A Discantus partbook from a set of five volumes, each of which consists of the prints RISM L933, RISM K992, RISM G2588, and Johann Steurlein: XXIIII. Weltliche Gesenge (Erfurt, 1575) with manuscript additions before and after each print. Copied by several scribes; scribal concordances with some other WrocU manuscripts. Copied in Brieg (= Brzeg). Formerly owned by Brieg Gymnasial-Bibliothek; transferred to present location in 1890.

Rebound in modern covers of black cardboard; each book has modern paper flyleaf at front and back. Original parchment covers cut from non-musical manuscript now bound in as second flyleaf at front and penultimate flyleaf at back in all books except Tenor.

Briquet #962; same mark also appears in WrocU 52 and WrocU 53.

black void mensural

Staff height 10-17mm (variable).

New pencil foliation 1-133 (includes printed and manuscript folios in single system; some errors and omissions).

Inked calligraphic initials

paper

Nos 1-8 at beginning; after second print nos. 10-12; after 3rd print nos. 14-20; after 4th print nos. 22-25; at end nos. 27-47 (no.47 not in Tenor book).

Kuhn's catalogue numbers the intervening prints as 9 (the first 2 prints), 13, 21, 26.

7 motets, 1 Latin/German sacred piece, 5 German sacred pieces, 19 German secular pieces, 7 Italian secular pieces, 2 French secular pieces, 2 Latin secular pieces = 43

(G. Animuccia)-1, Cleve-1, Conversi-2, Ernestus-2, (G. Ferretti) -2, (Formellis)-1, Knöfel-1, Lange-1, Lange or Leuschner? [G.L.]-1, Lassus-10, Leuschner-2, J. Le Maistre/(Lassus)-1, Meiland-2, Philippe de Monte-1, Rore-1, (Senfl)-1, Striggio-1, Tilisch-1, Utendal-1, Wert-1, anon-9

5 paper partbooks, consisting of the prints RISM L933, RISM K992, RISM G2588, and Johann Steurlein: XXIIII. Weltliche Gesenge (Erfurt, 1575) with manuscript additions before and after each print (DA-52 folios each, T-10, B-50, Q.-51), 147 x 197. (Preceding count of folios includes only manuscript additions). New pencil foliation in each book—D: 1-133; A: 1-132; T: 1-91; B: 1-127; Q: 1-88 (includes printed and manuscript folios in single system; some errors and omissions).

Rebound in modern covers of black cardboard; each book has modern paper flyleaf at front and back. Original parchment covers cut from non-musical manuscript now bound in as second flyleaf at front and penultimate flyleaf at back in all books except T. No index. Copied by several scribes; scribal concordances with some other WrocU manuscripts described in this catalogue. Staff height 10-17 (variable). Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark is Briquet #962; same mark also appears in WrocU 52 and WrocU 53.

Last quarter of 16th century; date [15]87 at end of T book. Copied in Brieg (= Brzeg). Formerly owned by Brieg Gymnasial-Bibliothek; transferred to present location in 1890.