Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire or a scribe of his school (Kellman), in Brussels/Mechlin. Warmington identifies scribe C2 and scribe E as music copyists, with text underlay by scribe X. Recovered from Plantin bindings (2 fragmentary parchment folios from same original manuscript, now pasted to covers of MS B 948 IV in this library).
B-Amp MS M18.13 (fragment 1)
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Bibliotheek, Antwerp, Belgium
fragment: c. 1512-34
| Archive | Museum Plantin-Moretus, Bibliotheek, Antwerp, Belgium (B-Amp) |
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| Shelfmark | MS M18.13 (fragment 1) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | ca. 535-50 x 380-90 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 15 compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some folios are smaller than others due to mutilation and trimming; original size probably ca. 565 x 390. Some music illegible or trimmed away.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1512-34 (Kellman).
Ruling
Staff height 22
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-24.
Foliation
26 fragmentary folios
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
parchment
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5 Masses (all fragmentary)
(La Rue)-5
24 fragmentary parchment folios, most ca. 535-50 x 380-90 (some now smaller due to mutilation and trimming; original size probably ca. 565 x 390), recovered from Plantin bindings, and 2 fragmentary parchment folios from same original manuscript, now pasted to covers of MS B 948 IV in this library. Folios in poor condition; some music illegible or trimmed away. Modern pencil foliation, 1-24. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire or a scribe of his school (Kellman); see general index for other manuscripts copied by Alamire. Staff height 22. Inked calligraphic initials.
Ca. 1512-34 (Kellman). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex.
See note under entry for AntP M6.
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B-Amp MS M18.13 (fragment 1)
Current source
‡ 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.
Schreurs, Eugeen. 1995. An Anthology of Music Fragments from the Low Countries (Middle Ages-Renaissance). Leuven.
Forney, Kristine K. 1987. Music, ritual and patronage at the Church of Our Lady, Antwerp. Early Music History, 7: 1-58.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description