A collection of tracts on various topics (astronomical computations and mathematical treatises), with music on ff. 98-100, copied in landscape format. The pieces run apparently in reverse order from the rear to the front leaf. The texts are Latin-German mixed and composed in the form of ballads. Probably copied in Osnabrück or Hanover.
D-B MS Lat. 4° 46
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
non-music MS with interpolated music: Mid-15th century. Dated 1455
| Archive | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany (D-B) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Lat. 4° 46 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 212 x 145 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 3 compositions, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown moulded leather on wooden boards, with metal/leather clasps.
Notation
black full mensural
Date
f. 275 is dated 1455
Ruling
five black 5-line staves per page
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-302.
Foliation
98-100
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 3: 15. Jh.; 302 Blätter Papier + je ein Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblatt, 210 x 145 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-302. -Einband: 15. Jh.; mit gepreßtem, braunem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel.
Diese aus der Mitte des 15. Jh. stammende Handschrift (vergleiche f. 275, datiert 1455) wurde in Osnabrück oder Hannover geschrieben. Sie enthält eine Sammlung computistisch-astronomischer und mathematischer Traktate. Musik findet sich nur auf f. 98-100. Diese 3 Blätter sind quer beschrieben. Die Stücke wurden offenbar von hinten nach vorn eingetragen. Je Seite 5 schwarze Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer Mensuralnotation des frühen 15. Jh. Die Texte sind lateinisch-deutsch gemischt und in Balladenform vertont.
[Translation] 302 sheets of paper + one flyleaf and endpaper, 210 x 145 mm. Modern foliation 1-302. Binding: 15 Century, with moulded, brown leather-covered wooden boards.
The MS dates from the middle of the 15th Century (see f. 275, dated 1455) and was probably copied in Osnabrück or Hanover. It contains a collection of astronomical computations and mathematical treatises. Music can be found only on ff. 98-100. These 3 leaves are copied in landscape format. The pieces run apparently in reverse order from the rear to the front leaf. Five black 5-line staves per page with black mensural notation of the early 15th century. The texts are Latin-German mixed and composed in the form of ballads.
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3 motets (2 with partly German texts) Anonymous
i + 302 + i paper folios, 212 x 145. New pencil foliation, 1-302. Original covers of brown leather on wood, with metal/leather clasps. Black mensural notation. Manuscript is a collection of tracts on various topics; the three pieces of music are on ff. 98-100. Manuscript restored in 1963.
Mid-15th century. From Osnabrück, or perhaps Hannover (GeerO).
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Korth, Hans-Otto, Helmut Hell, and Jutta Lambrecht. 1997. Die Signaturengruppe Mus ms. 40000 ff. Folge 1: Handschriften des 15. - 19. Jahrhunderts in mensuraler und neuerer Notation. Katalog. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kataloge der Musikabteilung, Erste Reihe, vol. Handschriften, 13. München.
Geering, Arnold. 1952. Die Organa und mehrstimmigen Conductus in den Handschriften des deutschen Sprachgebietes vom 13. bis 16. Jahrhundert. Bern. Pages: 20, Nr. 62.
Ludwig, Friedrich. 1923. Die Quellen der Motetten ältesten Stils. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 5: 185-222, Vol. 5 (1924) 273-315. Pages: 303 (Anm. II).
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