PL-Kj Berlin MS Mus. 40580

Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków, Poland

chant book with added polyphony: 14th - 15th century

Archive Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków, Poland (PL-Kj)
Shelfmark Berlin MS Mus. 40580
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 135 x 100 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: Berl A
  • RISM: D-Bds40580
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Preussische Staatsbibliothek (until 1945)
Notations
  • mensural elements
  • square
External Links
Provenance
  • Austria
General Description

This manuscript, with mass and office music, was written by at least 6 hands of the 14th and partly also of the 15th Century. It once belonged to a monastery in Vienna. Contents: f. 1-16 Lamentation and Oratio Jeremiae f. 16v-22 Liber generationis Gospel lessons among other things, f. 22-70v polyphonic music (see incipits) interspersed with monophonic hymns, Alleluia, antiphons, responsories f. 71-76 sequences; f. 76v-82 Kyriale f. 82v hymn; on the cover of the manuscript are two German lieder.

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Binding

parchment covers with leather straps,15th Century

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Notation

square, with elements of mensural

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Ruling

up to eight 4 or 5-line staves per page

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Foliation

22v-27v, 38-45, 57v-70v

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Foliation

1-82

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Surface

parchment

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DIAMM Note

Only a microfilm of this manuscript survives

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RISM Description

Lost since 1945. Film in Musikwiss. Seminar der Universität Erlangen.

RISM B/IV 3: Seit 1945 verschollen; Film im Musikwissenschaftlichen Seminar der Universität Erlangen.

14/15. Jh.; 82 Blätter Pergament 135 x 100 mm. Foliierung von f. 1-82. Je Seite bis zu 8 Vier- oder Fünfliniensystemen mit Quadratnotation (zum Teil mit mensuralen Elementen). -Einband: 15. Jh.; Pergament-Blatt mit Klappe, Lederbänder.

Diese Handschrift, die sowohl Messe- wie auch Offiziumsgesänge enthält, zeigt Einträge von mindestens 6 Händen des 14. und teilweise auch des 15. Jahrhunderts. Sie gehörte einst dem Minoritenkloster in Wien.

Inhalt: f. 1-16 Lamentationen und Oratio Jeremiae; f. 16v-22 Liber generationis unter anderem Evangelienlektionen; f. 22-70v siehe Incipitverzeichnis; dazwischen einstimmige Hymnen, Alleluia, Antiphonen, Responsorien; f. 71-76 Sequenzen; f. 76v-82 Kyriale; f. 82v Hymnus; auf dem Dekkel der Handschrift zwei deutsche Lieder.

[Translation:] Parchment 82 sheets 135 x 100 mm. Foliated 1-82. Pages have up to 8 four-or five-line systems with square notation (partly with mensural elements). Binding: 15 Century; parchment covers with leather straps.

This manuscript, with mass and office music, was written by at least 6 hands of the 14th and partly also of the 15th Century. It once belonged to a monastery in Vienna.

Contents: f. 1-16 Lamentation and Oratio Jeremiae f. 16v-22 Liber generationis Gospel lessons among other things, f. 22-70v polyphonic music (see incipits) interspersed with monophonic hymns, Alleluia, antiphons, responsories f. 71-76 sequences; f. 76v-82 Kyriale f. 82v hymn; on the cover of the manuscript are two German lieder.

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Eric Nemarich

Friday, 18 September, 2026

Wrong composition on ff. 61v–62v: it should be "Letare plebs fidelis - Letare plebs fidelis"

Eric Nemarich

Friday, 18 September, 2026

image link added

DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Surface Note; DIAMM Note

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description