Composite of two originally separate manuscripts bound together in first half of 17th century (Part I = ii + 68 folios; Part II = 100 folios). Part I, a complete set of Bernardo Pisano's responsories for Holy Week, copied by one main scribe, with later additions by two other scribes (f. [iii] and ff. 64'-65, respectively). Part II, Lamentations, responsories etc for Tenebrae, copied mostly by Braccio Baglione, chaplain at Church of San Lorenzo, Florence (D'AccSA); later additions by three other scribes on ff. 92'-93, ff. 93'-95, and ff. 96'-98, respectively. Copied in Florence.
| Archive | Archivio di San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy (I-Fsl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS II.10 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 425 x 283 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 49 compositions, 44 from 6 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Inked initials, in calligraphic and plain block styles.
Binding
Original covers of parchment over boards, with inscription: 'Lamentationes seu lectiones / Responsoria Benedictus et alia / Variorum Compositiones Ebdomad/ae Sanctae.'
Notation
not indicated
Date
Part I: ca. 1560; Part II: 1559 (D'AccSA).
Ruling
Staff height ca. 18.5 in Part I, ca. 19-20 in Part II.
Foliation
Part I = original ink foliation, 1-67, on upper right rectos . Part II = original ink foliation, 1-98, on upper right rectos (first folio not numbered; '93' applied to two consecutive folios)
Surface
paper
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Part I: 3 canticles, 1 psalm, 29 motets = 33. Part II; 5 canticles, 1 psalm, 19 Lamentations, 23 motets = 48. Total for manuscript = 81
(Carpentras)-9, Corteccia [D. Cortex]-9, (A. Layolle?)-2, Morales -4, (Pisano)-31, Verdelot-2, anon-24
ii + 168 paper folios, 425 x 283. Composite of two originally separate manuscripts bound together in first half of 17th century: Part I = ii + 68 folios, with original ink foliation, 1-67, on upper right rectos (flyleaves and first folio not numbered); Part II = 100 folios, with original ink foliation, 1-98, on upper right rectos (first folio not numbered; "93" applied to two consecutive folios). Original covers of parchment over boards, with inscription: "Lamen-tationes seu lectiones / Responsoria Benedictus et alia / Variorum Compo-sitiones Ebdomad/ae Sanctae." No index.
Part I copied by one main scribe, with later additions by two other scribes (f. [iii] and ff. 64'-65, respectively). Part II copied mostly by Braccio Baglione, chaplain at Church of San Lorenzo, Florence (D'AccSA); later additions by three other scribes on ff. 92'-93, ff. 93'-95, and ff. 96'-98, respectively. Staff height ca. 18.5 in Part I, ca. 19-20 in Part II. Inked initials, in calligraphic and plain block styles.
Part I: ca. 1560; Part II: 1559 (D'AccSA). Copied in Florence.
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Del Sol, Manuel. 2014. Lamentaciones de Cristobal de Morales: Historia y Autenticidad. Revista de Musicologia, vol. 37, no.1: 107-139.
D'Accone, Frank A (editor). 1985-. Collected Sacred Works. Vol. XI [several additional volumes projected] of Music of the Florentine Renaissance. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 32. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: XI.xvii-xix.xxii-xxxii, 168-79. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
D'Accone, Frank A. 1985. Updating the Style: Francesco Corteccia's Revisions in His Responsories for Holy Week. Music and Context: Essays for John M. Ward, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 37ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
D'Accone, Frank A. 1983. Singolarità di Alcuni Aspetti della Musica Sacra Fiorentina del Cinquecento," in Firenze e la Toscana dei Medici nell'Europa del '500, 513-37. Biblioteca di Storia Toscana Moderna e Contemporanea: Studi e Documenti, vol. 26. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Strainchamps. 1980. New Polyphony from Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Italy. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, November, 1980, . Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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