A Tenor partbook from a set of four volumes. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (signature on first folio of each book), though Warmington assigns text copying to scribe Y (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus.Hs. 18825 (Tenor) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 145 x 205 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 8 compositions, 7 from 6 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original(?) covers of gray and yellow pasteboard
Watermark
(1) pot surmounted by four-petalled flower (generally resembles Briquet #12624-30); (2) Gothic letter 'P' surmounted by four-petalled flower (not in Briquet).
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 14.
Foliation
New pencil foliation in each book.
Foliation
Other numberings: Modern numbering of pieces, I-IX.
Decoration
Space left for decorative initials, but initials never added. Some rubrics and letters of text in red. Coat of arms of Fugger family at beginning of first piece in each book.
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
The online catalogue of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek lists this as volume 3 (Tenor).
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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8 motets + 1 duplicate = 9
A. Agricola-1, A. Févin-1, Lebrun/(Josquin/Richafort)-1, Mouton-2, Mouton/(Josquin)-1, Mouton/(Richafort)-1, anon-1
4 paper partbooks (DAT-28 folios each, B-27), 145 x 205. New pencil foliation in each book. Modern numbering of pieces, I-IX. Original(?) covers of gray and yellow pasteboard. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (signature on first folio of each book); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 14. Space left for decorative initials, but initials never added. Some rubrics and letters of text in red. Coat of arms of Fugger family at beginning of first piece in each book. Watermarks: (1) pot surmounted by four-petalled flower (generally resembles Briquet #12624-30); (2) Gothic letter "P" surmounted by four-petalled flower (not in Briquet).
1515-34, probably ca. 1519-25 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.
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Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.
Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, 9: . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1987. London, British Library, Royal 8 G. VII. Renaissance Music in Facsimile, vol. 9. New York. Notes: mention of MS.
Dalton, Karen Lanz. 1982. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek MS. 18825: A Study and Critical Edition. University of Illinois, MA thesis. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; texts; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 481,816. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 605. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 201, 204, 209. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 128. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Göthel, Folker (editor). 1972. Musik in Bayern: II. Ausstellungskatalog. Tutzing. Pages: 216, Plate 28. Notes: physical description (partial); facsimile (partial).
Crawford, David Eugene. 1967. Vespers Polyphony at Modem's Cathedral in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 113-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, vi, 7-10. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Unterkircher, Franz. 1957-9. Inventar der Illuminierten Handschriften, Inkunabeln und Frühdrucke der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Vienna. Pages: I, 167. Notes: physical description (partial).
Kabis, Mary Elise. 1957. The Works of Jean Richafort, Renaissance Composer (1480?-c. 1548). New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,38. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Shine, Josephine M. 1953. The Motets of Jean Mouton. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 72,84. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Nowak, Leopold. 1948. Die Musikhandschriften aus Fuggerschem Besitz in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Festschrift herausgegeben zum 25 jährigen Dienstjubiläum des Generaldirektors Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Bick, edited by Leopold Nowak, Vienna: H. Bauer-Verlag. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Mantuani, Joseph. 1864-99 R 1965. Tabulae Codicum Manu Scriptorum in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi Asservatorum. 10 vols. Vienna: (1864-99) Graz: (1965 reprint). Pages: X, 233-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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