E-MO MS 765

Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1540

Archive Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain (E-MO)
Shelfmark MS 765
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 505 x 360 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: MontsM 765
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Contents Contains 16 compositions from 1 composer.
General Description

Described in 1602 inventory as 'libro de Benedictus' - implying that all pieces are by Appenzeller, though half are anonymously transmitted. Copied in Brussels, at the court of Mary of Hungary (daughter of Philip the Fair and Juana of Spain), Regent of the Netherlands 1531-55. Copied by one main scribe; ff. 66'-90 copied by a different scribe, who also wrote MontsM 769, 771, and 776.

(GGTMontserrat however identifies 'at least' 4 scribes: (i) the scribe "a l'oiseau" ff. 1-48v, 91v-143; (ii) 'scribe II' ff. 48v-62; (iii) 'large letters scribe' ff. 62v-66; (iv) 'Mary of Hungary's scribe' ff.66v-90.)

Taken to Valladolid in 1556 following Mary's retirement to Spain; later moved to Guadalajara. Passed in 1558 to Mary's nephew, Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98); listed as #25 in 1602 and 1620 inventories of Philip's books. Purchased in 1620 by Real Convento de las Senoras de la Encarnaçion in Madrid; acquired from the Encarnaçion by Benedictine monastery at Montserrat, probably during 1920's.

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Physical Description

Undetermined number of opening folios missing (GGTMontserrat). Some folios have been damaged by vandals: miniatures and initials have been cut out, resulting in the loss of some music.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over boards, tooled with ornamental designs; suede leather spine; brass buckles and corners

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff height 22.

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-143 (one original folio is missing between the new ff. 1/2).

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

Parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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4 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 1 Magnificat fragment, 7 motets = 13

Appenzeller [Benedictus]-6 + 7?

143 parchment folios, 505 x 360. Some folios damaged by vandals (miniatures and initials cut out, with loss of some music). New pencil foliation, 1-143 (one original folio missing between new ff. 1/2). Original covers of brown leather over boards, tooled with ornamental designs; suede leather spine; brass buckles and corners. No index. Copied by one main scribe; ff. 66'-90 copied by a different scribe, who also wrote MontsM 769, 771, and 776. Staff height 22. Inked calligraphic initials.

Ca. 1540. Copied in Brussels, at the court of Mary of Hungary (daughter of Philip the Fair and Juana of Spain), Regent of the Netherlands 1531-55. Taken to Valladolid in 1556 following Mary's retirement to Spain; later moved to Guadalajara. Passed in 1558 to Mary's nephew, Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98); listed as #25 in 1602 and 1620 inventories of Philip's books. Purchased in 1620 by Real Convento de las Senoras de la Encarnaçion in Madrid; acquired from the Encarnaçion by Benedictine monastery at Montserrat, probably during 1920's.

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Jas, Eric. 1994. Another Mass by Benedictus Appenzeller. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, Vol 44, no 2: 99-114. Pages: 99-100. Notes: mention of MS; contents (partial).

Thompson, Glenda Goss. 1988. Spanish-Netherlandish Musical Relationships in the Sixteenth Century: Mary of Hungary's Manuscripts at Montserrat. '. Musique des Pays-Bas anciens. Musique espagnole ancienne (+/-1450 -- +/- 1650), Colloquia Europalia III. 69-113. Louvain. Notes: physical description (partial), contents list; concordances (partial).

Manns, Charles Gregor. 1977. The Manuscripts Montserrat 774 and 775. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Pages: 1-2, 10. Notes: physical description (partial).

Olivar, Alexandre. 1977. Catàleg dels Manuscrits de la Biblioteca del Monestir de Montserrat.  Montserrat. Pages: 172-3. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Thompson, Glenda Goss. 1975. Benedictus Appenzeller: Maître de la Chapelle to Mary of Hungary and Chansonnier. University of North Carolina, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 79-84, 508-9, 521-35. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Stevenson, Robert. 1973. The Toledo Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks and some other lost or little known Flemish Sources. Fontes Artis Musicae, 20: 87-107. Pages: 89. Notes: mention of MS.

Vander Straeten, Edmond. 1969. La Musique aux Pays-Bas Avant le XIX' Siècle.  Brussels, 1867-88. Reprinted New York. Pages: VII, 479, 487; VIII, 373. Notes: mention of MS.

Lenaerts, René Bernard. 1957. Niederländische Polyphone Musik in der Bibliothek von Montserrat. Festschrift für Joseph Schmidt-Görg zum 60. Geburtstag, 196-201. Bonn. Pages: 197. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Pujol O.S.B., David. 1950, 1952. Maniscritos de Mùsica Neerlandesa conservados en la Biblioteca del Monasterio de Montserrat. Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Musica Sacra ... (Roma, 25-30 Maggio 1950), 319-22. Tournai. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description