E-Tc Ms. 9

Archivio y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral Metropolitana, Toledo, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: Mid 16th century

Archive Archivio y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral Metropolitana, Toledo, Spain (E-Tc)
Shelfmark Ms. 9
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 748 x 520 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ToleBC 9
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
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Contents 7 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Copied by Martín Pérez (NooneT). Copied in Toledo, for use by cathedral choir.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Original ink folioage i-cxxvii beginning on fol. 3, last folio not numbered

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Decoration

Illuminated miniatures, initials, and borders at beginning of first Mass include coat of arms of Juan Martínez Siliceo, Archbishop of Toledo 1546-57. Other pieces have painted initials and inked calligraphic initials with filigree work; attributions appear within decorative scroll designs. Most decoration is work of Francisco de Buitrago, but some initials are by different hand.

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Index

Original index on f. [i'] lists all pieces in order of appearance

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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5 Masses, 2 motets = 7

Josquin-5, Quebedo-2

ii + 127 + i parchment folios, 748 x 520. Original ink foliation, i-cxxvii. Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards. Original index on f. [i'] lists all pieces in order of appearance. Copied by Martín Pérez (NooneT); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Illuminated miniatures, initials, and borders at beginning of first Mass include coat of arms of Juan Martínez Siliceo, Archbishop of Toledo 1546-57. Other pieces have painted initials and inked calligraphic initials with filigree work; attributions appear within decorative scroll designs. Most decoration is work of Francisco de Buitrago, but some initials are by different hand.

Mid 16th century. Copied in Toledo, for use by cathedral choir.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[iiv]–3 Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor Quebedo
Quevedo, Bartolome de (ca. 1510–1569)

Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor

Quevedo, Bartolome de (ca. 1510–1569)
Appears on: [iiv]–3
Genres: Asperges me, Motet
Source Attribution: Quebedo
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: (Asperges me) Domine ysopo et mundabor
3v–4 Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor Quebedo
Quevedo, Bartolome de (ca. 1510–1569)

Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor

Quevedo, Bartolome de (ca. 1510–1569)
Appears on: 3v–4
Genres: Asperges me, Motet
Source Attribution: Quebedo
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: (Asperges me) Domine ysopo et mundabor
4v–35 Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3 Iusquin
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 4v–35
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Iusquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Lhome arme super voces musicales 6.3
General Note

This mass notoriously omits the "Et in spiritum sanctum" from the Credo - but "In ToleBC 9, the scribe has managed to fit the entire Credo text to the extant music, but only by hacking up Josquin’s setting. In all voices, single notes have frequently been divided into two pitches of half their value to accommodate extra syllables. This is done, of course, at the expense of coherent text declamation. As such, ToleBC 9 is the exception that proves the rule: The lengths to which the scribe must go to make the text fit demonstrate that Josquin certainly did not intend for the entire Credo text to be sung to the 180 measures of music that survive in 15 sources." (Jesse Rodin, 'Finishing Josquin’s “Unfinished” Mass: A Case of Stylistic Imitation in the Cappella Sistina')
35v–54 Missa Ave maris stella 3.1 Iusquin
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa Ave maris stella 3.1

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 35v–54
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Iusquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Ave maris stella 3.1
54v–83 (F. 80 has blank staves) Missa Malheur me bat 9.1 Jusquin
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa Malheur me bat 9.1

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 54v–83 (F. 80 has blank staves)
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Jusquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Malheur me bat 9.1
83v–103 Missa Faisant regrets 8.1 Jusquini
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa Faisant regrets 8.1

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 83v–103
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Jusquini
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Faysans regret 8.1
103v–127 Missa Ad fugam = Missa sine nomine 12.1 Jusquini
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa Ad fugam = Missa sine nomine 12.1

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 103v–127
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Jusquini
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Ad fugam [= Missa sine nomine] MS 17
Composer Compositions
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Quevedo, Bartolome de (ca. 1510–1569)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor
Quevedo, Bartolome de (ca. 1510–1569)
[iiv]–3
Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor
Quevedo, Bartolome de (ca. 1510–1569)
3v–4
Missa Ad fugam = Missa sine nomine 12.1
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
103v–127
Missa Ave maris stella 3.1
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
35v–54
Missa Faisant regrets 8.1
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
83v–103
Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
4v–35
Missa Malheur me bat 9.1
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
54v–83 (F. 80 has blank staves)

‡ denotes primary source study

Reynaud, François. 1996. La Polyphonie Tolédane et son milieu des premiers témoignages aux environs de 1600.  Paris/Turnhout.

Noone, Michael John. 1982. Andrés de Torrentes (1510-1580), Spanish Polyphonist and Chapelmaster: Opera Omnia, Biography and Source Study. University of Sydney, Unpublished Masters dissertation. Pages: 1, 38, 44. Notes: mention of MS.

Stevenson, Robert. 1976. Josquin in the Music of Spain and Portugal. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 217-46. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 220, 222, 226. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I, 161, 230, 233. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Lenaerts, René Bernard. 1952. Les Manuscrits Polyphoniques de la Bibliothèque Capitulaire de Tolède. International Musicological Society: Report of the 4th Congress, Utrech 1952, 276-81. Pages: 278. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Rubio Piqueras, Felipe. 1925. Códices Polifónicos Toledanos.  Toledo. Pages: 25. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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Cristina Urchueguía, 2010

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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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