D-Mbs Mus. MS 59

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1556-63

Archive	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs)
Shelfmark	Mus. MS 59
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	585 x 382 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: MunBS 59 olim (Former shelfmark): MaiM 52
Notations	black void mensural
Copyists	Wircker, Johann (ca. 1548–ca. 1572) Music
Relationships	Augsburg City Council (dedicatee) Wircker, Johann (ca. 1548–ca. 1572) (owner)
External Links	images
External Authorities	RISM Online (sources/456051156)
Provenance	Bavaria, Germany
Contents	Contains 11 compositions from 5 composers.

General Description

Copied by Johann Wircker (inscription on f. 2). Probably copied in Borna or Wittenberg (HoffFM); sent to Augsburg by Johann Wircker (dedication to Augsburg city council on f. 1). Bookplate of Augsburg Stadtbibliothek inside front cover. Later transferred to Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich.

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Physical Description

Eight original folios now missing between new ff. 13/14; four folios missing between new ff. 37/38.

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Binding

Modern covers of brown paper over cardboard, with leather spine; two leather thongs

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1556-63 (HoffFM).

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Ruling

Staff height 29

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Foliation

Modern ink foliation, 1-39, by J. J. Maier (many folios lack numbers, but all included in enumeration except one folio following f. 4)

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Surface

i paper + 40 parchment + i paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Mass (incomplete), 5 motets (1 incomplete) = 6

Clemens non Papa-2, Crecquillon-2, (Finck)-1, Verdelot/(Josquin)-1

i paper + 40 parchment + i paper folios, 585 x 382. Eight original folios now missing between new ff. 13/14; four folios missing between new ff. 37/38. Modern ink foliation, 1-39, by J. J. Maier (many folios lack numbers, but all included in enumeration except one folio following f. 4). Modern covers of brown paper over cardboard, with leather spine; two leather thongs. No index. Copied by Johann Wircker (inscription on f. 2); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 29. No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1556-63 (HoffFM). Probably copied in Borna or Wittenberg (HoffFM); sent to Augsburg by Johann Wircker (dedication to Augsburg city council on f. 1). Bookplate of Augsburg Stadtbibliothek inside front cover. Later transferred to Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich.

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–6	Missa Ave praeclara: Kyrie	5	-	Finck, Heinrich
Missa Ave praeclara: Kyrie Finck, Heinrich Appears on: 1v–6 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 5
6v–11	Missa Ave praeclara: Gloria	5	-	Finck, Heinrich
Missa Ave praeclara: Gloria Finck, Heinrich Appears on: 6v–11 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 5
11v–13v	Missa Ave praeclara: Credo	5	-	Finck, Heinrich
Missa Ave praeclara: Credo Finck, Heinrich Appears on: 11v–13v Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 5 General Note incomplete - missing folios
14–15	Missa Ave praeclara: Sanctus	5	-	Finck, Heinrich
Missa Ave praeclara: Sanctus Finck, Heinrich Appears on: 14–15 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Number of voices: 5 General Note incomplete - missing folios; begins at 'Pleni sunt'
15v–17	Missa Ave praeclara: Agnus Dei	5	-	Finck, Heinrich
Missa Ave praeclara: Agnus Dei Finck, Heinrich Appears on: 15v–17 Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 5
18v–22	Domine da nobis - 1a pars (of 2): Domine da nobis auxilium de tribulatione	6	-	Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557)
Domine da nobis - 1a pars (of 2): Domine da nobis auxilium de tribulatione Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557) Appears on: 18v–22 Genres: Motet Number of voices: 6 General Note prima pars only
22v–27	Ave Jesu Christe rex regum et domine (= Sancta Maria virgo virginum 25.7)	6	-	Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532) (?) Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521) (?)
Ave Jesu Christe rex regum et domine (= Sancta Maria virgo virginum 25.7) Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532) (?) Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521) (?) Appears on: 22v–27 Genres: Motet Number of voices: 6
27v–30	Deus virtutum - 1a pars (of 2): Deus virtutum convertere respice de caelo	5	-	Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557)
Deus virtutum - 1a pars (of 2): Deus virtutum convertere respice de caelo Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557) Appears on: 27v–30 Genres: Motet Number of voices: 5
30v–33	Deus virtutum - 2a pars (of 2): Et perfice eam	5	-	Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557)
Deus virtutum - 2a pars (of 2): Et perfice eam Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557) Appears on: 30v–33 Genres: Motet Number of voices: 5
33v–37	Velum templi - 1a pars (of 2): Velum templi scissum est et omnis terra	5	-	Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Velum templi - 1a pars (of 2): Velum templi scissum est et omnis terra Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556) Appears on: 33v–37 Genres: Motet Number of voices: 5 General Note Apparently only prima pars
37v–39	Peccantem me quotidie - 1a pars (of 2): Peccantem me quotidie et non me poenitentem	4	-	Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Peccantem me quotidie - 1a pars (of 2): Peccantem me quotidie et non me poenitentem Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556) Appears on: 37v–39 Genres: Motet Number of voices: 4 General Note Prima pars only

Composer	Compositions
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510-ca. 1556)	Peccantem me quotidie - 1a pars (of 2): Peccantem me quotidie et non me poenitentem – 37v–39 Velum templi - 1a pars (of 2): Velum templi scissum est et omnis terra – 33v–37
Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505-ca. 1557)	Deus virtutum - 1a pars (of 2): Deus virtutum convertere respice de caelo – 27v–30 Deus virtutum - 2a pars (of 2): Et perfice eam – 30v–33 Domine da nobis - 1a pars (of 2): Domine da nobis auxilium de tribulatione – 18v–22
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450-1521)	(?) Ave Jesu Christe rex regum et domine (= Sancta Maria virgo virginum 25.7) – 22v–27
Finck, Heinrich	Missa Ave praeclara: Agnus Dei – 15v–17 Missa Ave praeclara: Credo – 11v–13v Missa Ave praeclara: Gloria – 6v–11 Missa Ave praeclara: Kyrie – 1v–6 Missa Ave praeclara: Sanctus – 14–15
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480-ca. 1532)	(?) Ave Jesu Christe rex regum et domine (= Sancta Maria virgo virginum 25.7) – 22v–27

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Ave Jesu Christe rex regum et domine (= Sancta Maria virgo virginum 25.7)	Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532) (?) Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521) (?)	22v–27
Deus virtutum - 1a pars (of 2): Deus virtutum convertere respice de caelo	Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557)	27v–30
Deus virtutum - 2a pars (of 2): Et perfice eam	Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557)	30v–33
Domine da nobis - 1a pars (of 2): Domine da nobis auxilium de tribulatione	Crecquillon, Thomas (ca. 1505–ca. 1557)	18v–22
Missa Ave praeclara: Agnus Dei	Finck, Heinrich	15v–17
Missa Ave praeclara: Credo	Finck, Heinrich	11v–13v
Missa Ave praeclara: Gloria	Finck, Heinrich	6v–11
Missa Ave praeclara: Kyrie	Finck, Heinrich	1v–6
Missa Ave praeclara: Sanctus	Finck, Heinrich	14–15
Peccantem me quotidie - 1a pars (of 2): Peccantem me quotidie et non me poenitentem	Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)	37v–39
Velum templi - 1a pars (of 2): Velum templi scissum est et omnis terra	Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)	33v–37

‡ denotes primary source study

Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1979. Heinrich Fincks Fünfstimmige Missa super Ave Praeclara-Eine Wichtige Neuentdeckung. Renaissance-Studien: Helmuth Osthoff zum 80. Geburtstag, Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 11. 73-90. Tutzing. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Beebe, Ellen Scott. 1976. Mode, Structure, and Text Expression in the Motets of Jacobus Clemens non Papa: A Study of Style in Sacred Music. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 20 [referred to as MS 4/59]. Notes: contents list (partial).

Walter, George R. 1975. The Five-Voice Motets of Thomas Crecquillon. University of West Virginia, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 267, 351-2. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial).

Steude, Wolfram. 1972. Untersuchungen zu Herkunft, Verbreitung und spezifischem Inhalt mitteldeutscher Musikhandschriften des 16. Jahrhunderts. University of Rostock, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 96. Notes: mention of MS.

Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 310-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Bragard, Anne-Marie. 1964. Etude bio-bibliographique sur Philippe Verdelot, musicien français de la Renaissance. russels. Pages: 53. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1964. Bibliography of the Sacred Works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa. Musica Disciplina, 18: 85-150. Pages: 109, 114 [referred to as MS 4/59 and as MS 5/59]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet, and Chris J. Maas (editors). 1951-76. Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 4. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IX, v; XXI, xiv, 189-92 [once referred to as MS 4/59]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 30-l. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).

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

D-Mbs Mus. MS 59

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1556-63

General Description

Physical Description

Binding

Notation

Date

Ruling

Foliation

Decoration

Surface

Census Catalogue of Music Description

General Note

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DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017