I-Bsp MS Fragment B

Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, Bologna, Italy

fragment: 15th century: 1480-90

Archive Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, Bologna, Italy (I-Bsp)
Shelfmark MS Fragment B
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 340 x 220-265 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-Bsp Fragments XVe s
  • CCM: BolSP s.s.
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

One of a group of five fascicle-manuscripts, each containing a single piece: this fragment consists of 2 folios, original size c. 435 x 270 (1 Magnificat). (See also RISM description below.)

Fragments A-D copied by a single scribe. Probably copied at San Petronio; pieces possibly composed by resident musicians. These folios were found in the binding of I-Bsp MS A.XXXVIII by the archivist Sergio Paganelli in 1966 or 1967 (an earlier statement here that they had been found in covers of several 16th-century manuscripts at San Petronio, was incorrect – see RISM).

DIAMM, 2022 (rev. 2024)
Physical Description

All folios trimmed, with loss of staves of music at top and some notes at edges.

DIAMM, 2022
Watermark

Not visible in Fragment B (Briquet #6601 appears only in Fragment D, fol. 11v).

Guiton, 2024
Notation

black void mensural

DIAMM, 2022
Ruling

10 staves per page

DIAMM, 2022
Foliation

ff. 1-2

DIAMM, 2022
Surface

paper

DIAMM, 2022
RISM Description

RISM B/IV 5: 29 feuillets séparés tirés de la reliure du ms. A.XXXVIII lors de sa réfection en 1967 et qui constituaient primitivement 5 fascicules séparés contenant chacun une seule oeuvre mais qui n'étaient pas forcément destinés à être réunis en un seul ms. Les 4 premiers fascicules contenant 3 messes et 1 Magnificat ont été copiés de la même main sur un papier avec filigrane identique (fleur à 8 pétales) qu'on date de 1480-90, tandis que le 5e fascicule est tout à fait différent. Tous les ff. ont été rognés aux marges externes et supérieures (et aussi inférieures pour le E), supprimant ainsi le nom éventuel des compositeurs, 1 ou 2 portées en haut des ff., les premières (au v) ou les dernières (au r) notes de chaque ligne.

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FRAGMENT B

XVe s. 2ff. Papier, f. 1: 340 x 265 mm.; f. 2: 340 x 220 mm. Foliotation moderne. Notation mesurée blanche. 12 portées par p. dans le ms. primitif f. l-2v

[Magnificat] Et exultavit . . 4vx. Versets pairs tous incompl.

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Répertoire International des Sources Musicales
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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4 Masses, 1 Magnificat = 5

Anonymous

30 paper folios, 340-5 x 225-65. All folios trimmed, with loss of some music. Originally five fascicle-manuscripts, each containing a single piece:

A. 4 folios of an original 10, original size ca. 420 x 255 (1 Mass)

B. 2 folios, original size ca. 435 x 270 (1 Magnificat)

C. 6 folios, original size ca. 470 x 260 (1 Mass)

D. 8 folios of an original 12, original size ca. 420 x 280 (1 Mass)

E. 10 folios, original size ca. 395 x 270 (1 Mass)

A-D written in white mensural notation, E in black semi-mensural notation. Watermark: Briquet #6601.

1480-90. Probably copied at San Petronio; pieces possibly composed by resident musicians. These folios were found in covers of several l6th-century manuscripts at San Petronio by the archivist, Sergio Paganelli, in 1966.

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

1v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1r–2v Magnificat [octavi toni]: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Anonymous

Magnificat [octavi toni]: Et exultavit spiritus meus

Anonymous
Appears on: 1r–2v
Genres: BVM, Canticle, Magnificat
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Magnificat] Et exultavit
General Note

FRAGMENT BXVe s. 2ff. Papier, f. 1: 340X265 mm.; f. 2: 340X220 mm. Foliotation moderne. Notation mesurée blanche. 12 portées par p. dans le ms. primitif f. l-2v [Magnificat] Et exultavit . . A\x. Versets pairs tous incompl.
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Magnificat [octavi toni]: Et exultavit spiritus meus Anonymous 1r–2v

Images © Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, Bologna

Set: Bologna fragments

Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

I-Bsp MS Fragment A

I-Bsp MS Fragment B

I-Bsp MS Fragment C

I-Bsp MS Fragment D

I-Bsp MS Fragment E

‡ denotes primary source study

Guiton, Johan. 2024. L’essor musical de la basilique de San Petronio au XVe siècle : I-Bsp, Fragments A, B, C, D, E, une relecture. Artes – Rivista di arte, letteratura e musica dell’Officina San Francesco Bologna, 9-36. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2974-7287/20844. Pages: 32–35.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: I, 81f.

‡ Hamm, Charles E. 1968. Musiche del Quattrocento in S. Petronio. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 215-32. Pages: (221-222). Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits transcription (partial).

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Johan Guiton

Wednesday, 18 December, 2024

Corrected statement about the origins of the leaves and the statement on the watermark; also added detail to the one item in the inventory (i.e. that it is a Magnificat 'octavi toni').