P-Cug MM.36

Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Coimbra, Portugal

Polyphonic Choirbook: Last third of 16th century, mostly in 1570s & 1580s

Archive Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Coimbra, Portugal (P-Cug)
Shelfmark MM.36
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 412 x 278 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: CoimU 3
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
External Links
Provenance
Contents 64 pieces from 4 composers
General Description

Autograph manuscript of Pedro de Cristo, from the Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra. History of manuscript similar to P-Cug MM 33: the whole book assembled and provided with margins and staves before music copied, with consistency of layout of folios. (For description and details, cf Rees pp. 251-52.) All four voice parts of last piece copied in descending sequence on f. 71.

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Physical Description

Folios slightly trimmed. No folios missing from beginning or end of manuscript.

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Binding

Soft covers of white leather, similar to those of MM 33. Covers probably original. Manuscript rebound 1937-1941, obscuring original structure of manuscript, and causing some folios to become loose.

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Watermark

similar to Briquet #8390 (cf Rees 1995: 377 & 404)

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Liminary Note

First folio used as a flyleaf bearing inscription 'Obras Do Padre Dom Pedro Conego Regular'. (Works are accordingly inventoried as possibly by de Cristo, when not specified or otherwise known.)

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation ff.1-71; unnumbered folio between f.22 and f.23

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Decoration

Many decorative initials: calligraphic using red or black ink, coloured with ink highlighting, and some with illustrations

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Surface

paper

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 [Venite adoremus?] - Anonymous

[Venite adoremus?]

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Hymn
General Note

textless

1v–3 Dixit Dominus -
Appears on: 1v–3
Genres: Psalm
3v–5 Confitebor tibi Domine -
Appears on: 3v–5
Genres: Psalm
5v–7 Beatus vir -
Appears on: 5v–7
Genres: Psalm
7v–8 [Laudate pueri] Laudate nomen -
Appears on: 7v–8
Genres: Psalm
9v–10 Regina caeli laetare -
Appears on: 9v–10
Genres: BVM, Marian antiphon, Regina caeli laetare
10v–12 Laetatus sum -
Appears on: 10v–12
Genres: Psalm
12v–13 Benedicamus Domino -
Appears on: 12v–13
Genres: Benedicamus Domino
12v–13 Benedicamus Domino -
Appears on: 12v–13
Genres: Benedicamus Domino
13v–16 [In exitu Israel] Domus Jacob -
Appears on: 13v–16
Genres: Psalm
16v–17 In ferventis olei -
Appears on: 16v–17
Genres: Antiphon
16v–17 O lux beata trinitas -
Appears on: 16v–17
Genres: Hymn
17v–20 Missa: Kyrie eleison -
Appears on: 17v–20
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
17v–20 Missa: Sanctus -
Appears on: 17v–20
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
17v–20 Missa: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 17v–20
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
19v–20 De profundis -
Appears on: 19v–20
Genres: Psalm
Concordances

Coimbra MI 21 (ms addition)

20v–21 Pastorsico porque no vienes (6vv) -
Appears on: 20v–21
Genres: Vilancico
20v–21 Pastorsico porque no vienes (3vv) -
Appears on: 20v–21
Genres: Vilancico
21v–23 Magnificat tone 7: Anima mea -
Appears on: 21v–23
Genres: BVM, Canticle, Magnificat
23v–24 Hodie nobis de caelo -
Appears on: 23v–24
Genres: Responsory
24v–25 O magnum misterium -
Appears on: 24v–25
Genres: Responsory
25v–26 Beata Dei genitrix -
Appears on: 25v–26
Genres: BVM, Responsory
26v–27 Incipiunt lamentationes -
Appears on: 26v–27
Genres: Lamentations
27v–28 Alleluia -
Appears on: 27v–28
Genres: Alleluia
27v–28 Amen. Et cum spiritu tuo -
Appears on: 27v–28
Genres: Response
28v–29 Panis quem ego dabo (I) -
Appears on: 28v–29
Genres: Motet
29v–30 In manus tuas (5vv) -
Appears on: 29v–30
Genres: Responsory
30v–31 Ave regina caelorum -
Appears on: 30v–31
Genres: Ave regina caelorum, BVM, Marian antiphon
31v–32 O sacrum convivium -
Appears on: 31v–32
Genres: Motet
Concordances

Coimbra MM 53, ff. 23v-24

32v–33 O sacramentum pietatis -
Appears on: 32v–33
Genres: Motet
Concordances

Coimbra MM 53, ff. 26v-27

33v–34 Panis quem ego dabo (II) -
Appears on: 33v–34
Genres: Motet
34v–35 Dicebat Jesus turbis Judaeorum -
Appears on: 34v–35
Genres: Motet
35v–36 In monte Oliveti -
Appears on: 35v–36
Genres: Responsory
36v–37 Tristis est anima mea -
Appears on: 36v–37
Genres: Responsory
37v–38 Judas mercator -
Appears on: 37v–38
Genres: Responsory
38v–39 Una hora non potuistis -
Appears on: 38v–39
Genres: Responsory
39v–40 Velum templi scissum est -
Appears on: 39v–40
Genres: Responsory
40v–41 Tenebrae factae sunt -
Appears on: 40v–41
Genres: Responsory
41v–42 Jesum tradidit impius -
Appears on: 41v–42
Genres: Responsory
42v–44 Alma redemptoris mater -
Appears on: 42v–44
Genres: Alma redemptoris mater, BVM, Marian antiphon
44v–45 Alleluia -
Appears on: 44v–45
Genres: Alleluia
44v–45 Alleluia. Tu es Petrus -
Appears on: 44v–45
Genres: Alleluia, Motet
45v–49 Magnificat tone 5: Anima mea -
Appears on: 45v–49
Genres: BVM, Canticle, Magnificat
49v–50 Gloria Patri -
Appears on: 49v–50
Genres: Doxology
50v–54 Ave maris stella -
Appears on: 50v–54
Genres: Ave maris stella, BVM, Hymn
54v–55 Sanctissimi quinque martires -
Appears on: 54v–55
Genres: Motet
55v–56 Queramus cum pastoribus -
Appears on: 55v–56
Genres: Motet
56v–57 [Dixit Dominus] Donec ponam D. Pedro
Appears on: 56v–57
Genres: Psalm
Source Attribution: D. Pedro
Concordances

Coimbra MM 53, ff. 55v-56

57v–58 Regina caeli laetare -
Appears on: 57v–58
Genres: BVM, Marian antiphon, Regina caeli laetare
Concordances

Coimbra MM 53, ff. 32v-33

58v–60 [Jesu corona virginum] Qui pascis inter lilia -
Appears on: 58v–60
Genres: Hymn
60v–61 Beate martir Stephane -
Appears on: 60v–61
Genres: Hymn
61v–62 Alleluia -
Appears on: 61v–62
Genres: Alleluia
62v–63 Hodie nobis de caelo -
Appears on: 62v–63
Genres: Responsory
63v–64 O magnum misterium -
Appears on: 63v–64
Genres: Responsory
64v–65 Beata viscera Mariae -
Appears on: 64v–65
Genres: Responsory
65v–67 Es nascido -
Appears on: 65v–67
Genres: Vilancico
67v–68 Aj mi Dios -
Appears on: 67v–68
Genres: Vilancico
68v–69 Lumen ad revelationem -
Appears on: 68v–69
Genres: Antiphon
68v–69 [Te lucis ante terminum] Procul recedant somnia -
Appears on: 68v–69
Genres: Hymn
69v–70 Christus natus est nobis [hymn setting] -
Appears on: 69v–70
Genres: Hymn
69v Christus natus est nobis [introit] -
Appears on: 69v
Genres: Introit
General Note

incomplete - one voice only

70v–71 Alleluia (Tractus - Missa in quadragesima) -
Appears on: 70v–71
Genres: Alleluia, Mass Ordinary, Tract
71v [Miserere mei Deus] -
Appears on: 71v
Genres: Psalm
General Note

mostly textless

71v Miserere mei Deus -
Appears on: 71v
Genres: Psalm
General Note

partly untexted

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Carreira, Antonio
Cristo, Pedro de (ca. 1545–1618)
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[Dixit Dominus] Donec ponam 56v–57
[In exitu Israel] Domus Jacob 13v–16
[Jesu corona virginum] Qui pascis inter lilia 58v–60
[Laudate pueri] Laudate nomen 7v–8
[Miserere mei Deus] 71v
[Te lucis ante terminum] Procul recedant somnia 68v–69
[Venite adoremus?] Anonymous 1
Aj mi Dios 67v–68
Alleluia 27v–28
Alleluia 44v–45
Alleluia 61v–62
Alleluia (Tractus - Missa in quadragesima) 70v–71
Alleluia. Tu es Petrus 44v–45
Alma redemptoris mater 42v–44
Amen. Et cum spiritu tuo 27v–28
Ave maris stella 50v–54
Ave regina caelorum 30v–31
Beata Dei genitrix 25v–26
Beata viscera Mariae 64v–65
Beate martir Stephane 60v–61
Beatus vir 5v–7
Benedicamus Domino 12v–13
Benedicamus Domino 12v–13
Christus natus est nobis [hymn setting] 69v–70
Christus natus est nobis [introit] 69v
Confitebor tibi Domine 3v–5
De profundis 19v–20
Dicebat Jesus turbis Judaeorum 34v–35
Dixit Dominus 1v–3
Es nascido 65v–67
Gloria Patri 49v–50
Hodie nobis de caelo 23v–24
Hodie nobis de caelo 62v–63
In ferventis olei 16v–17
In manus tuas (5vv) 29v–30
In monte Oliveti 35v–36
Incipiunt lamentationes 26v–27
Jesum tradidit impius 41v–42
Judas mercator 37v–38
Laetatus sum 10v–12
Lumen ad revelationem 68v–69
Magnificat tone 5: Anima mea 45v–49
Magnificat tone 7: Anima mea 21v–23
Miserere mei Deus 71v
Missa: Agnus Dei 17v–20
Missa: Kyrie eleison 17v–20
Missa: Sanctus 17v–20
O lux beata trinitas 16v–17
O magnum misterium 24v–25
O magnum misterium 63v–64
O sacramentum pietatis 32v–33
O sacrum convivium 31v–32
Panis quem ego dabo (I) 28v–29
Panis quem ego dabo (II) 33v–34
Pastorsico porque no vienes (3vv) 20v–21
Pastorsico porque no vienes (6vv) 20v–21
Queramus cum pastoribus 55v–56
Regina caeli laetare 9v–10
Regina caeli laetare 57v–58
Sanctissimi quinque martires 54v–55
Tenebrae factae sunt 40v–41
Tristis est anima mea 36v–37
Una hora non potuistis 38v–39
Velum templi scissum est 39v–40

denotes primary source study

Rees, Owen (editor). 1998. Music by Pedro de Cristo: An Edition of the Motets from Coimbra Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 33. MM.  Amsterdam: Harvard Academic Publishers.

Rees, Owen. 1995. Polyphony in Portugal c. 1530 – c. 1620. Sources from the Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra.  New York & London: Garland. Pages: 247-53, 377 & 404. Notes: physical description; inventory; concordances.

Rees, Owen. 1994. Newly Identifed Holograph Manuscripts from Late-Renaissance Portugal. Early Music, 261-77.

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