V-CVbav MS S. Maria Maggiore 32

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican

manuscript of polyphony: 1566-7; and after 1580

Archive Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav)
Shelfmark MS S. Maria Maggiore 32
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 505 x 362 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VatSM 32
  • olim (Former shelfmark): JJ.III.10
  • olim (Former shelfmark): I-Rvat MS S. Maria Maggiore 32
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents Contains 20 compositions, 5 from 1 composer, 15 are anonymous.
General Description

Composite of two originally separate manuscripts later bound together. Part I = ff. 1-93'; Part II = ff. 94-153'. Part I once formed continuation of VatSM 36 (f. 85' of VatSM 36 and f. 1 of VatSM 32 were facing pages). Part I copied by Johannes Parvus (BraunerP). Part II copied mostly by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 27'-55 and ff. 127'-151 of VatS 54 (BraunerP); last piece is later addition by different hand. Copied in Rome, possibly for use at Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

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Binding

Rebound in original covers of dark brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative designs; brass corners and bosses. Spine, leather stiaps, and clasps are modern

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Watermark

crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same mark).

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Part I: ca. 1566-7 (BraunerP); Part II: probably after 1580 (BraunerP)

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Ruling

Staff height 20-21 in Part I, 19-20 in Part II

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Foliation

Modern stamped foliation, 1-153, on lower right rectos.

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Part I: 14 Magnificats (1 incomplete). Part II: 8 Magnificats, 2 hymns = 10. Total for manuscript = 24

C. Festa-10, anon-14

i + 153 + i paper folios, 505 x 362. Composite of two originally separate manuscripts later bound together: Part I = ff. 1-93'; Part II = ff. 94-153'. Part I once formed continuation of VatSM 36 (f. 85' of VatSM 36 and f. 1 of VatSM 32 were facing pages). Modern stamped foliation, 1-153, on lower right rectos. Rebound in original covers of dark brown leather over boards, blind tooled with decorative designs; brass corners and bosses. Spine, leather stiaps, and clasps are modern. No index.

Part I copied by Johannes Parvus (BraunerP); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Part II copied mostly by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 27'-55 and ff. 127'-151 of VatS 54 (BraunerP); last piece is later addition by different hand. Staff height 20-21 in Part I, 19-20 in Part II. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark in both parts: crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (see BraunerP for other manuscripts with same mark).

Part I: ca. 1566-7 (BraunerP). Part II: probably after 1580 (BraunerP). Copied in Rome, possibly for use at Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

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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: 210ff, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2.  American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 168, 170. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 163. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, xvii, xxiii-xxviii. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: XI, 769. Notes: mention of MS.

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Edward Tambling

Wednesday, 15 March, 2023

Added folio numbers for the three late additions (2 Ave Marias & the textless fragment); corrected description of the last as a single voice (there are 3); provided foliation details for the set of 8 Magnificats at the end, and corrected information on th settings (Et exultavit not Anima mea).

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description