V-CVbav MS Capp. Giulia XV, 36

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican

manuscript of polyphony: Mid 16th century

Archive Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav)
Shelfmark MS Capp. Giulia XV, 36
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 367 x 240-5 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VatG XV.36
  • olim (Former shelfmark): I-Rvat MS Capp. Giulia XV, 36
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents Contains 42 compositions, 28 from 5 composers, 14 are anonymous. Contains uninventoried compositions from 2 composers.
General Description

Copied by one main scribe, with later restorations by several other scribes. Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Giulia.

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Physical Description

Several original folios now missing; folios in very poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; some music now illegible; attributions, titles, etc. partly or completely obliterated by later trimming.

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Binding

Rebound in modern parchment covers.

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Watermark

(1) crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star; (2) three shields on circle (neither are in Briquet)

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Mid 16th century; restorations possibly extend into 17th century

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Ruling

Staff height 15

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Foliation

Old (but not original) and modern foliation combined to form single system, 2-181 (f. 1 now missing; '74' applied to two consecutive folios).

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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42 Magnificats

(Colin)-8, C. Festa-2, (Jacotin)-1, Mallapert [Rubin]-7 + 1?, Morales-10, anon-13

i + 181 + i paper folios, 367 x 240-5. Several original folios now missing. Folios in very poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; some music now illegible. Attributions, titles, etc. partly or completely obliterated by later trimming. Old (but not original) and modern foliation combined to form single system, 2-181 (f. 1 now missing; "74" applied to two consecutive folios). Rebound in modern parchment covers. No index. Copied by one main scribe, with later restorations by several other scribes. Staff height 15. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks (not in Briquet): (1) crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star; (2) three shields on circle.

Mid 16th century; restorations possibly extend into 17th century. Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Giulia.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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‡ denotes primary source study

Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1982. The Parvus Manuscripts: A Study of Vatican Polyphony, ca. 1535 to 1580. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 17-8, 338. Notes: mention of MS; facsimile (partial).

Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1971. Le opere musicali della Cappella Giulia. I Manoscritti e edizioni fino al '700. Studi e testi, vol. 265.  Città del Vaticano. Pages: 83-6, 328. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits (partial).

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 159-69. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits.

Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, xvi, xxvii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola.  Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: XVII, 51-2, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration 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