Composite of originally separate fascicles assembled c. 1560 (BraunerP). Copied by Johannes Parvus (LlorCS). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 155
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1538-60
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Capp. Sist. 155 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 633 x 448 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 19 compositions from 3 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in modem covers of vellum over boards, but dark parchment from original binding pasted over newer vellum
Watermark
crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (not in Briquet; see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same mark)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 28
Foliation
Original ink foliation, i-lxxxii, on upper right rectos; dodern pencil foliation, 1-83, on lower center rectos (excludes front modern flyleaf, original index fragment, and rear modern flyleaf)
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initial
Index
Front original flyleaf bears index, but is fragmentary; lists Masses in order of appearance.
Surface
paper
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4 Masses
Arcadelt-2, Jaquet of Mantua-1, Sermisy [Claudin]-1
ii + i + 82 + i paper folios, 633 x 448. (Front original flyleaf, with index, is fragment only, ca. 170 x 448). Composite of originally separate fascicles assembled ca. 1560 (BraunerP). Original ink foliation, i-lxxxii, on upper right rectos. Modern pencil foliation, 1-83, on lower center rectos (excludes front modern flyleaf, original index fragment, and rear modern flyleaf). Rebound in modem covers of vellum over boards, but dark parchment from original binding pasted over newer vellum. Original index (see above) lists Masses in order of appearance.
Copied by Johannes Parvus (LlorCS); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 28. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark: crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (not in Briquet; see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same mark).
Ca. 1538-60 (BraunerP). Copied in Rome, for use by Cappella Sistina.
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Brauner, Mitchell Paul. 1982. The Parvus Manuscripts: A Study of Vatican Polyphony, ca. 1535 to 1580. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 177ff, 372, 381-2, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Jackson, Philip T, and George Edward Nugent (editors). 1971-. Jachet of Mantua: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 54. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xii-xiii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Allaire, Gaston Georges, and Isabelle Anne-Marie Cazeaux (editors). 1970. Claudin de Sermisy: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 52. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V, xii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Seay, Albert (editor). 1965-70. Jacobi Arcadelt: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 31. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, vi. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Llorens Cisteró, José Maria. 1960. Capellae Sixtinae Codices. Vatican City. Pages: 182-3. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Haberl, Franz Xavier. 1888 R 1971. Bibliographischer und Thematischer Musikkatalog des Päpstlichen Kapellarchives im Vatikan zu Rom. Supplement to Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 19: . Pages: 41, 114, 143, 166. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; incipits.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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