The main scribe was Johannes Parvus (Mitchell Brauner); three 'Amen' settings (ff. 3'-4, 16'-17, [60]) added later by a second scribe. Copied in Rome; probably commissioned by the Seminario di San Martino in Lucca.
I-Lcr MS A VIII
Archivio e biblioteca Arcivescovile, Lucca, Italy
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1576-7
| Archive | Archivio e biblioteca Arcivescovile, Lucca, Italy (I-Lcr) |
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| Shelfmark | MS A VIII |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 464 x 372-7 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 17 compositions, 12 from 3 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of cream-colored parchment over cardboard, with inscription: 'Hinni Labro [sic] 2°.'
Liminary Note
Inscription on front flyleaf: 'Del Seminario di S. Martino.'
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1576-7 (Mitchell Brauner) - sequence 'Sancti Spiritus adsit nobis gratia' was removed from the liturgy in late 1577, so before this date.
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-57 (two consecutive folios numbered '7'; one unnumbered folio between ff. 24/25; last three folios not numbered).
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initial
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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4 Mass Proper sections, 11 hymns, 1 motet, 3 short "Amen"settings = 19
C. Festa-12, Morales-1, Palestrina-1, anon-5
i + 62 paper folios, 464 x 372-7. New pencil foliation, 1-57 (two consecutive folios numbered "7"; one unnumbered folio between ff. 24/25; last three folios not numbered). Original covers of cream-colored parchment over cardboard, with inscription: "Hinni Labro [sic] 2°." No index. The main scribe was Johannes Parvus (Mitchell Brauner; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe); three "Amen" settings (ff. 3'-4, 16'-17, [60]) added later by a second scribe. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark resembles Briquet #1131. Inscription on front flyleaf: "Del Seminario di S. Martino."
Ca. 1576-7 (Mitchell Brauner). Copied in Rome; probably commissioned by the Seminario di San Martino in Lucca.
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Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1984. Music from the Cappella Sistina at the Cappella Giulia. The Journal of Musicology, 3: 287-311. Pages: 305-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1982. The Parvus Manuscripts: A Study of Vatican Polyphony, ca. 1535 to 1580. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 11, 58-60, 256ff, 373-6, 379, 400-4, 409. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Maggini, Emilio. 1965. Lucca, Biblioteca del Seminario: Catalogo delle Musiche Stampate e Manoscritte del Fondo Antico. Bibliotheca Musicae, vol. III. Milan. Pages: 259. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V, x, xviii-xix, 127-31. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Haydon, Glen. 1962. The Case of the Troublesome Accidental. Natalícia Musicologica Knud Jeppesen, 125-9. Copenhagen. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Main, Alexander. 1960. Costanzo Festa: The Masses and Motets. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 37, 56. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Casimiri, Raffaele (editor). 1930-1958. Vol. II: Constantius Festa, Sacrae cantiones. ed. Eduardo Dagnino. (1936) & Vol. III: Constantius Festa. Hymni per totum annum... transcr. Glen Haydon. (1958). Monumenta Polyphoniae Italicae. Rome. Pages: III, 183ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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