A Bassus partbook from a set originally of four volumes. (The first leaf in the book is the sole surviving folio from the Superius book, containing on its verso 'Petre liebster' [equivalent to f. 19v in the Bassus book].) Copied by a single scribe. Probably copied in Frankfurt am Main (HewR). Later owned by Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846), a Darmstadt organist. Purchased in 1852 by Lowell Mason (1792-1872); presented by Mason's heirs to theological department of Yale College in 1872. Transferred to Yale University Music Library in 1917.
US-NH Miscellaneous MS 239 [Bassus]
Yale University, School of Music Library, New Haven, United States
partbook: c. 1550-60
| Archive | Yale University, School of Music Library, New Haven, United States (US-NH) |
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| Shelfmark | Miscellaneous MS 239 [Bassus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Measurements | 145 x 155-8 mm |
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General Description
Extent
1 + 22 ff
Binding
Original parchment covers cut from 15th-century(?) missal containing music in Hufnagel notation; manuscript now kept in modern green cardboard folder
Watermark
resembles Briquet #146.
Liminary Note
Bookplate inside each partbook: RINCK'S LIBRARY. | PURCHASED BY LOWELL MASON, | IN DARMSTADT, JUNE 1852.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 9mm
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 1-43.
Foliation
No foliation or pagination
Decoration
Red inked calligraphic initials for # 27-28; other pieces have black inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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17 German sacred pieces, 26 German secular pieces = 43
(Presten)-1, anon-42
2 paper partbooks of an original 4 (A-22 folios, B 1 + 24), 145 x 155-8. First folio in B book is only surviving leaf from D book. No foliation or pagination; original numbering of pieces, 1-43. Original parchment covers cut from 15th-century(?) missal containing music in Hufnagel notation; manuscript now kept in modern green cardboard folder. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 9. Red inked calligraphic initials for # 27-28; other pieces have black inked calligraphic initials. Watermark resembles Briquet #146.
Ca. 1550-60. Probably copied in Frankfurt am Main (HewR). Later owned by Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846), a Darmstadt organist. Purchased in 1852 by Lowell Mason (1792-1872); presented by Mason's heirs to theological department of Yale College in 1872. Transferred to Yale University Music Library in 1917.
‡ denotes primary source study
Hewitt, Helen Margaret. 1946. The Rinck Part-Books. The Germanic Review, 9-47. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; texts; efacsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
de Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. 1935-40. Supplement, 1962. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. Pages: Supplement, 63. Notes: physical description.
Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1933-. Dania Sonans. Copenhagen, Leipzig, and Egtved. Pages: IV, 78-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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