Two sections, defined by pp. 1-172 and 173-343. First section copied by at least eight scribes; second section copied by a single scribe (MGG). Most pieces have text incipits only. Probably of south German or Tirolean origin; possible connections to imperial court chapel at Innsbruck or Augsburg (MGG). Early (but probably not original) owner was Peter Pernner. Owned in 19th century by Johann Georg Mettenleiter, director of Old Chapel choir in Regensburg, and by Johann's brother Dominicus; came into Proske collection after Dominicus' death in 1868. Originally 180 folios.
D-Rp C 120 (Pernner Codex)
Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Regensburg, Germany
manuscript of polyphony: Early 1520's
| Archive | Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Regensburg, Germany (D-Rp) |
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| Shelfmark | C 120 (Pernner Codex) |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Pagination |
| Measurements | 298 x 205 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 139 compositions, 123 from 29 composers, 16 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Four original folios cut out following new p. 4; four folios cut out following new p. 342 (stubs remain). Verso of last folio pasted to inside back cover
Binding
Original covers of brown wooden boards, with tooled leather spine; remnants of brass clasps.
Watermark
first section: crown surmounted by cross and initials "M D" (generally resembles, but not identical to, Briquet #4907). Second section: horizontal line over circle, surmounted by vertical line intersected at top by star (not in Briquet)
Liminary Note
Inscriptions on p. 1: 'Petrus pernner est meus possessor'; 'Mein fruntlichen grues bist von mier mein lieber fra[n]cisc[us?] …'; 'Meinen besunndern guetem frannt peter pernner gehört das gesangpuech zu seinen Hanndenn').
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Modern pencil pagination, 1-343; original numbering of gatherings, 2-9, in second half of manuscript
Decoration
A few small black inked initials (pp. 22-29), but otherwise without ornamentation or decoration
Index
Modern alphabetical index on two unbound bifolios at beginning.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass, 2 Glorias, 1 Sanctus (fragmentary), 1 Te Deum, 3 hymns, 42 motets, 7 German sacred pieces, 32 French secular pieces, 6 German secular pieces, 1 Italian secular piece, 1 Latin secular piece, 2 textless pieces = 99 + 1 duplicate = 100
A. Agricola-1, A. Agricola/(La Rue)-1, (Barra/Elimon)-1, Basiron-1, Brumel/(A. Agricola)-1, Bucis-1, (Busnois/Japart/La Rue) -1, (N. Champion/Josquin)-1, Compère/(Josquin/Ninot le Petit) -1, Ghiselin [Verbonet]-1, Isaac-13, Isaac/(Barbireau/Obrecht)-1, (Japart?)-1, Josquin-6, Josquin/(La Rue)-1, (Josquin/Mouton/ Silva)-1, La Rue-5, La Val-1, (Lafage/Mouton)-1, Lapicida-1, Leo X [Jo. C. C. de Medicis leo pape decimus]-1, (Mouton)-2, (Ninot le Petit)-1, Obrecht-1, Pipelare-2, Pipelare/(La Rue)-2, Prioris/(Stappen)-1, Senfl-21 + 1?, Senfl/(C. Festa)-1, (Willaert)-1, anon-24
172 paper folios of an original 180, 298 x 205. Four original folios cut out following new p. 4; four folios cut out following new p. 342 (stubs remain). Verso of last folio pasted to inside back cover. Modern pencil pagination, 1-343; original numbering of gatherings, 2-9, in second half of manuscript (see below). Original covers of brown wooden boards, with tooled leather spine; remnants of brass clasps. Modern alphabetical index on two unbound bifolios at beginning.
Two sections, defined by pp. 1-172 and 173-343. First section copied by at least eight scribes; second section copied by a single scribe (MGG). A few small black inked initials (pp. 22-29), but manuscript generally without ornamentation or decoration. Watermark in first section: crown surmounted by cross and initials "M D" (generally resembles, but not identical to, Briquet #4907); watermark in second section: horizontal line over circle, surmounted by vertical line intersected at top by star (not in Briquet). Most pieces have text incipits only.
Early 1520's (StaeMI). Probably of south German or Tirolean origin; possible connections to imperial court chapel at Innsbruck or Augsburg (MGG). Early (but probably not original) owner was Peter Pernner (inscriptions on p. 1: "Petrus pernner est meus possessor"; "Mein fruntlichen grues bist von mier mein lieber fra[n]cisc[us?] …"; "Meinen besunndern guetem frannt peter pernner gehört das gesangpuech zu seinen Hanndenn"). Owned in 19th century by Johann Georg Mettenleiter, director of Old Chapel choir in Regensburg, and by Johann's brother Dominicus; came into Proske collection after Dominicus' death in 1868.
Vol 4
Composers: Remove "A. Agricola/(La Rue)-l"; change "A. Agrícola-1" to "A. Agricola-2"; remove "Isaac/(Barbireau/Obrecht)-1"; change "Isaac-13" to "Isaac-14."
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Birkendorf, Rainer (editor). 1994. Der Codex Pernner: Quellenkundliche Studien zu einer Musikhandschrift des frühen 16. Jahrhunderts (Regensburg, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Sammlung Proske, Ms. C 120). Collectanea musicologica, vol. 6. Augsburg.
Jonas, Luise. 1983. Das Augsburger Liederbuch: Die Musikhandschrift 2° Codex 142a der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Edition und Kommentar. Berliner Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten, vol. Band 21 (2 vols.) . Munich and Salzburg. Pages: II.11,90-110. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Warburton, Thomas. 1983. Sicher's 'Johannes Zela zons plus': A Problem in Identity. Acta Musicologica, 55: 74-89. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 90. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,xxi,121-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1982. Notes on the Origin of the Parisian Chanson. The Journal of Musicology, 1: 275-326. Pages: 296, 310, 314. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 93, 218-9. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Gore, Glenn Leon. 1978. The Works of Philippe Basiron (Philippon?): Transcription and Commentary. West Virginia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,24-5,115; II, xx,186-8. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1977. Die Motetten des Andreas de Silva: Studien zur Geschichte der Motette im 16. Jahrhundert. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 2. Tutzing. Pages: 28, 42, 88-9, 95, 124, 433, 450. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxxvi-xxxvii, 28, 76-7; III, 46, 203. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies, vol. 27. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 58ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Wexler, Richard. 1974. The Complete Works of Johannes Prioris. . Pages: 285-9, 377, 589-93. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Whisler, Bruce Allen. 1974. Munich, Mus. Ms. 1516: A Critical Edition. University of Rochester, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 35-6, 143-4, 159-60, 260ff, 319, 322-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 79-91. Pages: 86. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret. 1969. Fors seulement and the Cantus Firmus Technique of the Fifteenth Century. Essays in Musicology in Honor of Dragan Plamenac on His 70th Birthday, 91-126. Pittsburgh. Pages: 109ff, 119. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, 91. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Cross, Ronald (editor). 1966-. Matthaeus Pipelare: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 34. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xiii-ff, 15-7, 22-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 158. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 367-8. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 1339, 1350; X, 1075-6, Tafel 72. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: V, 110; VI, 94. Notes: physical description (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: X, 6-12, 124ff; XIII, xi, 116; XV, 142. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: IV, vii; VII, v; X, v; XI, vi. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1925-68. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Wereldlijke Werken. Amsterdam. Pages: III, xiii; IV, vii-ix. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: X, 112-6; XV/XVl, vii-ff, 85-7, 99-100. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXVIII, 173, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Haberl, Franz Xavier. 1888. Eine Komposition des Cardinais Jo. de Medíeis (Leo papa X.) in einem Manuscript des 16. Jahrhunderts. Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch, 3: 39-49. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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