Copied by one main scribe. The MS. was discovered in the late 19th ct. in Valencia and bought by Juan Bautista Guzmán (1846-1909) in 1887. The second flyleaf presents a letter which refers to the circumstances of the MS.’s acquisition. At first, the MS. became part of the school library of the Monasterio de Montserrat. In the mid 1920s, it was transferred to the monastery library.
| Archive | Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain (E-MO) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1085 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 332 x 235 mm |
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| Inventory | This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk |
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| Contents | Contains 48 compositions, 19 from 5 composers, 29 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
One folio is missing before fol. 1, and after fols 114 and 127.
Binding
Modern binding
Liminary Note
Title-page on first flyleaf: Musica de atril | del siglo XVI.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 16.
Foliation
Original ink foliation used from fol. 4; the last four folios are not numbered.
Decoration
Calligraphic initials
Index
modern index by Juan Bautista Guzmán
Surface
i paper + i parchment + i paper + 132 paper + iii paper
DIAMM Note
inventory from Duncumb (with thanks to George Maddison)
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass, 1 Requiem Mass, 2 Magnificats, 1 canticle, 19 psalms, 2 Passions, 13 motets = 39
Morales-1, (Robledo)-15 + 1?, anon-22
i paper + i parchment + i paper + 132 paper + iii paper folios, 332 x 235. Original ink foliation, 1-132, begins on second original folio (omits first original folio, now missing, and one folio following f. 114; f. 127 also missing). New covers of green cardboard. Modern index by Juan Bautista Guzman on first modern flyleaf at back lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by a single scribe, except for third flyleaf at front, which contains modern restoration of music on lost original folio at beginning. Staff height 16. Inked calligraphic initials. Title on recto of first flyleaf: "Musica de atril / del / Sigio XVI."
Late 16th century. Perhaps copied in Valencia or Segorbe. Discovered in Valencia in late 19th century; in the possession of Padre Juan Bautista Guzman (1846-1909) of Valencia by 1887 (letter on parchment flyleaf discusses Padre Guzman's acquisition of the manuscript). Later brought to Benedictine monastery at Montserrat by Padre Guzman; placed in music school library under call number "23." In mid 20th century, manuscript received present call number in connection with transfer to Biblioteca del Monestir (housed elsewhere in same monastery).
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‡ denotes primary source study
Duncumb, Margaret. 1998. Polyphonic Music for the Liturgy: Study and Edition of Montserrat, Biblioteca MS 1085. Cambridge, 2 vols, MPhil diss.
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, 184.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 432. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Olivar, Alexandre. 1977. Catàleg dels Manuscrits de la Biblioteca del Monestir de Montserrat. Montserrat. Pages: 344. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 149. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
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Edward Tambling
Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
Fixed minor typo (Montserrat)
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