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.
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Cod. 4809 Han |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 392 x 280 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 7 compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design
Watermark
Gothic letter 'P', sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 17mm
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, I-IV + modern ink foliation, 1-148
Decoration
Painted initials on ff. 1'-2 include coat of arms of Fugger family of Augsburg; inked calligraphic initials on other folios
Surface
Paper
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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.
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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, vol. 15. 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, vol. 5. 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, 9: . 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, 14 (2/3): 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, vol. 33. 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, 11: 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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