A Discantus partbook from a set of five volumes. Copied by one main scribe (perhaps 'Dominus Maur.(?) foroleniensis,' named on back flyleaf of B book); four additional scribes. Probably copied in Ferrara. Apparently owned at one time by Antonio da Ravenna (inscription on front flyleaf of T book); probably brought to Treviso in late 16th century.
| Archive | Biblioteca Capitolare del Duomo di Treviso, Treviso, Italy (I-TVd) |
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| Shelfmark | 36 [Discantus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 137 x 219 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 46 compositions, 44 from 7 composers, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of cardboard inscribed with voice designations
Watermark
(1) anchor in circle surmounted by six-pointed star (only fragments visible); (2) resembles Briquet #3449 (flyleaves only).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 11mm
Foliation
Original ink foliation on upper center rectos in each book excludes flyleaves (ff. 16-27 in T book lack foliation).
Foliation
Other numberings: Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-29 (last piece unnumbered).
Decoration
A few inked calligraphic initials (Mass only); no other decoration
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass, 29 motets = 30
C. Festa-1, (Jaquet of Mantua)-2, Jaquet of Mantua [Jacquet]/(Lupus)-1, Jhan of Ferrara [M. Jan]-18, Lhéritier-2, Simon of Ferrara-1, Willaert-3, anon-2
5 paper partbooks (D-i + 25 + i folios, A-i + 28 + i, T-i + 27 + i, B-i + 24 + i, Q-i + 22 + i), 137 x 219. Original ink foliation on upper center rectos in each book excludes flyleaves (ff. 16-27 in T book lack foliation). Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-29 (last piece unnumbered). Original covers of cardboard inscribed with voice designations. No index. Copied by one main scribe (perhaps "Dominus Maur.(?) foroleniensis," named on back flyleaf of B book); four additional scribes. Staff height 11. A few inked calligraphic initials (Mass only); no other decoration. Watermarks: (1) anchor in circle surmounted by six-pointed star (only fragments visible); (2) resembles Briquet #3449 (flyleaves only).
Ca. 1530, with a few later additions. Probably copied in Ferrara. Apparently owned at one time by Antonio da Ravenna (inscription on front flyleaf of T book); probably brought to Treviso in late 16th century.
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MS 36
Partbooks · 5 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Fenlon, Iain. 1980. Music and patronage in the sixteenth-century Mantua I. Cambridge. Pages: 73. Notes: mention of MS.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 336-7, 347, 369, 813. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 139, 143, 154, 170. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Dunning, Albert. 1969. Die Staatsmotette 1480-1555. Utrecht. Pages: 269-71, 342. Notes: contents list (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xlv, lvii, lxiii, 333-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).
Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V, xii, xvii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
d'Alessi, Giovanni. 1954. La Cappella musicale del Duomo di Treviso. Vedelago (Treviso). Pages: 185, 210ff. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
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Edward Tambling
Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
Corrected the Aspice Domine setting by Jacquet (the 5vv setting not the 4vv is copied here), and adjusted attribution of the latter
Edward Tambling
Monday, 5 December, 2022
Missa Chiare dolci e fresche acque by Jacquet de Mantua (no. 29/penultimate in the volume) identified by Edward Tambling.
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Watermark Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Surface Note
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