A Discantus partbook from a set of six volumes, each of which is a composite of originally separate fascicles later bound together. Main scribe possibly Erasmus Zollner, cantor at Gymnasium Poeticum in Regensburg during 1570's; also copied by several additional scribes. Copied mostly or entirely in Regensburg; probably used by choir of Gymnasium Poeticum in local evangelical services.
| Archive | Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Regensburg, Germany (D-Rp) |
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| Shelfmark | A. R. 894-907 (D) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Measurements | 148 x 211 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 73 compositions, 63 from 14 composers, 10 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of parchment over cardboard, with white leather spine and leather ties; paper slip pasted to front cover of Discantus book bears inscription: 'Missae 6 Vocum / No. 16.'
Watermark
(1) coat of arms of city of Regensburg (resembles Briquet #1142-3); (2) salt shaker (see Briquet #2169ff for general pattern); (3) shield with diagonal band and six-petalled flower (not in Briquet)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 19-20 (15 in last section)
Foliation
No foliation or pagination
Foliation
Other numberings: Original ink numbering of pieces, [1]-17 + [l]-7 (3 Masses and 3 Mass Proper sections not numbered).
Decoration
Red, black, and blue inked initials in Gothic, plain block, and calligraphic styles; headings and text incipits in red ink. Edges of folios tinted blue-green
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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21 Masses (20 with K-S-A only), 7 Mass Proper sections =28+2 duplicates = 30
Clemens non Papa-4, Cléreau-1, C. Copus-1, Crecquillon-3, (Hellinck)-1, Hemmerlen-1, Hoyoul-1, (Isaac)-1, Lassus-3, Londariti-1, Rener-1, Scandello-2, Vaet-1, anon-7
6 paper partbooks (D-114 folios, A-132, T-121, B-108, Q-83, S-32), 148 x 211. Each partbook is composite of originally separate fascicles later bound together. No foliation or pagination. Original ink numbering of pieces, [1]-17 + [l]-7 (3 Masses and 3 Mass Proper sections not numbered). Original covers of parchment over cardboard, with white leather spine and leather ties; paper slip pasted to front cover of D book bears inscription: "Missae 6 Vocum / No. 16." No index.
Main scribe possibly Erasmus Zollner, cantor at Gymnasium Poeticum in Regensburg during 1570's; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Several additional scribes. Staff height 19-20 (15 in last section). Red, black, and blue inked initials in Gothic, plain block, and calligraphic styles; headings and text incipits in red ink. Edges of folios tinted blue-green. Water-marks: (1) coat of arms of city of Regensburg (resembles Briquet #1142-3); (2) salt shaker (see Briquet #2169ff for general pattern); (3) shield with diagonal band and six-petalled flower (not in Briquet).
1569-78 (dates in manuscript). Copied mostly or entirely in Regensburg; probably used by choir of Gymnasium Poeticum in local evangelical services.
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A. R. 894-907
Partbooks · 6 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
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: 176-7. Notes: mention of MS.
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1974. Thomas Crecquillon: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 63. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xii, xiv; II, x-xi, 92-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Steude, Wolfram. 1972. Untersuchungen zu Herkunft, Verbreitung und spezifischem Inhalt mitteldeutscher Musikhandschriften des 16. Jahrhunderts. University of Rostock, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 29, 34. Notes: mention of MS.
Parker, Robert LeRoy (editor). 1964-. Collected Works of Adam Rener. Brooklyn. Pages: I, xv, xxi, xxiii, 71-3. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Parker, Robert LeRoy. 1963. The Motets of Adam Rener (C.1485-C.1520). University of Texas, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 231, 317-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Hermelink, Siegfried (editor). 1956-. Orlando di Lasso: Sämtliche Werke, Neue Reihe. Kassel and Basel. Pages: IV, xiii, xv, xxiv, xxxv; V, xiii-xiv, xvii, xxiv-xxv. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Pätzig, Gerhard-Rudolf. 1956. Liturgische Grundlagen und handschriftliche Überlieferung von Heinrich Isaacs "Choralis Constantinus". Eberhard-Karls-Universität (Tübingen), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 62; II, 10, 208. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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