Copied by Netherlands court scribe C (KellJ); Warmington distinguishes some texting by scribes C5 and C6. Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Prepared for Emperor Maximilian I and his wife, Bianca Maria Sforza (coats of arms on ff. 1'-2). Once in Schloss Ambras near Innsbruck. Transferred to Kunsthistorisches Staatsmuseum in Vienna in 1806; passed to Nationalbibliothek in 1936.
A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15495 (Maximilian Codex)
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
choirbook: 1508-1510
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus.Hs. 15495 (Maximilian Codex) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 550 x 375 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 7 compositions from 6 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of white leather over wooden boards, blind stamped with ornamental designs; brass clasps.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 23
Foliation
Modem foliation, I + 1-106
Decoration
Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coats of arms of Emperor Maximilian I and Bianca Maria Sforza on ff. 1'-2.
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses
Bruhier-1, Compère-1, A. Févin-1, Josquin-2, (Obrecht)-1, Therache-1
i + 105 + i parchment folios, 550 x 380. Modem foliation, I + 1-106. Original covers of white leather over wooden boards, blind stamped with ornamental designs; brass clasps. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe C (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 23. Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coats of arms of Emperor Maximilian I and Bianca Maria Sforza on ff. 1'-2.
1508-11 (KellJ). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Prepared for Emperor Maximilian I and his wife, Bianca Maria Sforza (coats of arms on ff. 1'-2). Once in Schloss Ambras near Innsbruck. Transferred to Kunsthistorisches Staatsmuseum in Vienna in 1806; passed to Nationalbibliothek in 1936.
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A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15495 (Maximilian Codex)
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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.
Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1987. London, British Library, Royal 8 G. VII. Renaissance Music in Facsimile, vol. 9. New York. Notes: mention of MS.
Warmington, Flynn. 1982. A Master Calligrapher in Alamire's Workshop: The Chronology of His Work. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, November, 1982, . Notes: physical description (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, 199-201,209,211. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1975. Obrechtiana. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 25/1: 1-37. Pages: 21-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Finscher, Ludwig. 1964. Loyset Compere: Life and Works. Musicological Studies and Documents, vol. 12. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 25, 43, following 72 and 224. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Mazal, Otto, and Franz Unterkircher. 1963-. Katalog der Abendländischen Handschriften der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek: "Series Nova" (Neuerwerbungen). Vienna. Pages: II/1, 336-7. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I, 143,161, Abb. 18; II,64. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (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: 68-9. Notes: physical description.
Finscher, Ludwig (editor). 1958-. Loyset Compere: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 15. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,ii,26-50. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (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: , Illustr. 3 [author's arguments for earlier dating superseded by discussion in KellJ]. Notes: physical description (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Unterkircher, Franz. 1957-9. Inventar der Illuminierten Handschriften, Inkunabeln und Frühdrucke der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Vienna. Pages: I,177; II,137. Notes: physical description.
Smijers, Albert, and M van Crevel (editors). 1953-. Jacobus Obrecht, Opera Omnia. Amsterdam. Pages: I, fasc. 5, xxvii-xxxiii. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Clendenin, William Ritchie. 1952. The Use of the French Chanson in Some Polyphonic Masses by French and Netherlands Composers, 1450-1550. Iowa State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 110-20; II,1-50. Notes: physical description; contents list; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II,1344; IX, Tafel 115. Notes: mention of MS; facsimile (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: XXXIV.398. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kinsky, Georg (editor). 1930. A History of Music in Pictures. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 54. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: LV. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: X.vi-viii; XIII,xiv-xix. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Waagen, G F. 1867. Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien. Manuscripte mit Miniaturen, Handzeichnungen und Kupferstiche, vol. 2. Vienna. Pages: 365-6. Notes: physical description (partial).
Sacken, Eduard Freih, von. 1855. Die K. K. Ambraser-Sammlung. Vienna. Pages: II, 201-3. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Primisser, Alois. 1819. Die kaiserlich-königliche Ambraser-Sammlung. Vienna. Pages: 258-60. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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