GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 42

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

theory treatise with added polyphony: Late 15th century

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Canon. Misc. 42
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 215 x 145 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: GB-Ob42
  • CCM: OxfBC 42
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  • England
Contents Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous.
General Description

Theoretical contents include Declaratio of Ugolino of Orvieto (Book I) and portions of Lucidarium of Marchettus of Padua. Treatises copied by three or four scribes, probably including 'Le petit Basque,' named on f. 185. One of these scribes (Lepetit Basque?) also copied (and may have composed) the polyphonic pieces on ff. 185'-188. Probably copied in northern Italy. Owned in 1740's by Giacomo Soranzo of Venice; later acquired by the Jesuit antiquarian Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-1805) of Venice. Canonici collection passed to Giovanni Perissinotti in 1807; sold to Bodleian Library in 1817.

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Binding

Covers of parchment over boards, 18th century

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-189 (includes flyleaf at end) replaces older (17th-century?) foliation, 1-189 (with several errors and inconsistencies)

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Foliation

185v-187v

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Decoration

No initials or decoration on folios with polyphony. Italian pieces have text incipits only.

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Surface

paper

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RISM Description

Music at the end of a manuscript. There is no connection between the music and the other contents.

RISM B/IV 4: 15. Jh.; 188 Blätter Papier +2 Vorsatz- und 2 Nachstoßblätter, 215 x 145 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-188; ältere Foliierung (17. Jh.?) bis f. 150, dann fehlerhaft bis f. 180. - Einband: 18. Jh.; mit Pergament überzogene Holzdeckel mit Titel auf Rücken.

Diese aus dem späten 15. Jh. stammende und von mehreren Händen in Italien oder Frankreich geschriebene Handschrift enthält das erste Buch von Ugolinos Declaratio und zwei Kapitel aus Marchettos Lucidarium. Am Schluß erscheinen, unabhängig von den Traktaten, 3 anonyme zweistämmige Stücke.

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Répertoire International des Sources Musicales
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Treatises on music, with polyphony:

2 Italian secular pieces, 1 textless piece = 3

(Lepetit Basque?)-3

ii + 188 + i paper folios, 205 x 141. Modern foliation, 1-189 (includes flyleaf at end) replaces older (17th-century?) foliation, 1-189 (with several errors and inconsistencies). Covers of parchment over boards date from 18th century. Theoretical contents include Declaratio of Ugolino of Orvieto (Book I) and portions of Lucidarium of Marchettus of Padua. Treatises copied by three or four scribes, probably including "Le petit Basque," named on f. 185. One of these scribes (Lepetit Basque?) also copied (and may have composed) the polyphonic pieces on ff. 185'-188. No initials or decoration on folios with polyphony. Italian pieces have text incipits only.

Late 15th century. Probably copied in northern Italy. Owned in 1740's by Giacomo Soranzo of Venice; later acquired by the Jesuit antiquarian Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-1805) of Venice. Canonici collection passed to Giovanni Perissinotti in 1807; sold to Bodleian Library in 1817.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
Bv Generosi germinis 3 - Anonymous

Generosi germinis

Anonymous
Appears on: Bv
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Generosi germinis
Layout

score
186v–187 Biancho ligiardro 2 - Anonymous

Biancho ligiardro

Anonymous
Appears on: 186v–187
Genres: Italian secular
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Mensuration: o
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Biancho ligiardro.
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Layout

parts
187v untexted 2 - -

untexted

Appears on: 187v
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Layout

parts
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Biancho ligiardro Anonymous 186v–187
Generosi germinis Anonymous Bv
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Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I, vol. Einzeldrucke vor 1800.  Kassel. Pages: B IV/4, 665-6. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits.

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1, vol. 3, Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna.

Sheley, Wayne M. 1966. The Instrumental Instructional Duo around 1500. Eastman School of Music, Unpublished D.M.A. thesis. Pages: I, l-3. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).

Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1957. Three Unknown Italian Chansons of the Fifteenth Century. Collectanea Historiae Musicae II,  Firenze. Pages: 108ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; incipits; transcription (partial).

Seay, Albert. 1955. Ugolino of Orvieto, Theorist and Composer. Musica Disciplina, 9: 111-66. Pages: 123-8, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list; discussion.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: X, 516. Notes: physical description (partial).

Stainer, John F. R, Cécie Stainer, Edward W. B. Nicholson, and Stainer Sir John. 1898; reprinted as EBM I: 1966. Dufay and his Contemporaries: Fifty Compositions (Ranging from about A.D. 1400 to 1440) Transcribed from MS. Canonici misc. 213, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, with an introduction by E.W.B. Nicholson, and a critical analysis of the music by Sir John Stainer.  London. Pages: viii. Notes: mention of MS.

Frere, Walter Howard. 1894-1932, repr. Hildesheim, 1967. Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical and Latin-Liturgical Mss. of the Middle Ages Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society. Pages: I, 132. Notes: physical description.

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description

Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description