Fugger family of Augsburg; inked calligraphic initials on other folios. Watermark: Gothic letter "P", sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern).

1521-34, probably ca. 1521-5 (KellJ). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.

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

58v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–22 Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3 Josquin
Appears on: 1v–22
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Pange lingua 4.3
23v–46 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3 Josquin/[La Rue]
Appears on: 23v–46
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin/[La Rue]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa de Domina [= Missa De beata Virgine] 3.3
47v–65 (F. 59v blank) Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae 11.1 [Josquin]
Appears on: 47v–65 (F. 59v blank)
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Josquin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Hercules ducis Ferrarie 11.1
General Note

Dedicatee: Hercules, Duc of Ferrara

66v–89v Missa Malheur me bat 9.1 Josquin
Appears on: 66v–89v
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Malhuer me bat 9.1
90v–108 Missa Faisant regrets 8.1 [Josquin]
Appears on: 90v–108
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Josquin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Faysant regretz 8.1
109v–122 Missa Sine nomine 12.2 Josquin†
Appears on: 109v–122
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin†
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa Sine nomine] 12.2
123v–141 Missa Ave maris stella 3.1 Josquin
Appears on: 123v–141
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Ave maris stella 3.1

Images © Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Set: Books prepared by the Alamire workshop

Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

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A-Wn Cod. 1783

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B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 5170

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B-Bcpas H 1135

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B-Br MS 215-216

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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)

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 6

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 7

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 34

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D-Mbs Mus. MS F

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I-VEc MS DCCLVI

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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

Wijsman, Henri J. W (editor). 2010. Books in transition at the time of Philip the Fair. Manuscripts and printed books in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century Low Countries. Burgundica.  Turnhout. Pages: 187, 199-200, 211.

Bouckaert, Bruno, and Eugeen Schreurs (editors). 2003. The Burgundian-Habsburg Court Complex of Music Manuscripts (1500-1535) and the Workshop of Petrus Alamire. Colloquium Proceedings Leuven, 25-28 November 1999. Yearbook of the Alamire Foundation.  Leuven.

Meconi, Honey. 2003. Pierre de la Rue and Musical Life at the Habsburg-Burgundian Court.  Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages: XX, 275.

Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535.  Leuven: Alamire Foundation. Pages: 11, 13, 14, 21, Cat. 40 (incl. illustr.) and passim.

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.

Franz, M. 1988. Die Handschriften aus dem Besitz des Philipp Eduard Fugger mit Berücksichtigung der Handschriften des Johannes Schöner in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Manuscripti, 61-143.

Kapp, Maria. 1987. Musikalische Handschriften des burgundischen Hofes in Mechel und Brüssel ca. 1495-1530.  Darmstadt.

Kapp, Maria. 1985. Das Album der Margarethe von Österreich.  Würzburg.

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, 201-4,209,213. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I,122,177,192. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Unterkircher, Franz. 1962. Manuscrits et Livres Imprimés Concernant L'Histoire des Pays-Bas 1475-1600. Biblos-Schrifien.  Brussels. Pages: 71. Notes: physical description (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: 16,18. Notes: mention of MS.

Unterkircher, Franz. 1957-9. Inventar der Illuminierten Handschriften, Inkunabeln und Frühdrucke der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek.  Vienna. Pages: I,102. Notes: physical description (partial).

Nowak, Leopold. 1948. Die Musikhandschriften aus Fuggerschem Besitz in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Festschrift herausgegeben zum 25 jährigen Dienstjubiläum des Generaldirektors Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Bick, edited by Leopold Nowak,  Vienna: H. Bauer-Verlag. Notes: physical description (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kinsky, Georg (editor). 1930. A History of Music in Pictures.  London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 55. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: VI,v-xii; VII, vii-xii; VIII, vii-xvi, XIII,xv-xix; XVI,xlv-lx; XVII.lxvi-lxviii; XVIII,ix-xiv. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances.

Mantuani, Joseph. 1864-99 R 1965. Tabulae Codicum Manu Scriptorum in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi Asservatorum. 10 vols. Vienna: (1864-99) Graz: (1965 reprint). Pages: III,391. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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

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