Composite of originally separate fascicles. Copied by Johannes Parvus (inscription on new f. 3). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 38
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1550-63
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Capp. Sist. 38 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 637 x 454 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 63 compositions, 54 from 21 composers, 9 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Many folios in very poor condition due to severe 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. Covers date from 18th century (LlorCS), but decoration imitates earlier style; see VatS 13 for other manuscripts with similar bindings
Watermark
crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (two variants, neither in Briquet; see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same marks).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 27
Foliation
Original ink foliation, i-clix, on upper right rectos; modern pencil foliation, 1-162, on lower center rectos (excludes first and last flyleaves)
Decoration
Illuminated miniatures and initials on new ff. 4'-5 are work of Antonio Bonfratelli (LlorM); other folios have inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Pope Pius IV (1499-1565) and inscription 'PIUS IIII PONTIFEX MAXIMUS ANNO III' on new f. 5.
Index
Original index on new ff. 2'-3 lists pieces in order of appearance.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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39 motets
Clemens non Papa-1, Jaquet of Mantua/(Conseil)-1, Jaquet of Mantua/(Lupus)-1, Josquin-6, Josquin/(Bruck)-1, Josquin/(Ninot le Petit)-1, (Josquin/Verdelot)-1, Lafage-1, Lebel-2, (Maillard)-1, Morales-1, Moulu-1, Mouton-2, Mouton/(Josquin)-1, Mouton/(Josquin/Willaert)-1, Palestrina-2, Richafort-1, Robledo-1, (Sermisy)-1, Silva-3, Verdelot-2, Verdelot/(Richafort)-1, (Willaert)-1, anon-5
ii + ii + 159 + » paper folios, 637 x 454. Composite of originally separate fascicles. Many folios in very poor condition due to severe ink corrosion; some music now illegible. Original ink foliation, i-clix, on upper right rectos; modern pencil foliation, 1-162, on lower center rectos (excludes first and last flyleaves). 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. Original index on new ff. 2'-3 lists pieces in order of appearance.
Copied by Johannes Parvus (inscription on new f. 3); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 27. Illuminated miniatures and initials on new ff. 4'-5 are work of Antonio Bonfratelli (LlorM); other folios have inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Pope Pius IV (1499-1565) and inscription "PIUS IIII PONTIFEX MAXIMUS ANNO III" on new f. 5. Watermarks: crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (two variants, neither in Briquet; see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same marks).
Ca. 1550-63 (BraunerP); illumination dated third year of reign of Pope Pius IV [= 1562], date 1563 at end of index. 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: 303-4. 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: 186ff, 370, 386-99, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1979. Ninot le Petit: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 87. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xiv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 335, 350-1, 369, 388-90. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1977. Die Motetten des Andreas de Silva: Studien zur Geschichte der Motette im 16. Jahrhundert. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 2. Tutzing. Pages: 40, 46-8, 441-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 189-90. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1973. Text und Proportionsvorschrift Zugleich (Die Motette "Me oportet minui" von Clemens non Papa). Musicat Scientiae Collectanea: Festschrift Karl Gustav Feilerer zum siebzigsten Geburtstag am 7. Juli 1972, 47-9. Cologne. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 140, 143, 148. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried (editor). 1970-. Andreas de Silva: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 49. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, x, xiv, xxiii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Dunning, Albert. 1969. Die Staatsmotette 1480-1555. Utrecht. Pages: 341, 344. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lowinsky, Edward E (editor). 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518: A Choirbook of Motets Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. III-V. Chicago. Pages: III, 47-8, 177-80, 184-5, 194-9, 202-5, 233-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 270-1, 278-9, 310-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: II, 17, 22, 105, 125-9, 289, 292, 325, 333. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Stevenson, Robert. 1961. Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age. Berkeley and Los Angeles. Pages: 326, 435. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1960. Capellae Sixtinae Codices. Vatican City. Pages: 76-9, 484-5. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits (partial).
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1958-61. Miniaturas de Vincent Raymond en los Manuscritos Musicales de la Capilla Sixtina. Miscelânea en Homenaje a Monsenor Higinio Angles, 475-98. Barcelona. Pages: 489-90, 494. Notes: physical description (partial).
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet, and Chris J. Maas (editors). 1951-76. Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 4. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: XXI, xiii-xiv, 162-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (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: 175-6, 199, 201-2, 206ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 1350 XI, 753. Notes: physical description (partial).
Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola. Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: XIII, xxxiii XX, xx, 117-25. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: LVII, iv, 26-32 LXXVI, vii, 9-14. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: (III, ix, xv VIII, xiii-xv XI, xxvii XIII, xxxiv-xxxv XIV, xliii XXII, xxiii XXIII, xxx XXIV, xxxvi. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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