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.
P-Cug MM.36
Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Coimbra, Portugal
choirbook: Last third of 16th century, mostly in 1570s & 1580s
| Archive | Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Coimbra, Portugal (P-Cug) |
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| Shelfmark | MM.36 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 412 x 278 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 64 compositions, 63 from 3 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Folios slightly trimmed. No folios missing from beginning or end of manuscript.
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.
Watermark
similar to Briquet #8390 (cf Rees 1995: 377 & 404)
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.)
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation ff.1-71; unnumbered folio between f.22 and f.23
Decoration
Many decorative initials: calligraphic using red or black ink, coloured with ink highlighting, and some with illustrations
Surface
paper
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‡ 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, vol. 33. 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, 22: 261-77.
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