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.
A-Wn Cod. 11778 Han
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
manuscript of polyphony: c.1518-1520
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Cod. 11778 Han |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 395 x 280 (two additional leaves 410 x 300/294) mm |
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| Contents | Contains 8 compositions from 3 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design
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.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 17.
Foliation
Modern ink foliation, 1-136 (excludes front flyleaves)
Decoration
Painted initials on ff. 1'-2; inked calligraphic initials at beginning of other Masses
Surface
paper
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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.
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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.
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, vol. 33. 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, 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,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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