Copied in two distinct sections: ff.1-64; 65-117. Each section was provided with margins and staves before music added; size of rastrum and system of indented staves different in each. It is possible that the two sections of the manuscript existed independently and were bound together later, although the paper used is of the same type in both sections. From Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra.
| Archive | Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Coimbra, Portugal (P-Cug) |
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| Shelfmark | MM.8 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 558 x 405 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 46 compositions, 10 from 1 composer, 36 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Damaged in parts of both sections of manuscript: ff. 53-63v (corroded); ff. 66-74, 87 (slightly corroded). Top part of manuscript of second section, has large damp patch, ff. 68-117.
Binding
old but not original light-brown tooled leather over boards; added c. 1937-1941.
Watermark
1 paper type related to MM 26 (paper 4); 1 watermark (cf Rees: 1995: 370 & 387).
Liminary Note
Inscriptions and marks: Latin voice names and instructions ff.1-64. Top of f. 66v: 'psalmi Sanctorum domni petri'. Voice names added ff. 77v-78, 83v-84, 86v, 93, 93v-94, 109v-110. Top of ff. 93v-94: 'Responsorium feriae quinta in caena Domini - Chorus secundus / Actor. Dóno Petro Chorus Primus'; similar inscriptions ff. 94, 95v, 96v, 97v, 98v, 99v, 100v, 112v-113.
Notation
white mensural
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-117, beginning after original flyleaf (i).
Decoration
A few calligraphic initials. Traces of gold(?) colouring to all three edges of folios, up to f. 51.
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: 167-71, 370 & 387. 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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Zuelma Duarte Chaves, 2011
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Liminary Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note; DIAMM Note