D-W Cod. Guelf. 78 Quod.

Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1505

Archive Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany (D-W)
Shelfmark Cod. Guelf. 78 Quod.
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 208 x 140 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: WolfA 78
Notations
  • black void mensural
Inventory This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk
Provenance
  • Bavaria, Germany
Contents Contains 2 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.
General Description

Composite of several originally separate printed and manuscript items. Polyphony on ff. 1'-2', copied by a single scribe. Probably of south German origin (StaeML).

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Binding

Covers of wooden boards, with tooled leather spine; one clasp

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1505 (StaeML).

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-63, on upper right rectos

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Collection of tracts on music, mathematics, and philology, with polyphony: 2 German secular pieces, 1 Italian secular piece (without text) = 3

(Busnois-anon)-1, (Hofhaimer)-1, anon-1

63 paper folios, 208 x 140. Composite of several originally separate printed and manuscript items. Modern foliation, 1-63, on upper right rectos. Covers of wooden boards, with tooled leather spine; one clasp. Polyphony on ff. 1'-2', copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1505 (StaeML). Probably of south German origin (StaeML).

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

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages Item title Attribution in Source
Works by [-] - -
Works by [-] - -

denotes primary source study

Staehelin, Martin. 1985. Musikalischer Lustgarten: Kostbare Zeugnisse der Musikgeschichte. Pages: 70-l. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Heinemann, Otto von. 1963-. Kataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. 15 (to date) vols. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: VIII, 250. Notes: physical description.

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