D-Mbs Mus. MS 3223

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany

fragment of a manuscript of polyphony: Late 14th - early 15th century

Archive Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany (D-Mbs)
Shelfmark Mus. MS 3223
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 312 x 218 (bifolio); 312 x 18 (stub) mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: Mü K
  • RISM: D-Mbs3223
  • CCM: MunBS 3223
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Earlier shelfmarks J.50 on verso; later Msc. lat. 183 on recto
Notations
  • mensural
External Links
External Authorities
Provenance
  • Italy
  • Bavaria, Germany
Contents Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous.
General Description

Recovered from binding of printed book in this library. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript; no music on stub, except for clefs (recto) and custodes (verso). Copied by a single scribe. Copied in Italy (BesSI, who disputes WolfG's proposed German provenance)

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Binding

Modern blue paper wrapper.

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Notation

Mensural

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Date

Ca. 1400 (RISM).

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Ruling

11 red 5-line staves per side, in red; staff height 16

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Foliation

Original folio number 'xxii' on verso of larger fragment (= new p. 2).

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Foliation

1rv

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Decoration

Inked initials.

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Surface

Parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 3: 14./15. Jh.; 1 Blatt Pergament, 315 x 217 mm. Verso mit originale f. XXII; recto mit jüngerer Sign.: Msc. lat. 183; verso mit älterer Sign.: J. 50. Je Seite 11 rote Fünfliniensysteme, von denen auf der Rectoseite nur 4 Systeme beschrieben sind; Mensuralnotation um 1400. - Einband: eingefaßt in modernen blauen Kartonumschlag.

Dieses als Vorsatzblatt eines Bandes der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek dienende Einzelblatt ist nach Besseler vermutlich italienischen Ursprungs und gehörte einer größeren Handschrift des späten 14. oder frühen 15. Jh. an.

[Translation] 1 parchment leaf, 315 x 217 mm. Verso with original foliation XXII; recto with a modern signature: Msc. Lat. 183; verso has an earlier signature: J. 50. Each side ruled with 11 five-line systems, four systems on the recto are written with mensural notation c. 1400. It is kept in a modern blue cardboard envelope.

The leaf was recovered from a flyleaf of another book in the same library, and according to Besseler is probably of Italian origin, and was originally part of a larger manuscript dating from the late 14th or early 15th century.

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Répertoire International des Sources Musicales
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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3 motets (fragmentary) Anonymous

1 parchment bifolio, 312 x 218, and 1 parchment stub, 312 x 18, recovered from binding of printed book in this library. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript; no music on stub, except for clefs (recto) and custodes (verso). Modern pagination, 1-2, on larger fragment; stub not numbered. Original folio number "xxii" on verso of larger fragment (= new p. 2). Modern blue paper wrapper. Black mensural notation on red staves. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 16. Inked initials. "Msc. lat. 183," on recto of larger leaf, apparently a former call number; on verso, in earlier hand: "J. 50."

Ca. 1400 (RISM). Copied in Italy (BesSI, who disputes WolfG's proposed German provenance).

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Deo gratias conclamemus omnes hic - Anonymous

Deo gratias conclamemus omnes hic

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Deo gratias, Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Deo gratias conclamemus omnes hic ...
General Note

only Motetus

Layout

parts
1v Celice rex regum dominator fons / Ingentem gentem decet omnem / Tenor - Anonymous

Celice rex regum dominator fons / Ingentem gentem decet omnem / Tenor

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Ingentem gentem decet omnem
Voice: Triplum
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Celice rex regum dominator fons ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
General Note

The frequent 6-4 and 8-4 sonorities suggest a now-missing contratenor part would have been on the facing leaf of the opening (see Cuthbert 2010).

Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2010. The Nuremberg and Melk fragments and the international "Ars Nova" . Studi musicali , 39: 7-51. Pages: 15-17, 35-37. Notes: transcription.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Celice rex regum dominator fons / Ingentem gentem decet omnem / Tenor Anonymous 1v
Deo gratias conclamemus omnes hic Anonymous 1

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Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2010. The Nuremberg and Melk fragments and the international "Ars Nova" . Studi musicali , 39: 7-51. Pages: 15-17, 35-37. Notes: transcription of Celice rex regum/Ingentem gentem.

Di Bacco, Giuliano, and John Nadas. 1998. The Papal Chapels and Italian Sources of Polyphony during the Great Schism. Papal Music and Musicians in Late Medieval and Renaissance Rome, edited by Giuliano Di Bacco and John Nadas, 44-92. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Bent, Margaret. 1979. Review of PMFC XII. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 32: 561-77. Pages: 573. Notes: mention of MS.

Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I, vol. Einzeldrucke vor 1800.  Kassel. Pages: B IV/3,359-60. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits.

Fischer, Kurt von. 1956. Studien zur italienischen Musik des Trecento und frühen Quattrocento. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft, vol. Serie II, Vol. 5.  Bern: Paul Haupt. Pages: 75. Notes: mention of MS.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: I,706. Notes: mention of MS.

Besseler, Heinrich. 1925. Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters: I. Neue Quellen des 14. und beginnenden 15. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 7: 167-252. Pages: I, 230. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Wolf, Johannes. 1918/19. Ein Breslauer Mensuraltraktat des 15. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 1:  329–345. Pages: 336.

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde.  Leipzig. Pages: I,353. Notes: mention of MS.

Wolf, Johannes. 1904; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1965. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I,378. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen.  Munich. Pages: 57. Notes: physical description; contents list.

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Margaret Bent

Wednesday, 21 June, 2023

Celice rex regum / Ingentem gentem merged - they are not separate compositions. Details of Scott-Cuthbert transcription of the piece added to bibliography.

DIAMM, 2016

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description

Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description