| Archive | Yale University, School of Music Library, New Haven, United States (US-NH) |
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| Shelfmark | Miscellaneous MS 179 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 100 x 142 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 60 compositions, 26 from 12 composers, 34 are anonymous. |
An Altus partbook from a set originally of 4. Copied by three scribes (ff. 1-42v; ff. 43-76; ff. 76-89v), probably in Florence. Many concordances withBolC Q21.
Nothing is known of its provenance before its was acquired by Laurence C. Witten II from the Paris bookseller Arthur Rau in 1956; presented to Yale University Music Library in 1957.
89 ff.
Rebound in original covers of brown morocco leather over boards, tooled in gold with ornamental designs and voice designation 'ALTVS'; now kept in modern blue cardboard box. The biniding may be Bolognese of Venetian (Fenlon/Haar)
(1) crossed arrows with six-pointed star, similar to Briquet #6295-6; (2) anchor, similar to Briquet #442-4; (3) crossed arrows with six-pointed star, similar to Briquet #6292 (FenS). THe 3 paper types broadly correspond with the copying of the 3 scribes (Fenlon/Haar)
black void mensural
Staff height 11-13, 3 staves per page.
Modern ink foliation, 1-80; modern pencil foliation, 81-89.
Inked calligraphic initials.
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58 Italian secular pieces, 2 French secular pieces = 60
(Bartolucci d'Assisi)-1, (Cara/Tromboncino)-1, (Eustachius de Monte Regali)-1, (C. Festa)-3, (S. Festa)-6, (Ostia or Santacroce? [F.P.])-2, (Pisano?)-1, (Tiburtino)-1, (Verdelot)-9, anon-35
1 paper partbook of an original 4 (A-i + 89 + i folios), 100 x 142. Modern ink foliation, 1-80; modern pencil foliation, 81-89. Rebound in original covers of brown morocco leather over boards, tooled in gold with ornamental designs and voice designation "ALTVS"; now kept in modern blue cardboard box. No index. Copied by three scribes. Staff height 11-13. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks: (1) crossed arrows with six-pointed star, similar to Briquet #6295-6; (2) anchor, similar to Briquet #442-4; (3) crossed arrows with six-pointed star, similar to Briquet #6292 (FenS). Many concordances withBolC Q21.
Ca. 1520-5 (FenS). Probably copied in Florence. Acquired by Laurence C. Witten II from the Paris bookseller Arthur Rau in 1956; presented to Yale University Music Library in 1957.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(Ostia or Santacroce? [F.P.])-2" to "(Santacroce)-2."
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Fenlon, Iain, and James Haar. 1980. A New Source for the Early Madrigal. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 33: 164-80. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Fenlon, Iain, and James Haar. 1978. Fonti e Cronologia dei Madrigali di Costanzo Festa. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 13: 212-42. Pages: 230. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
de Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. 1935-40. Supplement, 1962. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. Pages: Supplement, 64. Notes: physical description.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description