I-Fn MS II.III.440

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy

partbook: 1545-8

Archive Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy (I-Fn)
Shelfmark MS II.III.440
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 335 x 230 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: FlorBN II.III. 437-40
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Magliabechi XIX. 130
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
  • Florence, Italy
Contents Contains 10 compositions, 8 from 5 composers, 2 are anonymous.
General Description

A Cantus partbook from a set of four volumes. Copied in Florence for the Medici family (HaarGM).

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Binding

Modern covers.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Dedication

A dedication to Cosimo I de' Medici appears in the bassus book.

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Foliation

Modern foliation

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Decoration

Ornamental initials, marginal decorations; each book has an elaborate wood-cut with the Medici coat of arms at the top

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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10 Italian secular pieces

(Arcadelt)-1, (Barri)-1, (G. Ponte)-1, (Ruffo)-5, anon-2

4 paper partbooks (DATB-iv + 10 + iv folios each), 335x230. Modern foliation. Modern covers. Ornamental initials, marginal decorations; each book has an elaborate wood-cut with the Medici coat of arms at the top. Title in the discantus book, written by a 16th-century hand: "Madrigali di Jh Gero"; according to HaarGM, however, none of the pieces are actually by Gero. A dedication to Cosimo I de' Medici appears in the bassus book.

1545-8 (HaarGM). Copied in Florence for the Medici family (HaarGM).

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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‡ denotes primary source study

Haar, James. 1966. A Gift of Madrigals to Cosimo I: The Ms. Florence, Bibl. Naz. Centrale, Magi. XIX, 130. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 1: 167-89. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; facsimile (partial).

Becherini, Bianca. 1959. Catalogo dei manoscritti musicali della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze.  Kassel. Pages: 56-7. Notes: physical description; contents list.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Dedication 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