E-Tc Ms. 16

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

manuscript of polyphony: 1542

Archive Archivio y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral Metropolitana, Toledo, Spain (E-Tc)
Shelfmark Ms. 16
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 715 x 498 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ToleBC 16
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
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Provenance
Contents 6 pieces from 5 composers
General Description

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

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Binding

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; metal clasps missing.

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Original foliation in red ink i-cvi, beginning on fol. 2.

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Decoration

Illuminated miniatures; painted initials and inked initials, in various colours. Mass titles, attributions, and voice designations appear within decorative scroll designs. Miniatures and decorations by Francisco de Buitrago ('F.D.B.' appears in altus initial on f. 51). The coat of arms of Juan Tavera, Archbishop of Toledo 1535-1545, are on fol. 1v.

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Index

Original index on f. 1 lists all pieces in order of appearance, with attributions.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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5 Masses, 1 Mass Ordinary section = 6

Bauldeweyn [Noe Baldobin]-1, Josquin-1, Josquin/(La Rue)-1, Morales-1, Mouton-1, Torrentes-1

i + 107 parchment folios, 715 x 498. Original foliation in red ink, i-cvii. Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; metal clasps missing. Original index on f. 1 lists all pieces in order of appearance, with attributions. Copied by Martín Pérez (NooneT); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Illuminated miniatures; painted initials and inked initials, in various colors. Mass titles, attributions, and voice designations appear within decorative scroll designs. Coat of arms of Juan Tavera, Archbishop of Toledo 1534-45, on f. 1'. Decoration is work of Francisco de Buitrago ("F.D.B." appears in altus initial on f. 51).

1542 (date in manuscript). 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)
1v–20 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3 Josquin/[La Rue]
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 1v–20
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin/[La Rue]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa De beata Virgine 3.3
General Note

Contradictory ascription in B-WRlka: Ms.B: Petri de Larue
20v–38 Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3 Josquin
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 20v–38
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa super Pange lingua 4.3
38v–62 Missa Dites-moi toutes vos pensées Joannes Mouton
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)

Missa Dites-moi toutes vos pensées

Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Appears on: 38v–62
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Joannes Mouton
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa Dictes moy tontes(!) vox penses
62v–84 Missa Nisi Dominus Torrentes
Torrentes, Andres de

Missa Nisi Dominus

Torrentes, Andres de
Appears on: 62v–84
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Torrentes
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Missa super Nisi dominus
84v–106 Missa En douleur en tristesse a 5 = Missa in diapason Noe Baldobin [= Bauldeweyn]
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)

Missa En douleur en tristesse a 5 = Missa in diapason

Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
Appears on: 84v–106
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Noe Baldobin [= Bauldeweyn]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa in diapason [= Missa En douleur et tristesse]
106v–107 Et incarnatus est de spiritu sancto Morales
Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)

Et incarnatus est de spiritu sancto

Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Appears on: 106v–107
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Morales
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Et incarnatus est de spiritu sancto (Not from any of Moralesv known Masses)
Composer Compositions
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Torrentes, Andres de
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Et incarnatus est de spiritu sancto
Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
106v–107
Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
1v–20
Missa Dites-moi toutes vos pensées
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
38v–62
Missa En douleur en tristesse a 5 = Missa in diapason
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
84v–106
Missa Nisi Dominus
Torrentes, Andres de
62v–84
Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
20v–38

‡ 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: I, 12, 38-9, 44-9, plate II II, #1. Notes: physical description; contents list; transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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, 226. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Stevenson, Robert. 1973. The Toledo Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks and some other lost or little known Flemish Sources. Fontes Artis Musicae, 87-107. Pages: 94ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Sparks, Edgar H. 1972. The music of Noel Bauldeweyn.  American Musicological Society. Pages: 123, 132-3. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I, 192, 234. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Lenaerts, René Bernard (editor). 1960. Drie Missen van Pierre de La Rue. Monumenta Musicae Belgicae. <em>NederlandsePolyfonieuitspannseBronnen</em>MonumentaMusicaeBelgicaeVol.IX(1963). Berchem-Antwerpen. Pages: IX, vi, 1-30. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: XVIII, viii-xiv. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).

Rubio Piqueras, Felipe. 1925. Códices Polifónicos Toledanos.  Toledo. Pages: 33. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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

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