Composite of three originally separate but related manuscripts or portions of manuscripts, bound together in late 17th century, to create a Liber Magnificarum

• Part I is portion of a choirbook of 1546, the other sections from which are now part of ToleBC 18 & 25: ff. i-lxii now = Part I of ToleBC 18; ff. lxiii-ciii now = Part II of ToleBC 25; ff. ciiii-cxxvi now = Part I of ToleBC 34).

• Parts II and IV are portions of a choirbook from 1549; these two parts originally contiguous, but separated by later reordering and
  rebinding. The remainder of the manuscript is part III of ToleBC 25 (ff. 1-64 now = Parts II & IV of ToleBC 34; ff. 65-82 now = Part III of ToleBC 25)

• Part III is a portion of a third manuscript, another section from which is now Part II of ToleBC 18. (ff. i-xxv & xxxii-xl now = Part II of ToleBC 18; ff. cii-cxiiii now = Part III of ToleBC 34; other folios lost)

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

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with metal clasps.

black void mensural

Part I: 1544-6 (NooneT); Parts II and IV: 1549 (date in manuscript); Part III: 1543 (date in manuscript)

At time of rebinding, fascicles reordered into four sections, each with its own original ink foliation: Part I = ff. ciiii-cxxvi; Part II = ff. i-li + one unnumbered folio following f. li; Part III = ff. cii-cxiiii; Part IV = ff. lii-lxiiii.

Illuminated miniatures and borders; painted and inked initials in various colours. Coat of arms of Juan Martinez Siliceo, Archbishop of Toledo 1546-57, on f. 1' of Part II; coat of arms of Diego López de Ayala, canon of Toledo cathedral, on f. 2 of Part II. Decoration is work of Francisco de Buitrago (NooneT).

Original indices for Parts I and III now found at beginning of corresponding sections in ToleBC 18. Original index appears at beginning of Part II, but relationship of index to present contents unclear: no works now found in Parts II or IV are listed, and the works which are listed are not found in extant sections of Parts II or IV.

parchment

16 Magnificats (1 incomplete), 2 Magnificat fragments, 1 canticle fragment = 19

Morales-l7, (Peñalosa)-1, Torrentes-1

101 parchment folios, 700 x 490. Composite of three originally separate but related manuscripts or portions of manuscripts, bound together in late 16th century. At time of rebinding, fascicles reordered into four sections, each with its own original ink foliation, as follows: Part I = ff. ciiii-cxxvi; Part II = ff. i-li + one unnumbered folio following f. li; Part III = ff. cii-cxiiii; Part IV = ff. lii-lxiiii. Parts II and IV are portions of a single manuscript; these two parts originally contiguous, but separated by later reordering and rebinding. Part I is portion of a second manuscript, another section from which is now Part I of ToleBC 18. Part III is portion of a third manuscript, another section from which is now Part II of ToleBC 18.

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with metal clasps. Original indices for Parts I and III now found at beginning of corresponding sections in ToleBC 18. Original index appears at beginning of Part II, but relationship of index to present contents unclear: no works now found in Parts II or IV are listed, and the works which are listed are not found in extant sections of Parts II or IV.

Copied by Martín Pérez (NooneT); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Illuminated miniatures and borders; painted and inked initials in various colors. Coat of arms of Juan Martinez Siliceo, Archbishop of Toledo 1546-57, on f. 1' of Part II; coat of arms of Diego López de Ayala, canon of Toledo cathedral, on f. 2 of Part II. Decoration is work of Francisco de Buitrago (NooneT).

Part I: 1544-6 (NooneT); Parts II and IV: 1549 (date in manuscript); Part III: 1543 (date in manuscript). Copied in Toledo, for use by cathedral choir.