Copied by Johannes Parvus (inscription on f. cxlii'). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 21
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: 1576
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Capp. Sist. 21 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 648 x 480 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 30 compositions from 2 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
Many folios in poor condition due to ink corrosion; some music now illegible
Binding
Covers of medium brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative borders and central diamond motif; brass clasps, studs, and bosses. 18th century (LlorCS), but decoration imitates earlier style; see VatS 13 for other manuscripts with similar bindings.
Watermark
(1) crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star; (2) crown with six-pointed star (not in Briquet)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 26
Foliation
Original ink foliation, i-cxlii, on upper right rectos; modern pencil foliation, 1-143, on lower right rectos ('6' omitted).
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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12 Magnificats, 8 hymns, 2 Benedicamus dominos = 22
C. Festa-14, Morales-8
ii + 142 + i + i paper folios, 648 x 480. Many folios in poor condition due to ink corrosion; some music now illegible. Original ink foliation, i-cxlii, on upper right rectos; modern pencil foliation, 1-143, on lower right rectos ("6" omitted). Covers of medium brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative borders and central diamond motif; brass clasps, studs, and bosses. Covers date from 18th century (LlorCS), but decoration imitates earlier style; see VatS 13 for other manuscripts with similar bindings. No index. Copied by Johannes Parvus (inscription on f. cxlii'); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 26. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks (not in Briquet): (1) crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star; (2) crown with six-pointed star (see BraunerP for other manu-scripts with same marks).
1576 (dated colophon). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
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Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1984. Music from the Cappella Sistina at the Cappella Giulia. The Journal of Musicology, 3: 287-311. Pages: 305-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1982. The Parvus Manuscripts: A Study of Vatican Polyphony, ca. 1535 to 1580. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 9, 55, 222ff, 370, 400-8, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing.
Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, iv, xi, 105, 107 II, xvii, xxvii-xxviii, 99-129. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1960. Capellae Sixtinae Codices. Vatican City. Pages: 44-7. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Main, Alexander. 1960. Costanzo Festa: The Masses and Motets. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 42, 47-8, 228. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola. Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: XVII. 50ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Casimiri, Raffaele (editor). 1930-1958. Vol. II: Constantius Festa, Sacrae cantiones. ed. Eduardo Dagnino. (1936) & Vol. III: Constantius Festa. Hymni per totum annum... transcr. Glen Haydon. (1958). Monumenta Polyphoniae Italicae. Rome. Pages: II, 78-85, 91-107, 131-2 III, 183ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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