An Altus partbook from a set of three volumes, containing a mass, motets and madrigals all in 3vv, numbered sequentially in sections (motets I-XVI, madrigals I-XXVIII) by the main scribe, who was identified, probably incorrectly, by Van Borren as Antonio Moro (Fenlon/Haar). Three motets and five madrigals were later added by the scribe of Florence MS Magl. XIX.125bis (Rifkin); and a third scribe added a simple litany after the mass.
B-Bc MS 27511 [Altus]
Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
partbook: c. 1530-5
| Archive | Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium (B-Bc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 27511 [Altus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 90 x 170 mm |
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General Description
Extent
51 ff. (some folios lost)
Physical Description
"too fragile to collate" (Fenlon/Haar)
Watermark
Watermark resembles Briquet #5926, which is also found in BrusC 27731, FlorBN Magl. 99-102, FlorBN Magl. 122-5, FlorBN Magl. 125bis, and RomeV 35-40
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
3 staves per page
Index
Discantus book contains an original alphabetic index of motets & madrigals; these are also numbered in the books. The last 3 motets and 5 madrigals, added on blank pages by a later hand, are unnumbered and not included in the index.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass, 19 motets, 33 Italian secular pieces = 53
(Arcadelt)-34, (Arcadelt/C. Festa)-1, (Arcadelt/Rore)-1, (Ferro)-1, (C. Festa)-10, (C. Festa/Gero)-1, (Gero)-2, (F. Layolle)-2, (Moulu)-1, (Rampollini)-1, (Sermisy)-1, (Silva)-1, (Verdelot)-1, anon-24
3 paper partbooks (DAB-ca. 88 folios each), 90 x 170. The altus book has a missing section. Original numbering of pieces, I-XVI for the motets (3 unnumbered), and I-XXVIII for the Italian pieces (5 unnumbered). Indices appear in the front of the discantus and bassus books. Copied by one main scribe, with additions (the unnumbered pieces) by a second scribe, who also appears in FlorBN Magl. 125bis (Rifkin). Initials often decorated with grotesque heads. Watermark resembles Briquet #5926, which is also found in BrusC 27731, FlorBN Magl. 99-102, FlorBN Magl. 122-5, FlorBN Magl. 125bis, and RomeV 35-40. Inscription on back cover of bassus: "Questo libro sio di Covello Gapponi chi lo trova loanda esaralli uxato … ne."
Ca. 1530-5. Copied in Florence.
Vol. 4
Composers: (Arcadelt)-7, (Arcadelt/C. Festa)-1, (Arcadelt/Rore)-1, (Ferro)-1, (C. Festa)-4, (C. Festa/G. Fogliano)-5, (C. Festa/Gero)-1, (Gero)-2, (F. Layolle)-3, (Moulu)-1, (Mouton)-1, (Rampollini)-1, (Sermisy)-1, (Silva)-1, anon-23
‡ denotes primary source study
Fenlon, Iain, and James Haar. 1978. Fonti e Cronologia dei Madrigali di Costanzo Festa. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 212-42. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Sutherland, David Angus. 1968. Francesco de Layolle (1492-1540): Life and Secular Works. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 85-6. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS.
Borren, Charles van den. 1933-34. Inventaire des manuscrits de musique polyphonique qui se trouvent en Belgique. Acta Musicologica, V:66-71,120-7,177-83;VI:23-9,65-73,116-21. Pages: VI, 26-9. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
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