A single partbook containing Altus, Tenor and Bassus parts. Copied by one main scribe and five additional scribes; scribal concordances with PiacD (1), (2), (3), and (5). Probably copied in Piacenza.
| Archive | Archivio del Duomo, Fondo Musicale, Piacenza, Italy (I-PCd) |
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| Shelfmark | s.s. (4) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 195 x 278 (first three flyleaves measure ca. 165 x 220). mm |
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| Inventory | This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 1 is anonymous. Contains uninventoried compositions from 12 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of cardboard covered with parchment cut from chant manuscript.
Watermark
(1) ox head with five-petalled flower (not in Briquet); (2) generally resembles Briquet #6603; (3) anchor in circle with six-pointed star (not in Briquet); (4) Briquet #3408. First three marks also appear in PiacD (5), first two in PiacD (3).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 11
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-76 (last 18 folios unnumbered)
Decoration
A few inked calligraphic initials; no other decoration
Index
Original index on front flyleaves groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance (some inconsistencies).
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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5 Masses, 4 Mass Proper sections, 1 Magnificat, 6 psalms, 3 Passions (1 fragmentary), 48 motets, 1 litany =68 + 1 duplicate = 69
(Arcadelt)-2, (Bartolucci d'Assisi)-2, (Conseil/Jaquet of Mantua) -1, (C. Festa)-1, (Gombert)-2, (Jaquet of Mantua)-4, (Jaquet of Mantua-Willaert)-1, (Lafage)-1, (Lebrun/Moulu)-1, (Lhéritier)-1, (Santacroce?)-1, (Verdelot)-2, (Werrecore)-1, (Willaert)-11, anon-37
1 paper partbook (B/A/T-iii + i + 94 folios), 195 x 278 (first three flyleaves measure ca. 165 x 220). Original ink foliation, 1-76 (last 18 folios unnumbered). Blank staves only on f. 76, f. 77', and last 18 folios. Original covers of cardboard covered with parchment cut from chant manuscript. Original index on front flyleaves groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance (some inconsistencies).
Copied by one main scribe and five additional scribes; scribal concordances with PiacD (1), (2), (3), and (5). Staff height 11. A few inked calligraphic initials; no other decoration. Watermarks: (1) ox head with five-petalled flower (not in Briquet); (2) generally resembles Briquet #6603; (3) anchor in circle with six-pointed star (not in Briquet); (4) Briquet #3408. First three marks also appear in PiacD (5), first two in PiacD (3).
Mid 16th century. Probably copied in Piacenza.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Picker, Martin. 1976. Josquiniana in Some Manuscripts at Piacenza. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25June 1971, 247-60. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 255ff, Plate 37b. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Constant, John George. 1975. Renaissance Manuscripts of Polyphony at the Cathedral of Padua. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 96-7, 192. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 131, 149, 152-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Weidensaul, Jane Bennett. 1973. Early 16th-Century Manuscripts at Piacenza: A Progress Report. Current Musicology, 16: 41-8. Pages: 41-2. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bussi, Francesco. 1967. Piacenza Archivio del Duomo: Catalogo del Fondo Musicale. Bibliotheca Musicae, vol. V. Milan. Pages: 139-42. Notes: physical description; contents list.
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
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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