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The main scribe was Johannes Greis, identified on f. 366' as 'rector scholarium' at Benedictine monastery at Benediktbeuern; piece on f. 313' is a later addition by a different scribe. Copied at the former Benedictine monastery in benedik (southern Bavaria). Transferred to Bayerische Staatsbibliothek during 19th century.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Clm. 5023 |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 150 x 105 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 65 compositions, 9 from 6 composers, 56 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather over boards, with restored spine.
Watermark
(1) crown; (2) ox head with floral cluster; (3) ox head with cross.
Notation
Polyphony on ff. 1-66 and ff. 310-313', copied in black void mensural notation except for several tenors in square chant notation and one piece in Gothic chant notation
Date
1495 (date on f. 366', often incorrectly reported as '1479').
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-375 (f. 22 missing; '76' omitted).
Decoration
Inked Gothic initials
Index
No index, but tabs on edges of 19 folios mark beginning of Magnificat, Credo, and hymn sections, or sections devoted to various feasts.
Surface
Paper
RISM Description
RISM
MÜNCHEN, BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Clm. 5023
D-Mbs5023 (Mü U)
- Jh.; 375 Bll. Pap., 150 X 105mm. Mod. Fol. von f. 1-375. Je Seite bis zu 6 schwarze Fünfliniensyst. mit weißer und vereinzelt schwarzer Mensuralnot, sowie gotischer Choral- u. Quadratnot. ; einst. Stücke in gotischer Choralnot. - Einband : 15. Jh., mit erneuertem Rücken; mit braunem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel.
Diese aus dem ausgehenden 15. Jh. stammende Hs. wurde von Johannes Greis, rector scholarium, in Benedictbeuern geschrieben (vgl. f. 366v: dat. 1495, nicht 1476). Sie stellt eine Art von Manual für den Kirchengesang dar. Den lateinischen sind mehrfach deutsche Texte beigegeben. Die ersten Bll. der ursprünglichen Hs. fehlen.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Gradual-Antiphonal, with polyphony:
2 Kyries, 5 Credos, 2 Sanctus, 3 Magnificats, 9 hymns, 19 motets,
11 Latin/German sacred pieces, 1 textless tenor = 52
(Barbingant)-1, (Bedingham)-2, (Dufay)-1, (Frye)-1, (Touront)-1, anon-46
373 paper folios, 150 x 105. Modern foliation, 1-375 (f. 22 missing; "76" omitted). Original covers of brown leather over boards, with restored spine. No index, but tabs on edges of 19 folios mark beginning of Magnificat, Credo, and hymn sections, or sections devoted to various feasts. Polyphony on ff. 1-66 and ff. 310-313', copied in white mensural notation except for several tenors in square chant notation and one piece in Gothic chant notation. The main scribe was Johannes Greis, identified on f. 366' as "rector scholarium" at Benedictine monastery at Benediktbeuern; piece on f. 313' is a later addition by a different scribe. Inked Gothic initials. Watermarks: (1) crown; (2) ox head with floral cluster; (3) ox head with cross.
1495 (date on f. 366', often incorrectly reported as "1479"). Copied at the former Benedictine monastery in benedik (southern Bavaria). Transferred to Bayerische Staatsbibliothek during 19th century.
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Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.
Ameln, Konrad. 1985. Die Cantio 'In dulci iubilo'. Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 29: 23ff. Pages: 31,60,71. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Göllner, Theodor. 1981. Das Kyrie Cunctipotens zwischen Organum und Komposition. Musik in Bayern, 22: 37-57. Notes: contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Davis, Dennis Michael. 1979. The Structure and Contents of Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Codex Lat. Mon. 5023. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3. American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Atlas, Allan W. 1977. On the Neapolitan Provenance of the Manuscript Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, 431 (G 20). Musica Disciplina, 31: 45ff. Pages: 77, 84-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fallows, David. 1976-7. English Song Repertories of the Mid-fifteenth Century. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 106: 61-79. Pages: 64-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Göthel, Folker (editor). 1972. Musik in Bayern: II. Ausstellungskatalog. Tutzing. Pages: 203, Plate 25. Notes: physical description; facsimile (partial).
Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I, vol. Einzeldrucke vor 1800. Kassel. Pages: B IV/3, 360-72. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); inventory.
Ameln, Konrad. 1970. 'Resonet in laudibus'-'Joseph, lieber Joseph mein'. Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 15: 52ff. Pages: 82, 86, Taf. XXI. Notes: contents list (partial); texts (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Muzik, Frantisek. 1970. Christ ist erstanden-Buóh vsemohúcí. Miscellanea Musicologica [Prague], 21-23: 7-45. Pages: 29. Notes: mention of MS.
Fischer, Kurt von. 1969. Neue Quellen Mehrstimmiger Musik des 15. Jahrhunderts aus Schweizerischen Klostern. Renaissance-Muziek 1400-1600: Donum Natalicium René Bernard Lenaerts, edited by Kurt von Fischer, 293-301. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit, Seminarie voor Muziekwetenschap. Pages: 297, 300-1. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus. 1964. In dulci jubilo': Morphogenese eines Weihnachtsliedes. Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 9: 133-43. Pages: 138-9, 142, Tafel V. Notes: physical description (partial); facsimile (partial).
Mokry, Ladislav. 1963. Zu den Anfängen der Mehrstimmigkeit bei den Westslawen. The Book of the First International Musicological Congress Devoted to the Works of Frederick Chopin: Warszawa, 16th-22nd February 1960, 567-71. Warsaw. Pages: 570. Notes: mention of MS.
Stephan, Rudolf. 1956. Die Lieder der Ebersberger Handschrift, jetzt Clm 6034. Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 2: 98-104. Pages: 102. Notes: mention of MS.
Geering, Arnold. 1952. Die Organa und mehrstimmigen Conductus in den Handschriften des deutschen Sprachgebietes vom 13. bis 16. Jahrhundert. Bern. Pages: 19-20, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Riedel, Johannes. 1951. Leisen Formulae: Their Polyphonic Settings in the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 19, 67-8, 260ff, 676, 724. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VIII, 789-90. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1904; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1965. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I, 407. Notes: mention of MS.
Dreves, Guido Maria. 1887), 26-36; III (1888), 29-39; IV (1889), 24-30; VI (1891. Beiträge zur Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes. Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch, 2: 35-40. Pages: IV, 29-30; VI, 36-40. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).
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