US-NYhsa **HC 392/288

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 392/288
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	410mm x 285mm
Copyists	? Estremera, Pedro de (–1632) Music
Relationships	Church of San Pedro, Lerma (owner) The Hispanic Society (owner) Olmeda de San Jose, Federico (1865–1909) (owner) Palace and Monastery of El Escorial (copied at)
Provenance	Palace and Monastery of El Escorial , San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Contents	4 pieces from 3 composers

General Description

COmprises two original MSS (ff.0-99r; ff.99v-125r) now bound together. Folios 0-99 in choirbook format; folios 106-124 written as six consecutive parts.

Copied at the Escorial (Charles Manns), possibly by Fray Pedro de Estremera. Brought to the collegiate church of S. Pedro in Lerma by Gabriel Díaz before 1616 when it was inventoried there (CerVSP, pp. 201-3); listed in subsequent inventories up to & including 1747. 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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Binding

original covers: black, leather covered boards

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Ruling

staff height 23mm

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Foliation

original ink foliation, 1-101 (f.12-13 numbered 22-23; unnumbered folio after f.61)

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Decoration

almost all folios from 1-55 have double line border in red ink, and initials in red ink. initials on 0v-1r are watercoloured.

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Index

original index on f.125r lists first 3 pieces in the order they appear

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Surface

Paper: 2 distinctive types - up to f.55 (light) and f.56 onwards (heavier)

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
ov–56r	Passio Domini	-	Comes, Juan Bautista
Passio Domini Comes, Juan Bautista Appears on: ov–56r Genres: Passion Non-music contents description "Esta passion entrego el duque de Calabria a la iglesia Cathedral de Valencia por cosa rara"
56v–97r	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–97r Genres: Passion General Note attr. to Guerau in ESCSL 5; but more likely by Comes
97v–99r	O vos omnes qui transitis	-	Victoria, Tomas Luis de (1548–1611)
O vos omnes qui transitis Victoria, Tomas Luis de (1548–1611) Appears on: 97v–99r Genres: Motet
102r–124r	Passio Domini nostri secundum Matheum (Non in die festo)	-	Comes, Juan Bautista
Passio Domini nostri secundum Matheum (Non in die festo) Comes, Juan Bautista Appears on: 102r–124r Genres: Passion Layout the nineteen sections of the 'turba' from the passion, laid out in parts in the following order: Tenor I, Altus, Tenor II, Tiple I, Tiple II, Bassus. Following folios blank: 105v, 109v, 110v-111r, 113v, 117v, 120v, 124v, 125r

Composer	Compositions
Comes, Juan Bautista	Passio Domini – ov–56r (?) Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv) – 56v–97r Passio Domini nostri secundum Matheum (Non in die festo) – 102r–124r
Guerau, Miguel de	(?) Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv) – 56v–97r
Victoria, Tomas Luis de (1548–1611)	O vos omnes qui transitis – 97v–99r

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
O vos omnes qui transitis	Victoria, Tomas Luis de (1548–1611)	97v–99r
Passio Domini	Comes, Juan Bautista	ov–56r
Passio Domini nostri secundum Joannem (4vv)	Guerau, Miguel de (?) Comes, Juan Bautista (?)	56v–97r
Passio Domini nostri secundum Matheum (Non in die festo)	Comes, Juan Bautista	102r–124r

‡ 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: 292-294.

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