A Discantus partbook. Copied by a single scribe in Modena, for use by the cathedral choir.
I-MOd MS Mus. VI
Duomo, Biblioteca e Archivio Capitolare di Modena, Modena, Italy
partbook: c. 1560-70
| Archive | Duomo, Biblioteca e Archivio Capitolare di Modena, Modena, Italy (I-MOd) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Mus. VI |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 370 x 255 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 9 compositions from 8 composers. |
General Description
Watermark
Briquet #496
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Original foliation, i-xviii (last 9 folios not numbered); modern foliation, 1-27.
Decoration
Small plain inked initials
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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9 Masses
Conseil? [Missa Consilii]-1, Essenga-1, Jaquet of Mantua [Jachet]-2, Meliola? [Missa Meliola]-1, Palestrina-1, Pisano? [Missa Pissania]-1, Rosselli? [Missa Rossella]-1, Vinci-1
1 paper partbook (D-27 + i folios), 370 x 255. Original foliation, i-xviii (last 9 folios not numbered); modern foliation, 1-27. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Small plain inked initials. Watermark is Briquet #496 (Crawford).
Ca. 1560-70 (Crawford). Copied in Modena, for use by the cathedral choir.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Ferer, Mary Tiffany. 1976. The Feast of St. John the Baptist: Its Background and Celebration in Renaissance Polyphony. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 163, 166. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Haar, James. 1976. Some Remarks on the 'Missa La sol fa re mi'. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 564-88. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 583. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 364. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Jackson, Philip T, and George Edward Nugent (editors). 1971-. Jachet of Mantua: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 54. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, xiii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Crawford, David Eugene. 1967. Vespers Polyphony at Modem's Cathedral in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 54-5. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Rubsamen, Walter H. 1951. Music Research in Italian Libraries: An Anecdotal Account of Obstacles and Discoveries. Los Angeles. Pages: 34. Notes: mention of MS.
Garden, Greer. 1935, 2nd 1977. François Roussel: A Northern Musician in Sixteenth-Century Rome. Musica Disciplina, 31: 107-33. Pages: 127-8. Notes: mention of MS; contents list.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: XCIII, iii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Dondi, Antonio. 1896. Notizie storiche ed artistiche del duomo di Modena. Modena. Pages: 164. Notes: mention of MS.
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Edward Tambling
Thursday, 4 June, 2026
'Missa Rosselli' on 17v–19 is actually Missa In me transierunt by Pierre Clereau, from his Missae Quatuor of 1554 (see e.g. https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00084677?page=42,43)
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface 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