The main scribe was Caspar Peschel of Bautzen, named in inscription on title page (f. 3); several additional scribes. Probably copied in Bautzen or Meissen. Sent by compiler, Caspar Peschel, to Meissen town council in 1559 (inscription on title page). Council apparently deposited manuscript in local school (inscription on f. 1: 'Der Stadtschule zu Meissen zugehörig / M.D.LIX.'). Acquired by Österreichische Nationalbibliothek at auction of Baron Doblhoff's estate, Vienna, September 1837.
A-Wn Mus.Hs. 16195 (Meissner cantionale)
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
manuscript of polyphony: 1559
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus.Hs. 16195 (Meissner cantionale) |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 550 x 400 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 17 compositions, 12 from 8 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in modern covers of marbled gray-red-black paper over pasteboard; parchment spine, gold stamped 'CANTIO/NALE.'
Watermark
Briquet #1412.
Notation
black void mensural
Dedication
Dedication from Caspar Peschel to civic dignitaries of city of Meissen (f. 3).
Ruling
Staff height 30
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-95, on upper right rectos (cited here); second modern foliation on lower right rectos, incomplete and inaccurate.
Decoration
Titles, attributions, voice designations, and some text in red.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Masses, 1 German Passion, 7 motets, 1 set of responses, 1 German response, 1 Benedicamus domino = 13
Clemens non Papa-2, Crecquillon-1, (Finck)-1, (Morales)-1, Ruffo-1, Verdelot/(Josquin)-1, anon-6
ii + 95 + ii paper folios, 550 x 400. Modern pencil foliation, 1-95, on upper right rectos (cited here); second modern foliation on lower right rectos, incomplete and inaccurate. Rebound in modern covers of marbled gray-red-black paper over pasteboard; parchment spine, gold stamped "CANTIO/NALE." No index. The main scribe was Caspar Peschel of Bautzen, named in inscription on title page (f. 3); several additional scribes. Staff height 30. Titles, attributions, voice designations, and some text in red. Dedication from Caspar Peschel to civic dignitaries of city of Meissen (f. 3). Watermark is Briquet #1412.
1559 (dated title page). Probably copied in Bautzen or Meissen. Sent by compiler, Caspar Peschel, to Meissen town council in 1559 (inscription on title page). Council apparently deposited manuscript in local school (inscription on f. 1: "Der Stadtschule zu Meissen zugehörig / M.D.LIX.")
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Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1979. Heinrich Fincks Fünfstimmige Missa super Ave Praeclara-Eine Wichtige Neuentdeckung. Renaissance-Studien: Helmuth Osthoff zum 80. Geburtstag, Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 11. 73-90. Tutzing. Pages: [incorrectly identifies scribe as Johann Wircker all scribal hands in VienNB Mus. 16195 completely different from Wircker's known work in MunBS 59 etc.]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 223. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1970. The Counter-Reformation and the Masses of Vincenzo Ruffo. Venice. Pages: 258. Notes: contents list (partial).
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 310-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Schmidt, Günther. 1960. Grundsätzliche Bemerkungen zur Geschichte der Passionshistorie. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 17: 100-25. Pages: 118, 123-5. Notes: mention of MS.
Bruning, Elisens (editor). 1959-. Monumenta Musica Neerlandica. Amsterdam. Pages: IX/2, ix. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (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: IX, v-vi. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: LXX, 194, 196. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kade, Otto. 1893 R 1971. Die Altere Passionskomposition bis zum Jahre 1631. Gütersloh: (1893) New York: (1971 reprint). Pages: 161-2 [with incorrect information: St. Matthew Passion in VienNB Mus. 16195 is not the Walter setting]. Notes: contents list (partial).
Mantuani, Joseph. 1864-99 R 1965. Tabulae Codicum Manu Scriptorum in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi Asservatorum. 10 vols. Vienna: (1864-99) Graz: (1965 reprint). Pages: IX, 113-4. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Schmid, Anton. 1844-45. Beiträge zur Literatur und Geschichte der Tonkunst: 19. Die wichtigsten Handschriften der K. K. Hofbibliothek, welche Figural-Musik enthalten. Cäcilia, eine Zeitschrift für die musikalische Welt, 24: 51-64,119-24. Pages: 57. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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Christoph Burmester
Thursday, 23 April, 2020
Bautzen & Meissen restored to Saxony(!); note on provenance updated
DIAMM, 2016
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; Dedication 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