SI-Lnr inv. 11/97, envelope n. 4

Narodna in Univerzitetna Knjiznica (Rokopisni Oddelek), Ljubljana, Slovenia

fragment: second half of 15th century

Archive Narodna in Univerzitetna Knjiznica (Rokopisni Oddelek), Ljubljana, Slovenia (SI-Lnr)
Shelfmark inv. 11/97, envelope n. 4
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System None
Measurements 284mm x 207mm
Other Identifiers
  • olim (Former shelfmark): NUK R [no shelf mark]
Notations
  • black void mensural
Contents 6 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Unnumbered fragment, second half of 15th century (Binchois and anon); used as binding material in MS 71. Now 'NUK, R, no shelf mark', in Ljulbliana university library.

"On the first page of the sheet (1a) is the end of the tenor and the entire contra of the three-voice Sanctus of the famous Burgundian composer Gilles Binchois (c1400-1460); on the reverse side of the leaf (1b) is the three-voice Agnus Dei of the same composer, whose name is somewhat faded at the top edge of the same page: (Bin)chois. On the first page of the second sheet (2a), the end of the contra voice of an indefinite song, the penultimate part of which begins with the words Paradisi porta, the last part being a doxology: an alternative. longer ending is also provided. This is followed by a three-voice Cibavit eos, but it is probably from several songs: the superius does not belong to the tenor and contra below. It is the upper voice of another piece, and the motif Cibavit eos was probably mistakenly written down in the lower parts. On the reverse side of the second leaf (2b) is the three-voice motet Vere quia misit dominus and a threee-voice song, motet or chanson Helas matres. Apart from these words, this song has no text. With the exception of both Binchois's mass sections, it was not possible to determine the preserved compositions." [Helas matres now considered to read Helas maitres.]

Jurij Snoj, 1988/2018
Physical Description

2 paper sheets 28.4 x 20.7 cm

Jurij Snoj, 2018
Watermark

the head of an ox, which has a tall, rod-like growth on the top, which spreads to the flower at the top. The exact comparison of the watermarks of both leaves shows that they are not exactly the same, but they are distinguished only in the size of the individual parts of the drawing or in the relations between them. Both sheets were almost simultaneously produced by the same paper mill. The motif of the head of an ox with a pole or a cross on the top is relatively often seen as a watermark, especially in the 15th century. Types with seven-color blooms are in Piccard numbers 201 -300, but none of them in terms of appearance or dimensions matches those here precisely. The closest to them is no. 252, which is in the sheets of 1450 and 1453 from Ingelfingen and Munich.

Jurij Snoj, 1988
Notation

void black mensural notation

Jurij Snoj, 2018
Ruling

9 staves, 1.3-1.6cm

Jurij Snoj, 1988
Surface

paper

Jurij Snoj, 2018
DIAMM Note

Notified by Jurij Snoj

DIAMM, 2018

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1r Sanctus (Trent 1390) -
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)

Sanctus (Trent 1390)

Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Appears on: 1r
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Concordances

"The Sanctus is written at the beginning of Trent manuscript no. 92 (thematic catalogue no. 1390); the Agnus Dei, is written twice in the first and once again in the second part of the same manuscript, and in addition in Trent manuscript no. 88 (Thematic catalogue nos. 224, 1369, 1447, 1547). In the Trent manuscripts these two sections are not paired together, but they are written as a couple in a slightly older manuscript from Aosta, Biblioteca del Seminario maggiore, A1 D.19" [now I-AO 15] (Snoj 1988)
1v Agnus Dei [Kaye 7b] [Bin]chois
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)

Agnus Dei [Kaye 7b]

Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Appears on: 1v
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Bin]chois
Concordances

"The Sanctus is written at the beginning of Trent manuscript no. 92 (thematic catalogue no. 1390); the Agnus Dei, is written twice in the first and once again in the second part of the same manuscript, and in addition in Trent manuscript no. 88 (Thematic catalogue nos. 224, 1369, 1447, 1547). In the Trent manuscripts these two sections are not paired together, but they are written as a couple in a slightly older manuscript from Aosta, Biblioteca del Seminario maggiore, A1 D.19" [now I-AO 15] (Snoj 1988)
2r ... Paradisi porta - Anonymous

... Paradisi porta

Anonymous
Appears on: 2r
Genres: Motet
2r Cibavit eos - Anonymous

Cibavit eos

Anonymous
Appears on: 2r
Genres: Motet
2v Nunc scio vere quia misit Dominus - Anonymous

Nunc scio vere quia misit Dominus

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v
Genres: Introit, Proper
2v Helas maitres - Anonymous

Helas maitres

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v
Genres: Chanson
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
... Paradisi porta Anonymous 2r
Agnus Dei [Kaye 7b]
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
1v
Cibavit eos Anonymous 2r
Helas maitres Anonymous 2v
Nunc scio vere quia misit Dominus Anonymous 2v
Sanctus (Trent 1390)
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
1r

‡ denotes primary source study

Snoj, Jurij. 1997. Medieval music codices : a selection of representative samples from Slovene collections.  Ljubljana: Znanstvenoraziskovanni Center Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti Muzikološki Inštitut. Pages: 73-75. Notes: image of one folio, description & brief discussion of contents.

‡ Snoj, Jurij. 1988. Two 15th-century sheets of Binchois's and anonymous music in Ljubljana National University Library. Musicological Annual, 5-20. Notes: detailed description / discussion of folios and contents.

Höfler, Janez. 1966. Menzuralni fragment iz Nadskofijskega Arhiva v Ljubljani [Mensural fragment from the archiepiscopal archives in Ljubljana]. Muzikoloski Zbornik/Musicological Annual, 12-17.

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