V-CVbav MS Ottob. lat. 3391

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1580-1600

Archive	Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav)
Shelfmark	MS Ottob. lat. 3391
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Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	667 x 450 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: VatO 3391 olim (Former shelfmark): I-Rvat MS Ottob. lat. 3391
Notations	black void mensural
Copyists	Orfeo, Luca Music
Relationships	Benedict XIV (1675–1758) (owner) Ottoboni, Pietro Vito (1610–1691) (owner) Altemps, Giovanni Angelo (–1620) (owner) Pacini , Michalis (owner)
External Links	images
Provenance	Rome, Italy
Contents	Contains 10 compositions from 2 composers.

General Description

Manuscript Masses on ff. 1b'-19 and ff. 20'-43, respectively, copied by Luca Orfeo (inscription on f. 43). Printed Mass by Palestrina on ff. 44-72; monophonic antiphons in square chant notation copied on ff. 1a-1a'. Copied in Rome. Given by Michalis Pacini (original owner?) to Giovanni Angelo Altemps (d. 1620), probably in 1601 (date of title page, which also records gift). Later acquired by Pietro Vito Ottoboni (1610-91; Pope Alexander VIII after 1689). Donated by Ottoboni family to Pope Benedict XIV in 1748, and placed in present library.

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Physical Description

Folios in very poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; most music now illegible

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Binding

Rebound in modern covers of brown leather over boards.

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Watermark

crown with six-pointed star (not in Briquet).

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff height 28

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-72, on upper right rectos ('1' applied to four consecutive folios; second, third, and fourth of these designated '1a,' '1b,' and '1c,' respectively)

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Index

F. 1 has title page and index, dated 1601; Masses listed in order of appearance.

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Surface

paper

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2 Masses*

*Above count excludes printed Mass by Palestrina and several monophonic antiphons (see below).

Mouton-1, Nanino-1

i +75 paper folios, 667 x 450. Folios in very poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; most music now illegible. Modern pencil foliation, 1-72, on upper right rectos ("1" applied to four consecutive folios; second, third, and fourth of these designated "1a," "1b," and "1c," respectively). Rebound in modern covers of brown leather over boards. F. 1 has title page and index, dated 1601; Masses listed in order of appearance. Manuscript Masses on ff. 1b'-19 and ff. 20'-43, respectively, copied by Luca Orfeo (inscription on f. 43); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 28. Printed Mass by Palestrina on ff. 44-72; monophonic antiphons in square chant notation copied on ff. 1a-1a'. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark: crown with six-pointed star (not in Briquet).

Ca. 1580-1600. Copied in Rome. Given by Michalis Pacini (original owner?) to Giovanni Angelo Altemps (d. 1620), probably in 1601 (date of title page, which also records gift). Later acquired by Pietro Vito Ottoboni (1610-91; Pope Alexander VIII after 1689). Donated by Ottoboni family to Pope Benedict XIV in 1748, and placed in present library.

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1b v–3	Missa Tua est potentia: Kyrie	4	Jo: Mouton	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Missa Tua est potentia: Kyrie Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) Appears on: 1b v–3 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Jo: Mouton Number of voices: 4
3v–7	Missa Tua est potentia: Gloria	4	-	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Missa Tua est potentia: Gloria Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) Appears on: 3v–7 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4
7v–12	Missa Tua est potentia: Credo	4	-	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Missa Tua est potentia: Credo Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) Appears on: 7v–12 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4
12v–16	Missa Tua est potentia: Sanctus	4	-	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Missa Tua est potentia: Sanctus Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) Appears on: 12v–16 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Number of voices: 4
16v–19	Missa Tua est potentia: Agnus Dei	5	-	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Missa Tua est potentia: Agnus Dei Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) Appears on: 16v–19 Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 5
20v–23	Missa Vestiva i colli: Kyrie	5	Jo: Marie Nanini	Nanino, Giovanni Maria
Missa Vestiva i colli: Kyrie Nanino, Giovanni Maria Appears on: 20v–23 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Jo: Marie Nanini Number of voices: 5
23v–27	Missa Vestiva i colli: Gloria	5	-	Nanino, Giovanni Maria
Missa Vestiva i colli: Gloria Nanino, Giovanni Maria Appears on: 23v–27 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 5
27v–36	Missa Vestiva i colli: Credo	5	-	Nanino, Giovanni Maria
Missa Vestiva i colli: Credo Nanino, Giovanni Maria Appears on: 27v–36 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 5
36v–40	Missa Vestiva i colli: Sanctus	5	-	Nanino, Giovanni Maria
Missa Vestiva i colli: Sanctus Nanino, Giovanni Maria Appears on: 36v–40 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Number of voices: 5
40v–43	Missa Vestiva i colli: Agnus Dei	6	-	Nanino, Giovanni Maria
Missa Vestiva i colli: Agnus Dei Nanino, Giovanni Maria Appears on: 40v–43 Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 6

Composer	Compositions
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459-1522)	Missa Tua est potentia: Agnus Dei – 16v–19 Missa Tua est potentia: Credo – 7v–12 Missa Tua est potentia: Gloria – 3v–7 Missa Tua est potentia: Kyrie – 1b v–3 Missa Tua est potentia: Sanctus – 12v–16
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459-1522)	Missa Tua est potentia: Agnus Dei – 16v–19 Missa Tua est potentia: Credo – 7v–12 Missa Tua est potentia: Gloria – 3v–7 Missa Tua est potentia: Kyrie – 1b v–3 Missa Tua est potentia: Sanctus – 12v–16
Nanino, Giovanni Maria	Missa Vestiva i colli: Agnus Dei – 40v–43 Missa Vestiva i colli: Credo – 27v–36 Missa Vestiva i colli: Gloria – 23v–27 Missa Vestiva i colli: Kyrie – 20v–23 Missa Vestiva i colli: Sanctus – 36v–40
Nanino, Giovanni Maria	Missa Vestiva i colli: Agnus Dei – 40v–43 Missa Vestiva i colli: Credo – 27v–36 Missa Vestiva i colli: Gloria – 23v–27 Missa Vestiva i colli: Kyrie – 20v–23 Missa Vestiva i colli: Sanctus – 36v–40

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Missa Tua est potentia: Agnus Dei	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	16v–19
Missa Tua est potentia: Credo	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	7v–12
Missa Tua est potentia: Gloria	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	3v–7
Missa Tua est potentia: Kyrie	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	1b v–3
Missa Tua est potentia: Sanctus	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	12v–16
Missa Vestiva i colli: Agnus Dei	Nanino, Giovanni Maria	40v–43
Missa Vestiva i colli: Credo	Nanino, Giovanni Maria	27v–36
Missa Vestiva i colli: Gloria	Nanino, Giovanni Maria	23v–27
Missa Vestiva i colli: Kyrie	Nanino, Giovanni Maria	20v–23
Missa Vestiva i colli: Sanctus	Nanino, Giovanni Maria	36v–40

‡ denotes primary source study

Diehl, George Karl. 1974. The Partbooks of a Renaissance Merchant. Cambrai: Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 125-128. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 592-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Minor, Andrew C (editor). 1967-. Joannes Mouton: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 43. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, x-xi. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1964. Felice Anerio, compositor pontificio, en los Códices Ottoboniani de la Biblioteca Vaticana. Anuário Musical, 19: 95-109. Pages: 101, 106. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Kast, Paul. 1955. Studien zu den Messen des Jean Mouton. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 56, 61, 195-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Rubsamen, Walter H. 1951. Music Research in Italian Libraries: An Anecdotal Account of Obstacles and Discoveries. Los Angeles. Pages: 21. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: XI, 760. Notes: mention of MS.

Bannister, Enrico Marriott (editor). 1913. Monumenti Vaticani di Paleografia Musicale Latina. Codices e Vaticanis Selecti, vol. XII. 2 vols. Leipzig. Pages: lviii, 189. Notes: mention of MS.

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