Used as a sort of notebook for textual and musical scribbles. Three melodic fragments possibly related to an (implied) tenor.
A-Wn Cod. 5458 Han
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria
fragment: 15th century
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Cod. 5458 Han |
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General Description
Physical Description
Notation is damaged and “weathered” by the handling of the book
Ruling
freely drawn staves; the staves and one of the notated lines seem to go over the edges of the book
DIAMM Note
Medieval musical scribbles.
Even though the notation is damaged and “weathered” by the handling of the book, it becomes immediately apparent that this is no parchment from a former musical manuscript re-used after maculation. The cover seems to have been used rather as a sort of notebook for textual and musical scribbles. The musical notation, stylistically typical for the 15th century, was written in a casual, off-handed manner on freehand drawn staves—possibly even before the parchment was used for the binding (because the staves and one of the notated lines seem to go over the edges of the book), and probably at least partly after the book was bound (because most of the notation is clearly limited to the front side of the cover). The notation is thus not only literally but also contextually connected to the book to which it was bound and can therefore be associated with the artistic faculty of the university. These facts combined with the knowledge of a Neidhart ink drawing within the codex as well as a surviving song collection which can be linked to a student of Vienna University in the 1420′s (Liebhard Eghenvelder) strengthen the notion of the presence of a musical repertoire of secular songs circulating at the university. (See the blog linked above for further details)
[See also ÖNB online-catalogue (http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00167995), 2014]
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Marc Lewon, 2013
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Physical Description Note; Ruling Note; DIAMM Note