I-MOd MS Mus. XI

Duomo, Biblioteca e Archivio Capitolare di Modena, Modena, Italy

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1520-30

Archive Duomo, Biblioteca e Archivio Capitolare di Modena, Modena, Italy (I-MOd)
Shelfmark MS Mus. XI
Surface Paper
Numbering System Mixed Foliation and Pagination
Measurements 550 x 405 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ModD 11
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
Contents Contains 42 compositions, 14 from 3 composers, 28 are anonymous.
General Description

Composite of several originally separate fascicles assembled and bound in late 16th or early 17th century. The main scribe was Orazio Vecchi (cf. Tav. IX of RoncCM), who also copied ff. 94-94' of ModD 9 and ff. 8'-9, 22'-23, and 34'-51 of ModD 12; ff. 7'-34' (the pieces by Giacomo Fogliano) copied by a different scribe, who also wrote ModD 10 and parts of ModD 3,9, and 12. Copied in Modena, for use by the cathedral choir.

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Binding

Covers date from late 16th or early 17th century.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

C. 1520-30 (ff. V-34); late 16th century (remainder of manuscript).

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-75 (two folios numbered '62'); original ink pagination, 1-54, on new ff. 7'-34; modern pagination, 57-138, on new ff. 35'-75.

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials on ff. 7'-34'; miniatures on f. 7' and f. 18' at beginning and end of the section of compositions by Fogliano. Remainder of manuscript has small plain or calligraphic initials.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Requiem Mass, 10 psalms, 14 hymns, 6 Lamentations, 3 motets, 1 response, 1 textless piece = 36

G. Fogliano [Jacobus fo. organista]-10, (Mouton)-1, anon-25

76 paper folios, 550 x 405. Composite of several originally separate fascicles assembled and bound in late 16th or early 17th century. Modern foliation, 1-75 (two folios numbered "62"); original ink pagination, 1-54, on new ff. 7'-34; modern pagination, 57-138, on new ff. 35'-75. Covers date from late 16th or early 17th century. No index. The main scribe was Orazio Vecchi (cf. Tav. IX of RoncCM), who also copied ff. 94-94' of ModD 9 and ff. 8'-9, 22'-23, and 34'-51 of ModD 12; ff. 7'-34' copied by a different scribe, who also wrote ModD 10 and parts of ModD 3,9, and 12. Inked calligraphic initials on ff. 7'-34'; miniatures on f. 7' and f. 18'. Remainder of manuscript has small plain or calligraphic initials.

Ca. 1520-30 (ff. V-34); late 16th century (remainder of manuscript). Copied in Modena, for use by the cathedral choir.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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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.

Constant, John George. 1975. Renaissance Manuscripts of Polyphony at the Cathedral of Padua. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 211-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2.  American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 128. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Ward, Tom Robert. 1972. The Polyphonic Office Hymn and the Liturgy of Fifteenth Century Italy. Musica Disciplina, 26: 161-88. Pages: 172. Notes: mention of MS.

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: 89, 124-30, 146-51, 316-39. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Rubsamen, Walter H. 1951. Music Research in Italian Libraries: An Anecdotal Account of Obstacles and Discoveries.  Los Angeles. Pages: 35. Notes: mention of MS.

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, 27 July, 2023

added composer attribution to & noted concordance for "Memento mei Deus", which appears in RISM M2363 ascribed to Claudio Merulo

Edward Tambling

Thursday, 27 July, 2023

added composer attribution to & noted concordance for "Dominus regit me", which appears in RISM M2363 ascribed to Claudio Merulo

DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date 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