'Liber magnificarum', a complete set of Guerrero's Magnificats in all tones, odd & even verses. 99 leaves. Delivered by Guerrero to Toledo Cathedral in 1561, together with another book, for which he received 300 ducats from the chapter.
E-Tc Ms. 4
Archivio y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral Metropolitana, Toledo, Spain
manuscript of polyphony: 3rd quarter of 16th century, c.1561
| Archive | Archivio y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral Metropolitana, Toledo, Spain (E-Tc) |
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| Shelfmark | Ms. 4 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Parchment |
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| Contents | Contains 16 compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Physical Description
Poor condition with evidence of heavy usage; capitals cut out by 19th-century collectors
Ruling
10 staves to the page
Decoration
Originally contained "70 splendid initials together with numerous illuminations in gold and in various colours" [StevnsnSCM]; these have been removed by 19th-century collectors.
Surface
Parchment
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‡ denotes primary source study
Noone, Michael John. 2012. Fuentes de la polifonía de Tomás Luis de Victoria en la catedral de Toledo en el siglo XVII. Tomas Luis de Victoria y la cultura musical en la Espana de Felipe III, 353-376. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica.
Stevenson, Robert. 1973. The Toledo Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks and some other lost or little known Flemish Sources. Fontes Artis Musicae, 20: 87-107.
Lenaerts, René Bernard. 1952. Les Manuscrits Polyphoniques de la Bibliothèque Capitulaire de Tolède. International Musicological Society: Report of the 4th Congress, Utrech 1952, 276-81.
Rubio Piqueras, Felipe. 1925. Códices Polifónicos Toledanos. Toledo.
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