A-Z s.s.

Bibliothek des Zisterzienserstiftes, Zwettl, Austria

fragment: early 15th century

Archive	Bibliothek des Zisterzienserstiftes, Zwettl, Austria (A-Z)
Shelfmark	s.s.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	390 x 290 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: ZwettlB s.s.
Notations	black void mensural coloration in black full
Copyists	Lupi, Johannes (ca. 1506–1539) Text and Music
External Links	link to catalogue entry with images
Provenance	Italy
Contents	Contains 6 compositions, 4 from 4 composers, 2 are anonymous.

General Description

Probably removed from binding of unidentified book in this library (see WrighCT for discussion of several incunabula possibly associated with present fragments). All folios are remnants from same original manuscript. Copied by Johannes Lupi, a musician and priest active in and around Trent between 1447 and his death in 1467 (WrighCT); Lupi was also the main scribe of Part I of TrentC 87 and Part II of TrentC 92. Possibly copied in Basel-Strasbourg region (WrighCT); copied in northern Italy, possibly in vicinity of Milan or Ravenna (FischN).

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Physical Description

Folios trimmed and cut in half for use in binding, but most music still legible.

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Watermark

resembles Briquet #11849-50 (FischN).

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Notation

black void mensural with black full coloration

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Foliation

Remnants of original foliation, 54, 76-77, 80-81, visible on upper center rectos

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Foliation

5 ff

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

paper

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DIAMM Note

This source was lost at the time the DIAMM images were created (reproduced were scanned from large-format b/w transparencies). They were reported rediscovered by Robert Klugseder in 2013. The "External Links" section has an inventory where each item links to its images.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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6 Glorias (most are fragmentary)

(Grossin)-1, Loqueville-1, Roullet-1, Verben-1, anon-2

5 paper folios [= 2 bifolios + 1 single folio], 390 x 290, probably removed from binding of unidentified book in this library (see WrighCT for discussion of several incunabula possibly associated with present fragments). All folios are remnants from same original manuscript. Folios trimmed and cut in half for use in binding, but most music still legible. Remnants of original foliation, 54, 76-77, 80-81, visible on upper center rectos. Copied by Johannes Lupi, a musician and priest active in and around Trent between 1447 and his death in 1467 (WrighCT); Lupi was also the main scribe of Part I of TrentC 87 and Part II of TrentC 92. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark resembles Briquet #11849-50 (FischN).

Ca. 1430 (WrighCT); ca. 1440-50 (FischN). Possibly copied in Basel-Strasbourg region (WrighCT); copied in northern Italy, possibly in vicinity of Milan or Ravenna (FischN).

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)
54a–54bv	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	4	-	Grossin, Estienne
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Grossin, Estienne Appears on: 54a–54bv Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
76a–76bv	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	4	-	Anonymous
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous Appears on: 76a–76bv Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
77a–80b	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	4	-	Loqueville, Richard (–1418)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Loqueville, Richard (–1418) Appears on: 77a–80b Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
80av–80bv	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	4	-	Roullet, Johannes
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Roullet, Johannes Appears on: 80av–80bv Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
81a–81b	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	4	-	Anonymous
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous Appears on: 81a–81b Genres: Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
81av–81bv	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	4	-	Verben, Johannes
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Verben, Johannes Appears on: 81av–81bv Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 81a–81b Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 76a–76bv
Grossin, Estienne	Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 54a–54bv
Loqueville, Richard (-1418)	Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 77a–80b
Roullet, Johannes	Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 80av–80bv
Verben, Johannes	Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 81av–81bv

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Grossin, Estienne	54a–54bv
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Anonymous	76a–76bv
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Loqueville, Richard (–1418)	77a–80b
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Roullet, Johannes	80av–80bv
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Anonymous	81a–81b
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Verben, Johannes	81av–81bv

‡ denotes primary source study

Bent, Margaret. 2007. Trompetta and Concordans Parts in the Early Fifteenth Century. Music as Social and Cultural Practice: Essays in Honour of Reinhard Strohm, edited by Margaret Bent, 38-73. Woodbridge.

Wright, Peter. 1986. The Related Parts of Trent, Museo Provinciale d'Arte, Mss. 87 (1374) and 92 (1379): A Paleographical and Text-Critical Study. University of Nottingham, Ph.D. dissertation.

Rumbold, Ian. 1982. The Compilation and Ownership of the 'St Emmeram' Codex (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14274). Early Music History, 2: 161-235. Pages: 168.

‡ Wright, Peter. 1982. The Compilation of Trent 87<sup>1</sup> and 92<sup>2</sup>. Early Music History, 2: 237-71. Pages: 265-71.

Cobin, Marian W. 1978. The Aosta Manuscript: A Central Source of Early Fifteenth-Century Sacred Polyphony. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 103 ff, 188-9, 341-2.

Fischer, Kurt von. 1964. Neue Quellen zur Musik des 13., 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts. Acta Musicologica, 36: 79-97.

Reaney, Gilbert (editor). 1955-83. Early Fifteenth-Century Music. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 11, 1-6. Rome: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, xxiv, 107.

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

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