Composite of two originally separate, unrelated manuscripts later bound together: Part I = new pp. 1-82 + 177-182; Part II = new pp. 83-176. Part I copied by Johann Wircker (HoffFM). Part II copied by a single scribe. Part I probably copied in Wittenberg, then sent to Zwickau by Johann Wircker (HoffFM). Part II of undetermined provenance; perhaps associated with imperial court chapel?
| Archive | Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau, Germany (D-Z) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. 96,1 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Pagination |
| Measurements | 523 x 368 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 15 compositions, 14 from 6 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Part I now incomplete. Many folios in both parts bound out of proper sequence (prior to foliation?)
Binding
Original covers of gray pasteboard
Watermark
in Part I resembles Briquet #1412
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Part I: 1556 (date on p. 1); Part II: Late 16th century
Ruling
Staff height 29
Foliation
Modern pencil pagination, 1-182.
Decoration
No decorative initials in Part I, but voice designations, titles, and some text in red ink. Part II has black inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Part I: 1 Mass, 4 motets (3 incomplete or fragmentary) = 5. Part II: 1 Mass. Total for manuscript = 6
Part I: (Clemens non Papa)-1, (Crecquillon)-1, (Finck)-1, (Josquin/Verdelot)-1, anon-1. Part II: Philippe de Monte-1
91 paper folios, 523 x 368. Composite of two originally separate, unrelated manuscripts later bound together: Part I = new pp. 1-82 + 177-182; Part II = new pp. 83-176. Part I now incomplete; many folios in both parts bound out of proper sequence. Modern pencil pagination, 1-182. Original covers of gray pasteboard. No index. Part I copied by Johann Wircker (HoffFM); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Part II copied by a single scribe. Staff height 29. No decorative initials in Part I, but voice designations, titles, and some text in red ink. Part II has black inked calligraphic initials. Watermark in Part I resembles Briquet #1412.
Part I: 1556 (date on p. 1); Part II: Late 16th century. Part I probably copied in Wittenberg, then sent to Zwickau by Johann Wircker (HoffFM). Part II of undetermined provenance; perhaps associated with imperial court chapel?
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Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1979. Heinrich Fincks Fünfstimmige Missa super Ave Praeclara-Eine Wichtige Neuentdeckung. Renaissance-Studien: Helmuth Osthoff zum 80. Geburtstag, Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 11. 73-90. Tutzing. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 310-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: LXX,xi,194, 196. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Vollhardt, Reinhard. 1893-6. Bibliographie der Musik-Werke in der Ratsschulbibliothek zu Zwickau. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 26: . Pages: 14-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; incipits (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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