PL-Wn s. s.

Biblioteca Narodowa, Warsaw, Poland

fragment: Last quarter of 15th century

Archive Biblioteca Narodowa, Warsaw, Poland (PL-Wn)
Shelfmark s. s.
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Measurements 55 x 215 (lost or destroyed ca. 1944) mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: WarN s.s.
Notations
  • black void mensural
Relationships
Provenance
  • Kujawy? Poland
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

Recovered from binding of unidentified 1481 incunabulum owned by seminary library in Włocławek. The Polish piece 'O nadrozszy kwiatku' ['O dearest flower'] is copied on recto; the verso contains Polish and German words and pen trials. Of Polish origin; perhaps copied in Kujawy region (AMP). Subsequently acquired by the music historian and journalist Aleksander Poliński (1845-1916); passed to Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw, after Poliński's death. Lost or destroyed c. 1944.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Polish sacred piece

Anonymous

1 fragmentary parchment folio, 55 x 215, recovered from binding of unidentified 1481 incunabulum. Polish piece "O nadrozszy kwiatku" ["O dearest flower"] copied on recto; verso contains Polish and German words and pen trials. No initials or decoration.

Last quarter of 15th century (AMP). Of Polish origin; perhaps copied in Kujawy region (AMP). Later used in binding of incunabulum owned by seminary library in Włocławek. Subsequently acquired by the music historian and journalist Aleksander Poliński (1845-1916); passed to Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw, after Poliński's death. Lost or destroyed ca. 1944.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] O nadrozszy kwiatku - - Anonymous

O nadrozszy kwiatku

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Czech
Voice Text: O nadrozszy kwiatku
General Note

fragment
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
O nadrozszy kwiatku Anonymous [-]

‡ denotes primary source study

Perz, Miroslaw. 1984. Zur Textunterlegungspraxis in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts und über einige in Polen Neu-und Wiedergefundene Quellen dieser Zeit. Musik und Text in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts: Vorträge des Gastsymposiums in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 8. bis 12. September 1980, Göttinger Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten, vol. 10. edited by Miroslaw Perz, 327-49. Kassel: Bärenreiter. Pages: 337. Notes: contents list; discussion.

Feicht, Hieronim (editor). 1966. Muzyka staropolska [OldPolish Music].  Krakow. Pages: 32-3, 377. Notes: physical description; contents list; texts.

Perz, Miroslaw (editor). 1963-. Antiquitates Musicae in Polonia.  Warsaw and Graz. Pages: XIII, xxx-xxxi, 164 XIV, 150-1, 463. Notes: physical description; contents list; texts; transcription; eFDisB.

Szweykowski, Zygmunt M. 1958. Z Dziejów Polskiej Kultury Muzycznej.  Krakow. Pages: I, 62. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Polinski, Aleksander. 1907. Dzieje muzyki polskiej w zarysie.  Lwów. Pages: 35. Notes: facsimile.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation 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