P-EVc MS 12

Arquivo da Sé, Évora, Portugal

Polyphonic choirbook fragment: early 17th century; 1590s-1600s (Alvarenga)

Archive Arquivo da Sé, Évora, Portugal (P-EVc)
Shelfmark MS 12
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Surface Paper
Numbering System None
Measurements c. 400 x 280 mm
Notations
  • black void mensural
External Links
Provenance
Contents 10 pieces from 3 composers
General Description

A paper quire in small choirbook format, showing signs of having been detached from a larger manuscript. May once have had a cover. 15 unnumbered folios, containing 6 pieces for the Office & Mass, 2 of them incomplete and partly textless. Informally laid out, perhaps a succession of unfinished drafts and fair copies (Alvarenga). Probably originated at Evora Cathedral.

Zuelma Duarte Chaves, 2012
Physical Description

Edges trimmed and carmine, remnants of thread and reinforcing strips form previous binding.

DIAMM, 2020
Watermark

None apparent

DIAMM, 2020
Notation

black void mensural

Zuelma Duarte Chaves, 2012
Surface

paper

Zuelma Duarte Chaves, 2012

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 [Te lucis] Procul recedant somnia Phelippe de Magalhaens
Magalhães, Filipe de (ca. 1563–1652)

[Te lucis] Procul recedant somnia

Magalhães, Filipe de (ca. 1563–1652)
Appears on: 1
Genres: Hymn
Source Attribution: Phelippe de Magalhaens
1v–3 In manus tuas - 1a pars (of 2): In mnaus tuas Domine - Anonymous

In manus tuas - 1a pars (of 2): In mnaus tuas Domine

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v–3
Genres: Motet
2v–3 In manus tuas - 1a pars (of 2): Custodi nos Domine - Anonymous

In manus tuas - 1a pars (of 2): Custodi nos Domine

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v–3
Genres: Motet
3v–5 [Beati omnes] Labores manum tuarum - Anonymous

[Beati omnes] Labores manum tuarum

Anonymous
Appears on: 3v–5
Genres: Psalm
6–8 Salve regina (7vv) - 1a pars (of 3): Salve regina - Anonymous

Salve regina (7vv) - 1a pars (of 3): Salve regina

Anonymous
Appears on: 6–8
Genres: BVM, Marian antiphon, Salve Regina
General Note

A marginal note states 'faciens Joao Cardoao'. If 'faciens' implies authorship, it is not clear who Joao was. The famous Manuel Cardoso's brother was Andre, not Joao. The chapel master at Braga 1674-1677 was Joao Cardoso, who may hav spent time at Evora (perhaps as a choirboy) but was clearly not the composer - not clear what he was 'doing' ('faciens') with the ms if it is him? (Alvarenga2015, p.39)

General Note

incomplete - lacks Cantus 1, Altus 1, Tenor 1
6–8 Salve regina (7vv) - 2a pars (of 3): Ad te suspiramus - Anonymous

Salve regina (7vv) - 2a pars (of 3): Ad te suspiramus

Anonymous
Appears on: 6–8
Genres: BVM, Marian antiphon, Salve Regina
6–8 Salve regina (7vv) - 3a pars (of 3): O clemens o pia - Anonymous

Salve regina (7vv) - 3a pars (of 3): O clemens o pia

Anonymous
Appears on: 6–8
Genres: BVM, Marian antiphon, Salve Regina
General Note

partly textless; lacks final notes of Altus 2 and Tenor 2
8v–15v Missa Ave Maria: Kyrie -
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)

Missa Ave Maria: Kyrie

Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)
Appears on: 8v–15v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
8v–15v Missa Ave Maria: Gloria -
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)

Missa Ave Maria: Gloria

Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)
Appears on: 8v–15v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
General Note

Bassus partly textless
8v–15v Missa Ave Maria: Credo -
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)

Missa Ave Maria: Credo

Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)
Appears on: 8v–15v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
General Note

Mostly textless; incomplete - ends at 'non erit finis', and lacks Sup 2, Altus, Bassus for last extant section.
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Magalhães, Filipe de (ca. 1563–1652)
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[Beati omnes] Labores manum tuarum Anonymous 3v–5
[Te lucis] Procul recedant somnia
Magalhães, Filipe de (ca. 1563–1652)
1
In manus tuas - 1a pars (of 2): Custodi nos Domine Anonymous 2v–3
In manus tuas - 1a pars (of 2): In mnaus tuas Domine Anonymous 1v–3
Missa Ave Maria: Credo
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)
8v–15v
Missa Ave Maria: Gloria
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)
8v–15v
Missa Ave Maria: Kyrie
Mendes, Manoel (ca. 1547–1605) (?)
8v–15v
Salve regina (7vv) - 1a pars (of 3): Salve regina Anonymous 6–8
Salve regina (7vv) - 2a pars (of 3): Ad te suspiramus Anonymous 6–8
Salve regina (7vv) - 3a pars (of 3): O clemens o pia Anonymous 6–8

‡ denotes primary source study

d'Alvarenga, João Pedro. 2015. Polyphonic Church Music and Sources from Late Sixteenth-Century Évora Cathedral. Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia, 19-40. Pages: 24-36. Notes: inventory, partial description.

Alegria, José Augusto. 1984. Polifonistas portugueses: Duarte Lobo, Filipe de Magalhães, Francisco Martins.  Lisboa: Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa/Ministério da Educação. Pages: 57-92.

Alegria, José Augusto. 1973. Arquivo da músicas da Sé de Évora. Catálogo.  Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Pages: 13.

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