A-Wn Cod. 11778 Han

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria

manuscript of polyphony: c.1518-1520

Archive Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark Cod. 11778 Han
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 395 x 280 (two additional leaves 410 x 300/294) mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VienNB 11778
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Theol. 37; VIII. A.3
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Brussels, Belgium
Contents 8 pieces from 3 composers
General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (NowakM); Warmington also distinguishes the music/text of scribe F, with further music copied by H3 and I2, text by Y and Z (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

(1) Gothic letter 'P', sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern); (2) generally resembles Briquet #9835, but with four-petalled flower.

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, 1-136 (excludes front flyleaves)

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

Painted initials on ff. 1'-2; inked calligraphic initials at beginning of other Masses

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, 2 Credos = 8

Josquin-5, Josquin/(Brumel)-2, Ockeghem/(Josquin)-1

iv + 135 + i paper folios, 395 x 280. Modern ink foliation, 1-136 (excludes front 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. Painted initials on ff. 1'-2; inked calligraphic initials at beginning of other Masses. Watermarks: (1) Gothic letter "P", sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern); (2) generally resembles Briquet #9835, but with four-petalled flower.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–22 (f. 19 blank) Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3 Jos. Despres
Appears on: 1v–22 (f. 19 blank)
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Jos. Despres
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa super L'homme arme [super voces musicales] 6.3
23v–41 Missa L'homme armé sexti toni 6.2 Josquin
Appears on: 23v–41
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa L'homme arme [sexti toni] 6.2
41v–62 Missa Gaudeamus 4.2 Ockeghem/[Josquin]
Appears on: 41v–62
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Ockeghem/[Josquin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Gaudeamus 4.2
63v–83 Missa Fortuna desperata 8.2 Josquin
Appears on: 63v–83
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Fortuna desperata 8.2
83v–107 Missa La sol fa re mi 11.2 Josquin
Appears on: 83v–107
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa La sol fa re my 11.2
108v–125 (f. 112v blank) Missa L'ami baudichon 5.1 [Josquin]
Appears on: 108v–125 (f. 112v blank)
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Josquin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Lamy baudechon 5.1
125v–130 Patrem de village (II) 13.6 [Credo] Josquin des Pres/[Brumel]
Appears on: 125v–130
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin des Pres/[Brumel]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Credo Vilayge II]: Patrem omnipotentem 13.6
General Note

erroneous attribution to Josquin; actually by Brumel

130v–135 Missa Chacun me crie: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 13.1 Josquin des Pres/[Brumel]
Appears on: 130v–135
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin des Pres/[Brumel]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Credo Chiascun me crie]: Patrem omnipotentem 13.1
General Note

erroneous attribution to Josquin; actually by Brumel

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

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, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Dalton, Karen Lanz. 1982. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek MS. 18825: A Study and Critical Edition. University of Illinois, MA thesis. Pages: 26-9. Notes: facsimile (partial); 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: 193,201-4,209,214. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I,135-6,144,167,171; II,288. 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: 70. Notes: physical description.

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: 18. Notes: mention of MS.

Unterkircher, Franz. 1957-9. Inventar der Illuminierten Handschriften, Inkunabeln und Frühdrucke der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek.  Vienna. Pages: I,150. Notes: physical description.

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.

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: I,xii-xxiv; II,ix-xv; III,ix-xvi; IV,vii-xiv; V,x-xviii; IX,vii-xi. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).

Smijers, Albert, Myroslaw Antonowycz, and Willem Elders (editors). 1925 - . Werken van Josquin des Prés: Wereldlijke Werken (1925); Missen (1931).  Leipzig/ Amsterdam. Pages: II.v-vii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (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: VII,41. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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

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