Copied by Isaac Bertout, employed by King Felipe II (cf. also E-MO: Ms. 676). Until 1602 this MS was part of the Spanish royal court’s musical collections.
| Archive | Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain (E-Mn) |
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| Shelfmark | Sección de Música. MS M. 2431 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 531 x 402 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 25 compositions from 3 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original cardboard binding with brown covers.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
New pencil foliation 1-192
Decoration
Some red initials and ornaments
Surface
Paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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5 Masses
Clemens non Papa-3, Morales-2
192 paper folios, 531 x 402. New pencil foliation, 1-192. Original covers of brown paper over cardboard, tooled in gold with arms of King Philip II. No index. Copied by Isaac Bertout, whose activity as a scribe at the court of Philip II is documented in payment records; Bertout also copied MontsM 767 (MannsM). Black inked calligraphic initials; rubrics and some texts in red ink. No watermarks visible.
1584 (MannsM). Copied in Madrid, for use at the court of Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98). Listed as #27 in 1602 inventory of Philip's court library.
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‡ denotes primary source study
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, 134.
Manns, Charles Gregor. 1977. The Manuscripts Montserrat 774 and 775. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Pages: 45ff. Notes: contents list; discussion.
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1964. Bibliography of the Sacred Works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa. Musica Disciplina, 18: 85-150. Pages: 95-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet, and Chris J. Maas (editors). 1951-76. Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 4. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI, i, 1-42, 51-93. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Anglès, Higinio, and José Subirá. 1946. Catálogo Musical de 1a Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid. I: Manuscritos. Catálogos de 1a Música antigua conservada en Espana. Barcelona. Pages: 216, #111. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola. Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: XI, 59, 69, 72. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Cristina Urchueguía
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note; DIAMM Note
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description