I-Bsp MS A.XXXXIII (A43)

Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, Bologna, Italy

manuscript of polyphony: Mid 16th century

Archive Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, Bologna, Italy (I-Bsp)
Shelfmark MS A.XXXXIII (A43)
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 447 x 363 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BolSP 43
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents Contains 2 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.
General Description

Copied by many scribes. Copied in Bologna, for use at Church of San Petronio.

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Physical Description

Folios very worn, but restored and covered with transparent protective material

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Binding

Rebound in modern covers of white leather over boards

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Watermark

crossbow in circle (not in Briquet)

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff height: 23

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 2; 4-68 (ff. 1,3 now missing; '52' applied to two consecutive folios) + modern pencil foliation, 69-92 (f. 93 now missing; '78' applied to two consecutive folios).

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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33 hymns (1 incomplete), 5 motets (1 incomplete) =38 + 1 duplicate = 39

(Jaquet of Mantua)-1, (Willaert)-5, anon-32

iii + 92 + iii paper folios, 447 x 363. Folios very worn, but restored and covered with transparent protective material. Original ink foliation, 2; 4-68 (ff. 1,3 now missing; "52" applied to two consecutive folios) + modern pencil foliation, 69-92 (f. 93 now missing; "78" applied to two consecutive folios). Rebound in modern covers of white leather over boards. No index. Copied by many scribes. Staff height 23. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark: crossbow in circle (not in Briquet).

Mid 16th century. Copied in Bologna, for use at Church of San Petronio.

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

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages Item title Attribution in Source
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denotes primary source study

Tirro, Frank P. 1986. Renaissance musical sources in the Archive of San Petronio in Bologna. Vol. I: G. Spataro's choirbooks.  American Institute of musicology. Pages: I,74-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Weidensaul, Jane Bennett. 1978. The Polyphonic Hymns of Adrian Willaert. Rutgers University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 85-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Tirro, Frank P. 1974. Giovanni Spataro's Choirbooks in the Archive of San Petronio in Bologna. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 53-60. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration 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