I-PCd s.s. (4)

Archivio del Duomo, Fondo Musicale, Piacenza, Italy

partbook: Mid 16th century

Archive	Archivio del Duomo, Fondo Musicale, Piacenza, Italy (I-PCd)
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
Other Identifiers	CCM: PiacD (4)
Notations	black void mensural
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
Relationships	? Piacenza Cathedral (copied at)
Provenance	Piacenza Cathedral , Piacenza? Italy
Contents	2 pieces from 2 composers Contains 11 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.

General Description

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.

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Binding

Original covers of cardboard covered with parchment cut from chant manuscript.

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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).

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff height 11

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 1-76 (last 18 folios unnumbered)

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Decoration

A few inked calligraphic initials; no other decoration

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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).

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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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Known compositions

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages	Source Attribution
Absolve quaesumus Domine / Requiem aeternam II: Requiescat in pace	Anonymous	[-]	-
Simile est regnum - 1a pars (of 2): Simile est regnum caelorum	Willaert, Adrian (ca. 1490–1562)	55v–56r	-

Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages	Item title	Attribution in Source
Works by Arcadelt, Jacques (ca. 1507–1568)	[-]	-	-
Works by Assisi, Bartolucci d' (ca. 1490–ca. 1532)	[-]	-	-
Works by Festa, Costanzo (ca. 1485–1545)	[-]	-	-
Works by Gombert, Nicolas (ca. 1495–ca. 1560)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mantua, Jacquet de (1483–1559)	[-]	-	-
Works by Fage, Jean de la	[-]	-	-
Works by Moulu, Pierre (ca. 1484–ca. 1550) (?) le Brun, Jean (fl. early 16th century) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Lheritier, Jean (ca. 1480–ca. 1551)	[-]	-	-
Works by Patavinus, Antonius Stringarius	[-]	-	-
Works by Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)	[-]	-	-
Works by Werrecore, Matthias Hermann	[-]	-	-

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Absolve quaesumus Domine / Requiem aeternam II: Requiescat in pace – [-]
Willaert, Adrian (ca. 1490–1562)	Simile est regnum - 1a pars (of 2): Simile est regnum caelorum – 55v–56r

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Absolve quaesumus Domine / Requiem aeternam II: Requiescat in pace	Anonymous	[-]
Simile est regnum - 1a pars (of 2): Simile est regnum caelorum	Willaert, Adrian (ca. 1490–1562)	55v–56r

‡ 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. 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, 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. Milan. Pages: 139-42. Notes: physical description; contents list.

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description