Copied by four main scribes, one of whom also wrote portions of MilD 1; later additions by three other scribes, including Franchino Gafori, who also wrote ParmP 1158 and made additions in MilD 1, MilD 3, and MilD 4 (HalpM). Copied in Milan, for use by the cathedral choir; prepared under direction of Franchino Gafori, maestro di cappella from 1484 until his death in 1522.
I-Mfd MS 2268 (Librone 2)
Archivio della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, Sezione Musicale, Milano, Italy
partbook: Early 16th century
| Archive | Archivio della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, Sezione Musicale, Milano, Italy (I-Mfd) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 2268 (Librone 2) |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 650 x 450 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 67 compositions, 54 from 8 composers, 13 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Paper manuscript; fols. IV (modern flyleaves, followed by a fragment of a former pastedown with index by Gaffurius), 211, IV’ (modern flyleaves). The manuscript consists of 211 folios; the foliation, written by Gaffurius himself on the upper exter-nal margin of each recto in Arabic numbers, starts from the second folio and skips by mistake from 102 to 104; a modern hand marked the first folio ‘1a’ in pencil.67 The format is ‘in plano’: 650 × 450; all the gatherings present reinforcing strips since the bifolia were obtained by pasting together two large-format leaves (which were heavily trimmed on the upper margin). The gatherings are largely modern assemblages, as a result of the 1950s restoration. The first folios are covered by a film that determined the smudging of the ink. Jeppesen speaks of twenty-six gath-erings, prevailingly quaternions, with some quinternions and ternions;68 today, however, after the said restoration, the manuscript consists of twenty-seven gath-erings, almost all reassembled as quaternions: 1 (6), 2 (5), 3 (6), 4–6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (6), 9–25 (8), 26–27 (9). Based on the analysis of the folios and on the description by Jeppesen, Pantarotto proposed the following reconstruction : 1–2 (10), 3–6 (8), 7 (4), 8–9 (8), 10 (12), 11 (9: a quinternion with a missing first folio), 12–15 (8), 16 (4), 17(6), 18–20 (8), 21 (10), 22–25 (8), 26 (10: a ternion inserted into a binion). The paper is homogeneous in the whole manuscript and presents a horizontal fold, previous to the binding, which divides each folio in two sections ca. 330 mm high (a similar fold is to be seen in the thinner paper of Librone 1). From fol. 16 a watermark can be seen: an oxhead surmounted by a cross with circles at end of the arms, a motif that can be located in Milan between the late fifteenth century and the first decade of the sixteenth (Pantarotto 2021).
Binding
Modem covers of tooled leather.
Watermark
Watermark on some folios (from fol. 16) resembles Briquet #14430-2 (JepG). Motif: an oxhead surmonted by a cross with circles at end of the arms. This watermark can be located in Milan between the late 15th century and the first decade of the sixteenth (Pantarotto 2021).
Notation
Black void mensural notation
Foliation
Original foliation, iiii modern flyleaves, followed by a fragment of a former pastdown with index by Gaffurius), 1-211, beginning on second folio ('103' omitted), iiii modern flyleaves.
Decoration
Some inked ornamental initials.
Index
Fragments of original index pasted to flyleaf at beginning.
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVe s. 211 ff. + 1 f.limin.n.ch. Papier, 635 x 450 mm. Foliotation ancienne 1-211. Le f. limin. et les ff. 19v, 20, 53v, 54, 83v, 117v, 130, 160, 203v, 204 sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 12 portées par p. Fragments de la table originale du ms. sur parchemin, recollés sur un f. de garde moderne. Initiales ornées à la plume.
Ms. copié à la fin du XVe s. par différents scribes. Les 1ers ff. ont souffert de l'humidité et de la corrosion par l'encre qui attaque le papier. Répertoire religieux en majorité milanais avec au premier rang Gaffurio (14 messes et motets) suivi de Gaspar van Weerbeke (5), Martini (3) et Compère (1), tous actifs à la chapelle du Dome.
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11 Masses (I without Kyrie; 1 without Agnus), 11 G-C-S Masses, 1 Gloria-Credo pair, 4 Sanctus, 1 Te Deum, 12 motets (some intended as substitutes for Mass sections) = 40
Brumel-1, (Compère)-2, Gafori-13, Isaac-3, Martini-3, Obrecht-1, Tinctoris-1, Weerbecke [Gaspar]-6, anon-10
i + 211 + i paper folios, 645 x 450. Original foliation, 1-211, beginning on second folio ("103" omitted). Modem covers of tooled leather. Fragments of original index pasted to flyleaf at beginning. Copied by 8-10 scribes (KanP), including Franchino Gafori, who also copied ParmC 1158; scribal concordances with MilD 1, MilD 3, and MilD 4. Some inked ornamental initials. Watermark on some folios resembles Briquet #14430-2 (JepG). Most anonymous pieces probably by Gafori.
Ca. 1490-1500. Copied in Milan, for use by the cathedral choir; prepared under direction of Franchino Gafori, maestro di cappella from 1484 until his death in 1522.
Vol 4
Contents: Change "12 motets" to "14 motets"; change total of pieces from "40" to "42."
Composers: Brumel-1, (Compère)-2, Gafori-14 + 6?, Isaac-3, Martini-3 + 1?, Obrecht-1, Tinctoris-1, Weerbecke [Gaspar]-6, anon-4
Physical: Copied by four main scribes, one of whom also wrote portions of MilD 1; later additions by three other scribes, including Franchino Gafori, who also wrote ParmP 1158 and made additions in MilD 1, MilD 3, and MilD 4 (HalpM).
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Mss. 2266-9 (Libroni 1-4)
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Filippi, Daniele V. 2021b. Gaffurius's Paratexts: Notes on the Indexes of Libroni 1-3. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 165-179. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Filippi, Daniele V. 2021a. The Making and the Dating of the Gaffurius Codices: Archival Evidence and Research Perspectives. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 3-58. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana. [Filippi 2021a].
Cassia, Cristina. 2021. Gaffurius at the Mirror: The Internal Concordances of the Libroni. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Cristina Cassia, 181-215. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Pantarotto, Martina. 2021. ‘Scripsi et notavi’: Scribes, Notators, and Calligraphers in the Workshop of the Gaffurius Codices. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Martina Pantarotto, 59-164. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Pavanello, Agnese. 2021. The Non-Milanese Repertory of the Libroni: A Potential Guide for Tracking Musical Exchanges. Reopening Gaffurius's Libroni, edited by Agnese Pavanello, 217-269. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Rossi, Francesco Rocco. 2021. Franchino Gaffurio compositore. I mottetti. Ivrea: LeMus.
Cassia, Cristina. 2019b. Catalogo dei Libroni gaffuriani. Codici per cantare. I Libroni del Duomo nella Milano Sforzesca, edited by Cristina Cassia, 291-389. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Filippi, Daniele V. 2019b. Where Devotion and Liturgy Meet: Reassessing the Milanese Roots of the "Motetti missales". Motet Cycles between Devotion and Liturgy, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 53-91. Basel: Schwabe.
Cassia, Cristina. 2019a. La compilazione del Catalogo dei Libroni: problemi e osservazioni. Codici per cantare. I Libroni del Duomo nella Milano Sforzesca, edited by Cristina Cassia, 275-290. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Filippi, Daniele V. 2019a. Breve guida ai "motetti missales" (e dintorni). Codici per cantare. I Libroni del Duomo nella Milano Sforzesca, edited by Daniele V. Filippi, 139-169. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana.
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1987. Florence MS Magl. IXI. 164, Facsimile reproduction, with introduction. Renaissance Music in Facsimile. Garland.
Halpern, Lynn Elise. 1986. The Motetti Missales Repertory Reconsidered. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 39: 491-523. Pages: 494,505-7,512. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Burkholder, J Peter. 1985. Johannes Martini and the Imitation Mass of the Late Fifteenth Century. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 38: 470-523. Pages: 477-8,512,518. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Halpern, Lynn Elise. 1985. Motet and Mass-Motet Cycles in lhe Gafurius Codices. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1983. Filiation vis-à-vis its Alternatives: Approaches to Textual Criticism. Datierung und Filiation von Musikhandschriften der Josquin-Zeit, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 26. 111-27. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: II, 152.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxx, 29-34, 60, 67, 86; III, 37-8, 55, 76-8, 87-9. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Melin, William (editor). 1976. Johannes Tinctoris: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 18. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: x-xi, 55-73. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies, vol. 27. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 126-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1974-. Henrici Isaac (ca. 1450-1517): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 65. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI,x; VII,x,xix-xxi,1-83. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1968. The Ambrosian Motetti Missales Repertory. Musica Disciplina, 22: 77-103. Pages: 79ff, 83. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kanazawa, Masakata. 1966. Polyphonic music for Vespers in the fifteenth century. Harvard University, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2 vols. Pages: 443, 478-80. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 147. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1963. The Motetti Missales of the Late Fifteenth Century. University of Texas at Austin, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 3-5, 10-2, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Migliavacca, Luciano, Angelo Ciceri, and Amerigo Bortone (editors). 1958-1969. Archivium musices metropolitanum mediolanense. Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano. Pages: A. Bortone, in AMMM II, Iff et AMMM III, Iff. Notes: physical description; contents list; texts; discussion.
Sartori, Claudio. 1957. La Cappella Musicale del Duomo di Milano: Catalogo delle Musiche dell'Archivio. Milan. Pages: 47-50. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Finscher, Lutz (editor). 1955-. Franchinus Gafurius: Collected Musical Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 10. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Sartori, Claudio. 1953. II Quarto Codice di Gaffurio non e del Tutto Scomparso. Collectanea Historiae Musicae, 25-44. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 1346. Notes: physical description (partial).
Jeppesen, Knud. 1931. Die 3 Gafurius-Kodizes der Fabbrica del Duomo, Milano. Acta Musicologica, 3: 14-28. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: XIX. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
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