A Discantus partbook from a set of three volumes. Consists of the prints RISM 1568/11, L1301, and O142, with manuscript additions. 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.53 [Discantus]
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Wrocław, Poland
partbook: Late 16th century
| Archive | Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Wrocław, Poland (PL-WRu) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Brieg.Musik. K.53 [Discantus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 149 x 195 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 21 compositions, 17 from 12 composers, 4 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 52
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
New pencil foliation in Discantus book, 1-99, includes printed and manuscript addition folios in single system; only a few folio numbers in other books
Decoration
Small inked initials, most in calligraphic style
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
Kuhn's catalogue numbers the prints 2-4. Manuscript additions are all at the end of the books after the prints, except for the first piece which appears only in Altus, Tenor books.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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14 motets, 3 German secular pieces = 17
(Clavius)-1, Clemens non Papa-1, Giovanelli-1, Händl-2, Leuschner-1, Luython-1, (Palestrina)-1, (C. Porta)-1, Regnart-1, Stabile-1, Varotto-1, Victoria-1, anon-4
3 paper partbooks, consisting of the prints RISM 1568/11, L1301, and O142, with manuscript additions (D-31 folios, A-30, T-33), 149 x 195. (Preceding count of folios includes only manuscript additions). New pencil foliation in D book, 1-99, includes printed and manuscript addition folios in single system; only a few folio numbers in other 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. Small inked initials, most in calligraphic style. Watermark is Briquet #962; same mark also appears in WrocU 28 and WrocU 52.
Late 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.53
Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Kuhn, Friedrich. 1896. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Alten Musikalien -Handschriften und Druckwerke-des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Brieg. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 28: . Pages: 35-6. 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; 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