I-BGc MS Σ IV 37

Civica Biblioteca 'Angelo Mai', Bergamo, Italy

theory treatises: 14th century

Archive Civica Biblioteca 'Angelo Mai', Bergamo, Italy (I-BGc)
Shelfmark MS Σ IV 37
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 214 x 153 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-BGe 37
  • CCM: BergBC 37
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • square chant
Copyists
Relationships
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Provenance
  • Italy
Contents 2 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Treatises on music, by Franchino Gafori, Jean de Muris, and Alexander Assolari, with polyphony on ff. 93'-95 and ff. 100'-102. Copied by Alexander Assolari, a Carmelite friar (inscription on f. 100). Copied at Carmelite convent in Bologna (inscription on f. 100).

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Binding

Modern covers of leather over cardboard.

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Notation

mixed black mensural and square chant notation

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Date

1487 (date on f. 100).

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-102 (one folio between ff. 6/7 not numbered).

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Decoration

Light brown inked Gothic initials.

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Surface

paper

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RISM Description

RISM 5

XVe. s. 102 ff. Papier, 215 x 155 mm. Foliotation moderne. Le f. 1 mq. Notation mesurée noire. 6 portées par p.

Ms. de provenance inconnue. Copie, la plus ancienne, semble-t-il, de la Practica musicae de Franchino Gaffurio avec ex. musicaux à partir du f. 88 et 2 pièces polyphoniques seul'.

Au f. 100: «Hoc opusculum scriptum et notatum fuit per fratrem Alexandrum de Assolarijs de Albino ordinis carmelitarum observancie in conventu nostro Bergomi … sub anno incarnationis m.cccc.lxxx.vij die prima mensis decem-bris.» Seul le motet n° 2 aurait donc été copié postérieurement à 1487.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Treatises on music, by Franchino Gafori, Jean de Muris, and Alexander Assolari, with polyphony:

2 motets

Anonymous

103 paper folios, 214 x 153. New pencil foliation, 1-102 (one folio between ff. 6/7 not numbered). Modern covers of leather over cardboard. Copied by Alexander Assolari, a Carmelite friar (inscription on f. 100). Polyphony on ff. 93'-95 and ff. 100'-102, in mixed black mensural and square chant notation. Light brown inked Gothic initials.

1487 (date on f. 100). Copied at Carmelite convent in Bologna (inscription on f. 100).

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
93v–95 Virgo mater ecclesiae - Anonymous

Virgo mater ecclesiae

Anonymous
Appears on: 93v–95
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Virgo mater ecclesiae

Item Bibliography

Cattin, Giulio. 1978. Virgo Mater Ecclesiae: Un Tropo alla Salve Regina nelle Fonti Monodiche e Polifoniche dei Sec. XIV-XV. L'Ars Nova Italiana del Trecento IV,

100v–102 Conceptio tua Dei genitrix -
Illarius, Johannes

Conceptio tua Dei genitrix

Illarius, Johannes
Appears on: 100v–102
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Conceptio tua dei genitrix
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Conceptio tua dei genitrix
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Conceptio tua dei genitrix
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Conceptio tua dei genitrix

Item Bibliography

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.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: facs.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Illarius, Johannes
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Conceptio tua Dei genitrix
Illarius, Johannes
100v–102
Virgo mater ecclesiae Anonymous 93v–95

‡ denotes primary source study

Fischer, Kurt von, and Franco Alberto Gallo (editors). 1985. Italian Sacred and Ceremonical Music (II) . Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century.  Monaco: Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre.

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.

Cattin, Giulio. 1978. Virgo Mater Ecclesiae: Un Tropo alla Salve Regina nelle Fonti Monodiche e Polifoniche dei Sec. XIV-XV. L'Ars Nova Italiana del Trecento IV, Pages: 156-7, 175-6.

Miller, Clement A. 1970. Early Gaffuriana: New Answers to Old Questions. The Musical Quarterly, 367-88. Pages: 367,384,386.

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.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: ix, Tav. XII-XV.

Miller, Clement A. 1968. Gaffurius's Practica Musicae: Origin and Contents. Musica Disciplina, 105-28. Pages: 105-7.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

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