US-NYhsa **HC 392/253a

Hispanic Society Library, New York, United States

manuscript of polyphony: early 17th century

Archive Hispanic Society Library, New York, United States (US-NYhsa)
Shelfmark **HC 392/253a
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System None / Unknown
Measurements 584mm x 370mm
Copyists
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Provenance
Contents 8 pieces from 4 composers
General Description

18 unbound paper folios, the last somewhat smaller than the rest (512 x 324, rather than 584 x 370). Copied at the Escorial, possibly by Fray Pedro de Estremera. Once owned by Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909) of Burgos, a Spanish organist, historian, and bibliophile; acquired by The Hispanic Society ca. 1911 at Hiersemann Antiquariat sale of items from Olmeda's library.

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Ruling

staff height 28mm

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Foliation

none

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Decoration

red ink used for some underlaid text and double line borders

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Index

none

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Surface

paper

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–2r Aurea luce -
Appears on: 1v–2r
Genres: Hymn
2v–8v Missa de Beata Maria: Kyrie fraçisco Guerrero
Appears on: 2v–8v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: fraçisco Guerrero
2v–8v Missa de Beata Maria: Gloria -
Appears on: 2v–8v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
2v–8v Missa de Beata MariaCredo -
Appears on: 2v–8v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
2v–8v Missa de Beata Maria: Sanctus -
Appears on: 2v–8v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
General Note

breaks off at verso of beginning of Sanctus

9v–13r Dixit Dominus -
Appears on: 9v–13r
Genres: Fauxbourdon/faburden
13v–17r (Gaudeamus) Omnes in Domino - Anonymous
Appears on: 13v–17r
Genres: Motet
18r Missa de Beata Maria: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 18r
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary

denotes primary source study

Noone, Michael John. 1994. Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks from el Escorial: Physical Descriptions and Inventories. Revista de Musicología, p.278-282. Pages: 285-286.

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