D-Z 17.9.1 (27a)

Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau, Germany

non-music MS with interpolated music: c. 1520-30

Archive Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau, Germany (D-Z)
Shelfmark 17.9.1 (27a)
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System None
Measurements 207 x 157 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ZwiR 17/9/1
  • Other catalogues/source: VollBM [see bibliography] 245
  • Alternative names: MS XVII, IX, 1
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
External Authorities
Provenance
  • Zwickau? Bavaria, Germany
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Composite of 40 printed tracts, probably copied in Zwickau. Contains a single piece of polyphony (item. 27a), a polemic against Martin Luther's opponents, and particularly Hieronymus (Jerome) Emser, in score. Emser died in Dresden in 1527.

Bound in an anthology from Stephan Roth's library. Copied by Stephan Roth. Bequeathed by Roth to Zwickau Ratsschulbibliothek in 1546.

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Watermark

No watermark visible on folio with music.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Collection of printed and manuscript religious tracts, with polyphony: 1 German piece (polemic against Martin Luther)

Anonymous

Composite of 40 printed tracts, 207 x 157. 28 paper folios of manuscript material now bound between printed tracts #27 and #28. No foliation or pagination. Original covers of white leather and wood; brass/leather clasps.

Recto and verso of first manuscript folio contain text for "Martinus ist nit geschwiegen"; music for the piece appears at bottom of verso of first manuscript folio, in white mensural notation, copied by Stephan Roth (see below). No initials or decoration. No watermark visible on folio with music.

Second quarter of 16th century. Probably copied in Zwickau. Owned by Stephan Roth (1492-1546), rector of Latin school at Zwickau 1517-20, city scribe of Zwickau 1526-46. Bequeathed by Roth to Zwickau Ratsschulbibliothek in 1546.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1–1v Martinus ist nit geschwiegen - Anonymous

Martinus ist nit geschwiegen

Anonymous
Appears on: 1–1v
Genres: Song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Martinus ist nit geschwiegen
General Note

text on recto & verso; music at the end of verso.
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Martinus ist nit geschwiegen Anonymous 1–1v

‡ denotes primary source study

Vollhardt, Reinhard. 1893-6. Bibliographie der Musik-Werke in der Ratsschulbibliothek zu Zwickau. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, . Pages: 136. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; incipits.

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

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