E-MO MS 767

Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: 1586

Archive	Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain (E-MO)
Shelfmark	MS 767
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	525 x 410 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: MontsM 767
Notations	black void mensural
Copyists	Bertout, Isaac Music
Relationships	Real Convento de las Senoras de la Encarnaçion (owner) Benedictine Monastery of Montserrat, Spain (owner) Philip II (1527–1598) (patron)
External Links	Musica Hispanica: Spanish Early Music Manuscripts Database Books of Hispanic Polyphony
Provenance	court of Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98) , Madrid, Spain
Contents	15 pieces from 4 composers

General Description

Copied by Isaac Bertout, whose activity as a scribe at the court of King Philip II is documented in payment records; Bertout also copied MadN 2431 (MannsM). Ff. 26'-27, 67'-68, 112-113, 158'-159, and 191 blank except for later scribblings. Copied in Madrid, for use at the court of Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98). Listed as #26 in 1602 inventory of Philip's court library. Inscriptions indicate ownership in early 18th century by Real Convento de las Senoras de 1a Encarnaçion in Madrid. Acquired from the Encarnaçion by Benedictine mona-stery at Montserrat, probably during 1920's.

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Physical Description

Only fragments of the last 7 folios remain (they were destroyed by rats)

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over cardboard, with worn ornamental shield

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Watermark

No watermarks visible.

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Notation

black void mensrual

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Ruling

Staff height 24

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 6-12; 14-217 (ff. 1-5 and f. 13 now missing; ff. [218-224] are stubs only; '181' applied to two consecutive folios).

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Decoration

Black inked calligraphic initials; rubrics and some text in red ink.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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6 Masses (2 incomplete)

(Clemens non Papa)-1, Guerrero-1, Morales-3, Palestrina-1

219 paper folios of an original 225, 525 x 410. Last seven folios now only stubs, due to gnawing by rats, but fragments of music still visible; portions of other folios torn away. Original ink foliation, 6-12; 14-217 (ff. 1-5 and f. 13 now missing; ff. [218-224] are stubs only; "181" applied to two consecutive folios). Ff. 26'-27, 67'-68, 112-113, 158'-159, and 191 blank except for later scribblings; blank staves only on f. 190'. Original covers of brown leather over cardboard, with worn ornamental shield. No index. Copied by Isaac Bertout, whose activity as a scribe at the court of King Philip II is documented in payment records; Bertout also copied MadN 2431 (MannsM). Staff height 24 Black inked calligraphic initials; rubrics and some text in red ink. No watermarks visible.

1586 (MannsM). Copied in Madrid, for use at the court of Philip II, King of Spain (1527-98). Listed as #26 in 1602 inventory of Philip's court library. Inscriptions indicate ownership in early 18th century by Real Convento de las Senoras de 1a Encarnaçion in Madrid. Acquired from the Encarnaçion by Benedictine mona-stery at Montserrat, probably during 1920's.

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
6–27	Missa [unspecified]	-	Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Missa [unspecified] Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556) Appears on: 6–27 Genres: Mass Ordinary General Note incomplete: missing first 5 folios, commences at "tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam" in the Gloria
27v–68	Missa [unspecified]	Iohannes Palestrina	Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525–1594)
Missa [unspecified] Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525–1594) Appears on: 27v–68 Genres: Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Iohannes Palestrina
68v–113	Missa Mille regrets	Christoforus Morales	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Mille regrets Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 68v–113 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Christoforus Morales
113v–159	Missa Quem dicunt homines: Kyrie.	Christophorus Morales	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Kyrie. Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 113v–159 Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: Christophorus Morales
113v–159	Missa Quem dicunt homines: Gloria: 2 partes.	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Gloria: 2 partes. Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 113v–159 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
113v–159	Missa Quem dicunt homines: Credo: 4 partes Et resurrexit: 4 voces.	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Credo: 4 partes Et resurrexit: 4 voces. Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 113v–159 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
113v–159	Missa Quem dicunt homines: Sanctus with: Osanna,Benedictus: 4 voces.	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Sanctus with: Osanna,Benedictus: 4 voces. Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 113v–159 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
113v–159	Missa Quem dicunt homines: Agnus I. Agnus II: 6 voces.	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Agnus I. Agnus II: 6 voces. Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 113v–159 Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
159v–191	Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Kyrie	Christophorus Morales	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Kyrie Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 159v–191 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Christophorus Morales
159v–191	Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Gloria	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Gloria Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 159v–191 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
159v–191	Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Credo	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Credo Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 159v–191 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
159v–191	Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Sanctus	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Sanctus Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 159v–191 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
159v–191	Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Agnus	-	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Agnus Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553) Appears on: 159v–191 Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
191v–223	Missa Sancta et immaculata	Franciscus Guerrero	Guerrero, Francisco
Missa Sancta et immaculata Guerrero, Francisco Appears on: 191v–223 Genres: Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Franciscus Guerrero General Note incomplete - final folios largely eaten away (by mice)
123v–125	[Sancta et immaculata?]	F Guerrero	Guerrero, Francisco
[Sancta et immaculata?] Guerrero, Francisco Appears on: 123v–125 Genres: Motet Source Attribution: F Guerrero General Note fragmentary: folios largely eaten away, leaving only a few scraps of music & the words "[imma]culata" and (224v) "Sancta"

Composer	Compositions
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)	Missa [unspecified] – 6–27
Guerrero, Francisco	Missa Sancta et immaculata – 191v–223 [Sancta et immaculata?] – 123v–125
Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Agnus – 159v–191 Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Credo – 159v–191 Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Gloria – 159v–191 Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Kyrie – 159v–191 Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Sanctus – 159v–191 Missa Mille regrets – 68v–113 Missa Quem dicunt homines: Agnus I. Agnus II: 6 voces. – 113v–159 Missa Quem dicunt homines: Credo: 4 partes Et resurrexit: 4 voces. – 113v–159 Missa Quem dicunt homines: Gloria: 2 partes. – 113v–159 Missa Quem dicunt homines: Kyrie. – 113v–159 Missa Quem dicunt homines: Sanctus with: Osanna,Benedictus: 4 voces. – 113v–159
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525–1594)	Missa [unspecified] – 27v–68

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
[Sancta et immaculata?]	Guerrero, Francisco	123v–125
Missa [unspecified]	Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)	6–27
Missa [unspecified]	Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525–1594)	27v–68
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Agnus	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	159v–191
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Credo	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	159v–191
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Gloria	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	159v–191
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Kyrie	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	159v–191
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Sanctus	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	159v–191
Missa Mille regrets	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	68v–113
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Agnus I. Agnus II: 6 voces.	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	113v–159
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Credo: 4 partes Et resurrexit: 4 voces.	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	113v–159
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Gloria: 2 partes.	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	113v–159
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Kyrie.	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	113v–159
Missa Quem dicunt homines: Sanctus with: Osanna,Benedictus: 4 voces.	Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)	113v–159
Missa Sancta et immaculata	Guerrero, Francisco	191v–223

‡ denotes primary source study

Codina, Daniel. 2016. L'Arxiu musical del Monestir de l'Encarnación de Madrid a Montserrat. Anuario Musical, 45-56.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: II, 178.

Manns, Charles Gregor. 1977. The Manuscripts Montserrat 774 and 775. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Pages: 2, 12, 26, 45ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; discussion.

Olivar, Alexandre. 1977. Catàleg dels Manuscrits de la Biblioteca del Monestir de Montserrat. Montserrat. Pages: 174-5. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Vander Straeten, Edmond. 1969. La Musique aux Pays-Bas Avant le XIX' Siècle. Brussels, 1867-88. Reprinted New York. Pages: VIII, 366. Notes: mention of MS.

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.

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Thomas Neal

Saturday, 2 May, 2020

added to bibliography: Codina, Daniel. 'L'Arxiu musical del Monestir de l'Encarnación de Madrid a Montserrat,' Anuario Musical, 71 (2016), pp.45-56.

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

E-MO MS 767

Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: 1586

General Description

Physical Description

Binding

Watermark

Notation

Ruling

Foliation

Decoration

Surface

Census Catalogue of Music Description

General Note

General Note

General Note

Thomas Neal

Saturday, 2 May, 2020

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017