A Bassus partbook from a set of six volumes, originally separate but now bound together to form a composite manuscript. Copied by one main scribe, with a few slightly later additions by four other scribes. Probably copied in Turin, for use by court chapel of Carlo Emanuele I (1562-1630), Duke of Savoy.
I-Tn MS Ris.mus IV.45 [Bassus]
Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, Torino, Italy
partbook: Late 16th century
| Archive | Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, Torino, Italy (I-Tn) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Ris.mus IV.45 [Bassus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 140 x 197 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 10 composers. |
General Description
Extent
ii + 186 + i (composite)
Physical Description
Upper right and lower right corners of last 36 folios now missing, apparently due to fire damage.
Binding
Covers of dark brown leather over cardboard probably date from 18th century; spine gold tooled with inscription 'ANONI MUSICA.'
Watermark
Watermark generally resembles Briquet #3266
Ruling
Staff height 11
Foliation
Original ink foliation in each book mostly obliterated by later trimming; modern stamped foliation, 1-186, on upper right rectos. New ff. 1-36' = original B book; ff. 37-70' = D; ff. 71-98' = Q; ff. 99-116' = S; ff. 117-150' = T; ff. 151-186' = A.
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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34 motets
(Jaquet of Mantua)-1, (Jaquet of Mantua/Lupus)-1, (Lassus)-5, (Lassus/Wert)-1, (Philippe de Monte)-1, (Palestrina)-5, (Riccio) -2, (Rore)-2, (Rore/Willaert)-1, (Victoria)-2, (Willaert)-3, anon-10
6 paper partbooks, originally separate but now bound together to form composite manuscript of ii + 186 + i folios, 140 x 197. Upper right and lower right corners of last 36 folios now missing, apparently due to fire damage.
Original ink foliation in each book mostly obliterated by later trimming; modern stamped foliation, 1-186, on upper right rectos. New ff. 1-36' = original B book; ff. 37-70' = D; ff. 71-98' = Q; ff. 99-116' = S; ff. 117-150' = T; ff. 151-186' = A. Blank staves only on ff. 17-20, 32-33', 55-56', 66-67', 88-88', 98, 109, 114'-116, 135-136', 146-147', 169'-172', 182-183'. Covers of dark brown leather over cardboard probably date from 18th century; spine gold tooled with inscription "ANONI MUSICA." No index. Copied by one main scribe, with a few slightly later additions by four other scribes. Staff height 11. No initials or decoration. Watermark generally resembles Briquet #3266.
Late 16th century. Probably copied in Turin, for use by court chapel of Carlo Emanuele I (1562-1630), Duke of Savoy.
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MS Ris.mus IV.45
Partbooks · 6 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 369, 412-3, 476, 478, 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. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus. 1968. Die Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München. Die Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München, vol. 2. Wiesbaden. Pages: 104. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1961. A Continental Mass and Motet in a Tudor Manuscript. Music and Letters, 42: 336-47. Pages: 338. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1950. A Newly Discovered Sixteenth-Century Motet Manuscript at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 3: 173-232. Pages: 206. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cimbro, Attilio. 1928. Catalogo delle Opere Musicali: Città di Torino: R. Biblioteca Nazionale. Parma. Pages: 15 [some information incorrect]. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Watermark Note; Notation Note; Ruling 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