E-MO MS 751

Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: early 17th century

Archive	Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain (E-MO)
Shelfmark	MS 751
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	400mm x 280mm
Copyists	? Estremera, Pedro de (–1632) Music
Relationships	Benedictine Monastery of Montserrat, Spain (owner) Real Convento de las Senoras de la Encarnaçion (owner) Palace and Monastery of El Escorial (copied at)
External Links	description & bibliography Books of Hispanic Polyphony
Provenance	Palace and Monastery of El Escorial , San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Contents	2 pieces from 2 composers

General Description

Copied at the Escorial, possibly by Fray Pedro de Estremera who was active at the Escorial from 1587 until his death in 1632. Acquired at an unknown time by the Real Convento de las Senoras de la Encarnacion in Madrid; passed from there to the Benedictine monastery at Montserrat sometime in the 1930s.

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Binding

Original covers of dark brown leather over wooden boards, tooled in gold.

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Ruling

satff height 24mm

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Foliation

original ink foliation, 1-90 (new pencil foliation 48b, 48b1)

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Decoration

red ink for double line borders

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Index

Original index on fol 1r, lists pieces in order they appear in the ms.

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Surface

Paper

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–56r	Passio Domini	-	Comes, Juan Bautista
Passio Domini Comes, Juan Bautista Appears on: 1v–56r Genres: Passion Number of voices: 4
56v–90r	Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv)	-	Guerau, Miguel de (?) Comes, Juan Bautista (?)
Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv) Guerau, Miguel de (?) Comes, Juan Bautista (?) Appears on: 56v–90r Genres: Passion Number of voices: 4

Composer	Compositions
Comes, Juan Bautista	Passio Domini – 1v–56r (?) Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv) – 56v–90r
Guerau, Miguel de	(?) Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv) – 56v–90r

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Passio Domini	Comes, Juan Bautista	1v–56r
Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv)	Guerau, Miguel de (?) Comes, Juan Bautista (?)	56v–90r

‡ denotes primary source study

‡ Noone, Michael John. 1994. Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks from el Escorial: Physical Descriptions and Inventories. Revista de Musicología, 17: p.278-282. Pages: 283-284.

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