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.
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) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Ottob. lat. 3391 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 667 x 450 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 10 compositions from 2 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
Folios in very poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; most music now illegible
Binding
Rebound in modern covers of brown leather over boards.
Watermark
crown with six-pointed star (not in Briquet).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 28
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)
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
Index
F. 1 has title page and index, dated 1601; Masses listed in order of appearance.
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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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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