A Discantus partbook from a set of three volumes, each of which consists of the print RISM U119, with manuscript additions preceding and following the 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.
PL-WRu MS Brieg.Musik. K.52 [Discantus]
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Wrocław, Poland
partbook: Last quarter of 16th century
| Archive | Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Wrocław, Poland (PL-WRu) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Brieg.Musik. K.52 [Discantus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 148 x 201 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 53 compositions, 33 from 8 composers, 20 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
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 of each book
Watermark
Briquet #962; same mark also appears in WrocU 28 and WrocU 53
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 10-17mm (variable)
Foliation
Sporadic new pencil foliation in some books.
Decoration
A few inked initials, mostly in calligraphic style
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
Kuhn's catalogue numbers the print as 4. 3 ms pieces are copied at the beginning (1-3); the remainder after the print (5-54). Nos 7-30 are a complete copy of Scandello's "El primo libro de le canzoni napoletane a 4 voci"(Nuremberg 1566/1572/1583).
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 motet, 7 German sacred pieces, 31 Italian secular pieces (2 with addi-tional German text underlaid), 11 German secular pieces, 2 French secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece = 53
G. Animuccia-1, Clemens non Papa-1, Knöfel [J.K.]-2, Lassus -1, Scandello-24, Senfl-1, Spatz-2, anon-21
3 paper partbooks, each consisting of the print RISM U119, with manuscript additions preceding and following the print (D-48 folios, T-50, B-46), 148 x 201. (Preceding count of folios includes only manuscript additions). Many folios in T book now fragmentary and in very poor condition, apparently due to water or fire damage; folios later repaired and covered with transparent protective material. Sporadic new pencil foliation in some books. 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 of each book. No index. Copied by several scribes; scribal concordances with some other WrocU manuscripts described in this catalogue. Staff height 10-17 (variable). A few inked initials, mostly in calligraphic style. Watermark is Briquet #962; same mark also appears in WrocU 28 and WrocU 53.
Last quarter of 16th century. Copied in Brieg (= Brzeg). Formerly owned by Brieg Gymnasial-Bibliothek; transferred to present location in 1890.
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MS Brieg.Musik. K.52
Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: XV, 142,150. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kuhn, Friedrich. 1896. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Alten Musikalien -Handschriften und Druckwerke-des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Brieg. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 28: . Pages: 33-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Watermark Note; Notation Note; Ruling 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