CZ-Pnm MS XII A 1

Národní muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic

chant book with added polyphony: 14th century: 1390

Archive Národní muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic (CZ-Pnm)
Shelfmark MS XII A 1
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 540 x 390 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: CS-Pnm XII A l
  • CCM: PragNM XII A 1
Notations
  • Bohemian choral
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Czech Republic
Contents 3 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Composite of several originally separate manuscripts bound together in late 15th or early 16th century. Polyphony on ff. 89'-98' and 220'-224. Copied in Pilsen (RISM).

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards

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Notation

Bohemian choral

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Ruling

red 4- or 5-line staves.

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-236 (numbers appear on every tenth folio)

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Surface

parchment

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RISM Description

A Gradual dated 1390 from a Franciscan monastery or Maria Schnee church in Prague. The polyphonic `Liber generationis' belongs with the oldest part of the ms. in Bohemian choral notation. There are also 3 (later?) Credos

RISM B/IV 3

14./16. Jh.; 236 Blätter Pergament (+ 1 in den hinteren Deckel geklebtes Blatt), 540 x 390 mm. Moderne Foliierung (jedes 10. Blatt) von f. 1-236 (237). Je Seite meist 8 rote Vierlinien-, ab f. 222v Fünfliniensysteme mit böhmischer Choralnotation (zum Teil mit mensuralen Elementen); im jüngeren Teil zudem schwarze Mensuralnotation - Einband: Original 15./16. Jh.; mit braunem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel, Beschläge.

Diese Handschrift, ein Graduale, besteht aus mehreren, zu verschiedenen Zeiten geschriebenen Teilen: f. 18-112v, datiert 1390 ("finitum hoc opus per Bartham de Verona 1390"); f. 5-17v und f. 113-220, datiert 1473; f. 1-4, 15./16. Jh. Nach Vykoukal und Bartoš (vergleiche Literatur) stammt die Handschrift aus einem Prager Franziskaner Kloster oder aus der Prager Kirche Maria Schnee, nach den neuesten Forschungen von F. Fišer (Litoměřice) jedoch aus Pilsen (mündliche Mitteilung).

Inhalt: Alle Texte sind lat.; f. l-4v Teil eines Graduale; f. 5-17v und 113-220 Proprium de tempore; f. 18-112v Ordinarium und Commune; f. 220v-236 Patrem, Sequenzen.

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Graduale, with polyphony: 2 Credos, 1 motet = 3

Anonymous

236 parchment folios, 540 x 390. Composite of several originally separate manuscripts bound together in late 15th or early 16th century. Modern foliation, 1-236 (numbers appear on every tenth folio). Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards. Bohemian chant notation and black mensural notation on red 4- or 5-line staves. Polyphony on ff. 89'-98' and 220'-224.

Late 14th-early 16th century (ff. 18-112' dated 1390; ff. 5-17' and 113-220 dated 1473). Copied in Pilsen (RISM).

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
89v–98v Mattheum. - Anonymous

Mattheum.

Anonymous
Appears on: 89v–98v
Genres: Liturgical work
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: [Mattheum.]
General Note

Jeder dritte Name, beginnend mit Jacob, ist dreist. (id.) vertont.

Layout

score
220v–223 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] - Anonymous

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Anonymous
Appears on: 220v–223
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: [P]atrem omnipotentem ...
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: [P]atrem omnipotentem ...
Layout

parts
223v–224 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] - Anonymous

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Anonymous
Appears on: 223v–224
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Patrem omnipotentem ...
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Mattheum. Anonymous 89v–98v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous 220v–223
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous 223v–224

‡ denotes primary source study

Černý, Jaromír. 1975. Stredovëky vicehlas v Ceskych zemích. Miscellanea Musicologica [Prague], 9-116. Pages: 87. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I.  Kassel. Pages: B IV/3,217-8. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion; additional bibliography.

Göllner, Theodor. 1969. Die mehrstimmigen liturgischen Lesungen. Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte.  Tutzing. Pages: I,xxvii, 195-200,341 I (dipl. U. von Nr. 1) Faksimile einiger Seiten mit einstimmigen Stücken in OrelH, Tf.VI, XIII, XIX, XXXV (= f. 6r/v, 12r/13r, 105r/l06v, 226v/227r). Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: X,1597. Notes: mention of MS.

Moser, Hans Joachim. 1930. Geschichte der deutschen Musik I. Pages: 10.

Bartos, F M. 1926. Soupis Rukopisu Národního Musea v Praze.  Prague. Pages: II, 211.

Ludwig, Friedrich. 1923. Die Quellen der Motetten ältesten Stils. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 185-222, Vol. 5 (1924) 273-315. Pages: 301 (Anmerkung 2) und 314, 302,313-4. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Nejedly, Zdenëk. 1913. Reprinted 1955-6 as Vols. 43-5 of the author's complete works. Citations refer to original edition.. Dejiny Husitského Zpevu za Válek Husitsky'ch.  Prague. Pages: Band I-III, V und VI.

Vykoukal, Arno t. 1911. [article title unknown]. Časopis Českého Musea, . Pages: 61-67.

Blume, C, and Guido Maria Dreves (editors). 1886-1922; Reprinted: Frankfurt am Main 1961; Indices 1978. Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi. 55 vols. Leipzig. Pages: XLVb, 9.

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

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

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