A-Wn Cod. 4810 Han

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria

manuscript of polyphony: c.1518-1520

Archive Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark Cod. 4810 Han
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 392 x 282 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VienNB 4810
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Theol. 36; VIII. A. 2
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
  • Mechelen, Belgium
Contents Contains 30 compositions, 25 from 4 composers, 5 are anonymous.
General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (NowakM); Warmingtno however distinguishes the music scribes H2, I1 and I2, with text by scribes I and Z (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechelen; 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.

Note: Since the description written for the Census Catalogue, one of the anonymous works has been attributed.

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 17

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

Modern pencil foliation, 1-128, on upper right rectos; modern ink foliation, 1-118, also on upper right rectos (excludes flyleaves)

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

Inked calligraphic initials

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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6 Masses

A. Févin-2, M. Forestier-1, Mouton-1, anon-2

iv + 118 + vi paper folios, 392 x 278. Modern pencil foliation, 1-128, on upper right rectos; modern ink foliation, 1-118, also on upper right rectos (excludes flyleaves). 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. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark: Gothic letter "P", sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern).

1521-34, probably ca. 1521-5 (KellBP). 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

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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: Cat. 41 (incl. illustr.) and passim.

Josephson, Nors S, and Thomas Gregg MacCracken (editors). 1996. Mathurini Forestier (1504-1541). Opera omnia.  Neuhausen.

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.

Clinkscale, Edward Henry (editor). 1980-. Les Oeuvres Complètes d'Antoine de Févin. Collected Works, vol. XI.  Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen. Pages: I.vi, 71-96, Plate 4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (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: 201,204,209. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Elders, Willem. 1968. Studien zur Symbolik in der Musik der alten Niederländer.  Bilthoven. Pages: 29,101,149, 202,214. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Minor, Andrew C (editor). 1967-. Joannes Mouton: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 43.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III.xii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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).

Spratt, John F. 1960. The Masses of Antoine de Févin. Florida State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,3-15,73-82; II,1-36,259-92. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (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,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); mention of MS; discussion.

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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David Wyatt

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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