Copied by Giovanni Spataro (TirroRM). Copied in Bologna, for use at Church of San Petronio.
I-Bsp MS A.XXXVIII (A38)
Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, Bologna, Italy
manuscript of polyphony: 16th century: 1527
| Archive | Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, Bologna, Italy (I-Bsp) |
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| Shelfmark | MS A.XXXVIII (A38) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 485 x 335 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 54 compositions, 14 from 9 composers, 40 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of yellow parchment recently replaced by modern covers; several folios from late 15th-century manuscript recovered from original covers at time of rebinding (see BolSP s.s.).
Watermark
No identifiable watermarks visible (TirroRM).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
13 staves per page; staff height 18
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-29; 84-93; 114-131; 133-153, on upper right rectos (ff. 30-83, 94-113, and 132 now missing). Modern foliation, 1-82, on lower right rectos numbers all extant folios except parchment flyleaves.
Foliation
81 ff
Decoration
Small plain inked initials.
Index
Original index by Giovanni Spataro copied on margins of front parchment flyleaves, taken from 14th- or 15th-century antiphonary; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text or title, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance (a few irregularities)
Surface
ii parchment + 29 + 1+10 + 1 + 18 + 1 + 21+1 paper + i parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 5: XVIe s. 81 ff. Papier, 485 x 335 mm. Foliotation ancienne avec lacunes en haut des ff. 1-153 et foliotation moderne au bas des ff.: 1-81. La foliotation ancienne montre que les ff 30 à 84, 94 à 113, 132 mq. Les ff. 1 et 153v sont blancs. Dans la foliotation moderne, les ff. 30r-v, 41r-v, 60r-v, 81v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 13 portées par p. Sur 2 ff. de parchemin détachés, Table fragmentaire du ms. établie (par Spataro?) sur le ms. primitif.
Un des 5 mss. inscrits en 1527 par Spataro sur son testament en faveur de S. Petronio. 81 ff. subsistent sur les 153 du ms. original. D'après la Table, le ms contenait 12 messes, 11 parties de messes et 14 motets, parmi lesquels mq. (entièrement ou en partie) suivant l'ordre de la table:
Gloria cum horgano 46 [Missa] Sancti Nicolai 65
Gloria De Domenica 49 [Missa] De tous biens 73
Kyrie de Beata virgine 33 [Missa] De letanie 95
Kyrie De Domenica [Missa] De Ave Maria 99
Missa Mes pensés 33 [Missa] De f Deloth 108
[Missa] De psalite deo 39 Patrem De dominica 55
[Missa] De la bassadanza 58 Sanctus De beata virgine 32
Dépouillement fait sur la foliotation ancienne, suivie de la foliotation moderne lorsqu'elles diffèrent.
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5 Masses, 1 Gloria-Credo pair, 1 Gloria, 4 Credos, 5 psalms, 10 motets = 26
(An additional 7 Masses, 2 Kyries, 1 Credo, and 1 Sanctus, listed in the index, are now missing)
(A. Févin)-1, (A. Févin/Mouton)-1, (Janequin)-1, (Josquin)-1, (La Rue)-1, (Lhéritier/Willaert)-1, (Mouton)-2, anon-18
ii + 78 paper folios of an original 153, 485 x 335. Ff. 30-83, 94-113, and 132 are missing. Original ink foliation; also a recent pencil foliation entered after some folios were lost. Original yellow parchment covers were replaced by new ones when the manuscripts was restored and rebound recently; some folios from a late 15th-century manuscript were recovered from these original covers (see BolSP s.s.). Original index at the beginning of the manuscript, on two loose parchment sheets from a 14th- or 15th-century antiphoner, lists all pieces, including those now missing. Copied by Giovanni Spataro.
1512-27 (TirroRM). Copied and used at San Petronio in Bologna.
Vol 4
5 Masses (2 incomplete), 1 Gloria-Credo pair (incomplete), 1 Gloria (in-complete), 4 Credos (1 incomplete), 5 psalms, 10 motets (1 incomplete) = 26*
*Pieces listed in original index, but now missing: 7 Masses, 2 Kyries, 2 Glorias, 1 Credo, 1 Sanctus.
(Conseil/Lhéritier/Willaert)-1, (A. Févin)-1, (A. Févin/Mouton) -1, (Janequin)-1, (Josquin)-1, (La Rue)-1, (Mouton)-2, anon-18
ii parchment + 29 + 1+10 + 1 + 18 + 1 + 21+1 paper + i parchment folios, 485 x 335. Original ink foliation, 1-29; 84-93; 114-131; 133-153, on upper right rectos (ff. 30-83, 94-113, and 132 now missing). Modern foliation, 1-82, on lower right rectos numbers all extant folios except parchment flyleaves. Original covers of yellow parchment recently replaced by modern covers; several folios from late 15th-century manuscript recovered from original covers at time of rebinding (see BolSP s.s.).
Original index by Giovanni Spataro copied on margins of front parchment flyleaves, taken from 14th- or 15th-century antiphonary; pieces grouped alpha-betically by first letter of text or title, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance (a few irregularities). Copied by Giovanni Spataro (TirroRM); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 18. Small plain inked initials. No identifiable watermarks visible (TirroRM).
Ca. 1525 (TirroRM). Copied in Bologna, for use at Church of San Petronio.
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Tirro, Frank P. 1986. Renaissance musical sources in the Archive of San Petronio in Bologna. Vol. I: G. Spataro's choirbooks. American Institute of musicology. Pages: I, 18-9,41-6,69-72, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; mention of MS; discussion.
Boorman, Stanley. 1981. Petrucci's Type-setters and the Process of Stemmatics. Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 6. 245-80. Munich. Pages: 247-8,258-9,272,278-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Tirro, Frank P. 1980. La Stesura del Testo nei Manoscritti di Giovanni Spataro. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 15: 31-70. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Tirro, Frank P. 1974. Giovanni Spataro's Choirbooks in the Archive of San Petronio in Bologna. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 14-5,67-77,840-58, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xli, liv. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Hamm, Charles E. 1968. Musiche del Quattrocento in S. Petronio. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 3: 215-32. Pages: 216-8. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1960. Die Italienische Orgelmusik am Anfang des Cinquecento. Copenhagen. Pages: I,83-7. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
[No Author] 1947-. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. The American Institute of Musicology. 110 vols. A-R Editions, Inc. Pages: 48,1, p. XLI.
Frati, Lodovico. 1917. Per la storia della musica in Bologna dal secolo XV al XVI. Rivista Musicale Italiana, 24: 449-78. Pages: 464-7. Notes: physical description; contents list.
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