A Bassus partbook from a set originally of six volumes. Motets are for feasts of St. John the Baptist and St. Michael. Possibly copied by Erasmus Zollner, cantor at Gymnasium Poeticum in Regensburg during 1570's. Copied in Regensburg, probably for use by choir of Gymnasium Poeticum in local evangelical services.
| Archive | Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Regensburg, Germany (D-Rp) |
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| Shelfmark | A. R. 861-862 (B) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Measurements | 148 x 209 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 47 compositions from 21 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of parchment over cardboard; leather ties
Watermark
coat of arms of city of Regensburg (resembles Briquet #1142-4)
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 16.0-16.5
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 1-16 + 1-11
Foliation
No foliation or pagination
Decoration
Painted and inked initials, some in Gothic style, some in plain block or calligraphic style; headings and text incipits in red ink.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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27 motets
Beutel [Jacobus Bultel]-1, Buissons-1, Burck-1, Clemens non Papa-6, Cleve-1, Crecquillon-1, Ivo de Vento-1, Jaquet of Mantua [Jachet]-2, Lassus-2, Manchicourt-1, Mouton/(Lafage)-1, Penet-1, Posbart-1, Prenner-1, Ruffo-1, Schramm-1, Tonsor-1, Verdelot-1, Willaert-1, Wismes-1
4 paper partbooks of an original 6 (A-i + 77 + i folios, B-i + 67 + i, Q-i + 49 + i, S-iii + 17), 146 x 214. No foliation or pagination. Original numbering of pieces, 1-16 + 1-11. Original covers of parchment over cardboard; leather ties. No index. Possibly copied by Erasmus Zollner, cantor at Gymnasium Poeticum in Regensburg during 1570's; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 16.0-16.5. Painted and inked initials, some in Gothic style, some in plain block or calligraphic style; headings and text incipits in red ink. Watermark is coat of arms of city of Regensburg (resembles Briquet #1142-4). Motets are for feasts of St. John the Baptist and St. Michael.
1577 (date in manuscript). Copied in Regensburg, probably for use by choir of Gymnasium Poeticum in local evangelical services.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "Clemens non Papa-6" to "Clemens non Papa-5, Clemens non Papa/(Crecquillon)-1."
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A. R. 861-862
Partbooks · 4 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Beebe, Ellen Scott. 1976. Mode, Structure, and Text Expression in the Motets of Jacobus Clemens non Papa: A Study of Style in Sacred Music. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 78-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Ferer, Mary Tiffany. 1976. The Feast of St. John the Baptist: Its Background and Celebration in Renaissance Polyphony. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 154ff, 173-80, 193, 195, 244-58, 296ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 136, 149, 155. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E (editor). 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518: A Choirbook of Motets Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. III-V. Chicago. Pages: III, 119-20, 147. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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