Contains two treatises: Beiini Bixoli Mediolanensis … vite speculum and, by the same author, a Liber legum. There are also some monophonic Ordinary and proper pieces in chant notation and a motet. The motet Ave regina celorum / Mater innocencie / [Ite missa est], published in PMFC XII no.37, has in the motetus text the acrostic 'marcum paduanum', permitting its attribution to Marchettus of Padua, author of the treatises Lucidarium and Pomerium. Gallo suggested (1974) that it might be associated with the consecration of the Scrovegni chapel in Padua in 1307, but this has not been universally accepted; it would place the stage of Italian notation that it represents considerably earlier than previously attested. Beck (1999) has made a more elaborate attempt to link the text with the programme of Giotto's frescoes.

Covered with paper (18 Century?); old wooden cover with newer spine (19th century) and the title Vitae. Mag Belini. Cod. M. 1325.

chant notation, and a motet in black mensural notation

61v-63

Modern foliation of 1-65 (beginning with the 4 front flyleaves'); older, faulty foliation of 1-51 (= modern f. 64)

parchment

RISM B/IV 4: 14. Jh.; 63 Blätter Pergament + 4 Vorsatz- und 1 Nachstoßblätter, 245 x 170 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-65 (beginnend mit 4. Vorsatzblatt); ältere, fehlerhafte Foliierung von f. 1-51 (= moderne f. 64). - Einband: 18. Jh. (?); mit Papier überzogene, ältere Holzdeckel mit neuerem Rücken (19. Jh.) und Titel Vitae. Mag. Belini. Cod. M. 1325.

Diese 1325 von Prosdocimus de Citadella custos maioris ecclesie Paduane geschriebene Hs. italienischer Herkunft (vergleiche f. 58v) enthält zwei Traktate: Beiini Bixoli Mediolanensis . . . speculum vite und, vom gleichen Autor, ein Liber legum. Daneben finden sich einige einst. Ordinariums- und Propriums-Stücke in Choralnotation und eine vermutlich kurz nach 1325 eingetragene Motette. Diese ist auf 6 Fünfliniensysteme je Seite, in schwarzer Mensuralnotation des frühen 14. Jh. notiert.

[Translation]14th century. 63 parchment sheets + 4 front and 1 back flyleaves, 245 x 170 mm. Modern foliation of f. 1-65 (beginning with the 4 front flyleaves'); older, faulty foliation of f. 1-51 (= modern f. 64). - Binding: 18 Century (?); Covered with paper, old wooden cover with newer spine (19th century) and the title Vitae. Mag Belini. Cod. M. 1325.

This manuscript of Italian origin (see f.58v) written in 1325 of 'Prosdocimus de Citadella custos maioris ecclesie Paduane' contains two treatises: Beiini Bixoli Mediolanensis. . . vite speculum and, by the same author, a Liber legum. There are also some monophonic Ordinary and proper pieces in chant notation and a motet, probably copied shortly after 1325. This is copied on 6 five-line systems per page in black mensural notation of the early 14th Century.

Notes - Margaret Bent: The motet Ave regina celorum / Mater innocencie/ [Ite missa est], published in PMFC XII no.37, has in the motetus text the acrostic 'marcum paduanum', permitting its attribution to Marchettus of Padua, author of the treatises Lucidarium and Pomerium. Gallo suggested (1974) that it might be associated with the consecration of the Scrovegni chapel in Padua in 1307, but this has not been universally accepted; it would place the stage of Italian notation that it represents considerably earlier than previously attested. Beck (1999) has made a more elaborate attempt to link the text with the programme of Giotto's frescoes.

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