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Bound in as manuscript addition to library's exemplar of print RISM 1503/1 [= Rés. 861]. Copied by a single scribe, except for motet on ff. 87'-88, which is later addition by a different hand. Possibly copied in Venice or Milan.
F-Pn Rés. 862
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1503-5
| Archive | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France (F-Pn) |
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| Shelfmark | Rés. 862 |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 223 x 166 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 22 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 21 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Folio numbers mentioned in index extend to '101,' indicating loss of at least 13 folios.
Binding
Original covers of stamped leather.
Watermark
Watermark in manuscript section resembles Briquet #475 or #498-9; similar or identical watermark also found in print.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1503-5 (BridgmMC)
Foliation
Original foliation in manuscript section, 73-88, forms continuation of foliation system in print.
Decoration
A few inked calligraphic initials in red and black; titles and some text in red ink; final notes of pieces decorated with inked ornamental designs in red and black. Initial on f. 74' contains portrait of a woman (= Isabella d'Esté?—BridgmMC).
Index
Original index of manuscript section copied adjacent to index of print on verso of title page; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Magnificat (incomplete), 20 hymns, 1 motet (later addition) = 22*
*11 additional pieces listed in original index are now missing.
(Gafori)-1, (Quadris)-1, anon-20
16 paper folios, 223 x 166, bound in as manuscript addition to library's exemplar of print RISM 1503/1 [= Rés. 861]. Original foliation in manuscript section, 73-88, forms continuation of foliation system in print. Original covers of stamped leather. Original index of manuscript section copied adjacent to index of print on verso of title page; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance. Folio numbers mentioned in index extend to "101," indicating loss of at least 13 folios. Copied by a single scribe, except for motet on ff. 87'-88, which is later addition by a different hand. A few inked calligraphic initials in red and black; titles and some text in red ink; final notes of pieces decorated with inked ornamental designs in red and black. Initial on f. 74' contains portrait of a woman (= Isabella d'Esté?—BridgmMC). Watermark in manuscript section resembles Briquet #475 or #498-9; similar or identical watermark also found in print.
Ca. 1503-5 (BridgmMC). Possibly copied in Venice or Milan.
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‡ denotes primary source study
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).
Pope, Isabel, and Masakata Kanazawa (editors). 1978. The Musical Manuscript Montecassino 871: A Neapolitan Repertory of Sacred and Secular Musk of the Late Fifteenth Century. Oxford. Pages: 548, 599-600. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Ferer, Mary Tiffany. 1976. The Feast of St. John the Baptist: Its Background and Celebration in Renaissance Polyphony. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 119, 124. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kanazawa, Masakata (editor). 1974. Antonii Janue: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 70. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xvii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cattin, Giulio (editor). 1972. Johannis de Quadris: Opera. Antiquat Musicae Italicae, Monumenta Veneta Sacra, vol. 2. Bologna. Pages: 77. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Ward, Tom Robert. 1972. The Polyphonic Office Hymn and the Liturgy of Fifteenth Century Italy. Musica Disciplina, 26: 161-88. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Cattin, Giulio. 1969. II Presbyter Johannes de Quadris. Quadrivium, 10/2: 5-47. Pages: 17ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Ward, Tom Robert. 1969. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from the Late Fourteenth Century Until the Early Sixteenth Century. University of Pittsburgh, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 81-7, 219ff, 557-63, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bridgman, Nanie. 1967. Manuscrits Clandestins: A propos du Ms. Rés. 862 de la Bibliothèque nationale de Paris, fonds du Conservatoire. Revue de Musicologie, 53: 21-7. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Pope, Isabel. 1964. The musical manuscript Montecassino N879 [sic; recte 871]. Anuário Musical, 19: 123-53. Pages: 142-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Gerber, Rudolf. 1956. Zur italienischen Hymnenkomposition im 15. Jahrhundert. Acta Musicologica, 28: 75-86. Pages: 76, 79. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VI, 1022. Notes: mention of MS.
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François-Pierre Goy
Thursday, 14 January, 2021
This & several other manuscripts are held in the Music department (from the former Conservatoire Library); siglum updated to F-Pn to reflect this. "Rés." series identifiers also removed from these mss as there is no Rés. series in the Manuscript department.
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents Note; Surface Note
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