D-Mbs Mus. MS 3224

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany

collection of fragments: c. 1440-5

Archive Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany (D-Mbs)
Shelfmark Mus. MS 3224
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Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System None
Measurements irregular, from 185-277 x 150-87; originally prob. c. 280 x 190 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: MunBS 3224
  • olim (Former shelfmark): MaiM 87
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • coloration in red
External Links
External Authorities
Provenance
  • Italy
Contents 16 pieces from 9 composers
General Description

Recovered from binding of incunabulum printed in Venice in 1493 by Arrivabeni. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook originally containing at least 106 folios. Copied by a single scribe. Copied in northern Italy.

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Binding

Modern cardboard covers overlaid with parchment from non-musical manuscript.

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Notation

black mensural with red coloration

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Ruling

red staves, height 13

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Foliation

Modern pagination, 1-16. Original ink foliation still visible on top centre margin of five folios: 29 (= new p. 1), 102 (p. 7), 104 (p. 11), 105 (p. 13), 106 (p. 15).

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Decoration

red inked Gothic initials

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Surface

i paper + 8 parchment + i paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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3 Credos, 1 Gloria, 1 hymn, 5 motets, 3 French secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece = 14 (most are fragmentary)

(Antonio da Cividale)-1, Brolo-1, Christoforus de Monte [Cristoforus de Feltro]-1, Dufay-3, (Dunstable)-2, Dusart [Jo. Sarto]-1, (A. Lantins)-1, R. Lantins? [Ray: de Lan.]-1, anon-3

i paper + 8 parchment + i paper folios, now of irregular sizes within a range of 185-277 x 150-87 (original size probably ca. 280 x 190), recovered from binding of incunabulum printed in Venice in 1493 by Arrivabeni. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook originally containing at least 106 folios. Modern pagination, 1-16. Original ink foliation still visible on top center margin of five folios: 29 (= new p. 1), 102 (p. 7), 104 (p. 11), 105 (p. 13), 106 (p. 15). Modern cardboard covers overlaid with parchment from non-musical manuscript. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 13. Red inked Gothic initials.

Ca. 1440-5. Copied in northern Italy.

[Original description from vol. 2, superseded by the above:

3 Credos, 1 Gloria, 1 hymn, 4 motets, 3 French secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece = 13 (most fragmentary and incomplete)

(Antonio da Cividale)-1, Brolo-1, Christoforus de Monte [Cristoforus de Feltro]-1, Dufay-2, (Dunstable)-2, (Dusart)-1, (A. Lantins)-1, R. Lantins? [Ray: de Lan.]-1, anon-3

i paper + 6 fragmentary parchment + i paper folios, of irregular sizes within a range of 185-277 x 150-87 (original size probably ca. 280 x 190), recovered from bindings of several printed books. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a musical manuscript containing at least 106 folios. Modern pagination on first four folios, 1-8, by J. J. Maier; two other folios added later have modern pagination, 13-16, in a different hand. Original ink foliation still visible on top center margin of four folios: 29 (= new p. 1), 102 (p. 7), 105 (p. 13), 106 (p. 15). Modern cardboard covers. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 13. Red inked Gothic initials.

Ca. 1440-5. Copied in Italy.]

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Credo Fragment of Ct from Et in spiritum onwards - Anonymous

Credo Fragment of Ct from Et in spiritum onwards

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo (Fragment of Ct from Et in spiritum onwards)
General Note

fr. of Tenor only
1 He compagnons resvelons nous -
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)

He compagnons resvelons nous

Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Appears on: 1
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: He compagnons resveles
General Note

Cantus, Tenor & Concordans only

General Note

CMM 1/VI, p. 68
2 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] -
Monte, Christoforus de

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Monte, Christoforus de
Appears on: 2
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
General Note

Discantus & Tenor only
2 Dame belle - Anonymous

Dame belle

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Rondeau
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Dame belle (Ct of a Rondeau, no text)
General Note

Ct only
3 Missa O pulcherrima: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Raynaldus de Lantins [=Arnold]
Lantins, Arnold de (–1432)

Missa O pulcherrima: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Lantins, Arnold de (–1432)
Appears on: 3
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Raynaldus de Lantins [=Arnold]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Patrem omnipotentem (= Credo), (Fragment of C and T, up to 'et homo factus est')
General Note

Attributed to 'Raynaldus' this is Arnold de Lantins's Credo. Margaret Bent has suggested that 'Raynaldus' = Rinaldo = Italianised 'Arnold'. This suggests that the 'Ut queant laxis' attributed to 'Ray. de Lan,' later in the ms is also by Arnold.
4 Et in terra pax [Gloria] -
Cividale, Antonius de

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Cividale, Antonius de
Appears on: 4
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Et in terra (= Gloria)
General Note

end of T, and Ct complete

General Note

CMM 11/V, p. 14
4 J'ai grant desir Bartholomeus de Bruolo
Brollo, Bartolomeo

J'ai grant desir

Brollo, Bartolomeo
Appears on: 4
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
Source Attribution: Bartholomeus de Bruolo
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Jay grant desir (fragm.)
General Note

fragmentary; Cantus & Ct only

General Note

CMM 11/V, p. 78.
5–6 Veni sancte spiritus / Veni creator spiritus mentes / Mentes tuorum visita -
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)

Veni sancte spiritus / Veni creator spiritus mentes / Mentes tuorum visita

Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Appears on: 5–6
Genres: Motet, Veni creator spiritus, Veni sancte spiritus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Veni sancte spiritus/Veni creator
General Note

Dunstable GA, p. 88

General Note

fragments
7 Regina caeli laetare - 1a pars (of 2): Regina caeli laetare -
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)

Regina caeli laetare - 1a pars (of 2): Regina caeli laetare

Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Appears on: 7
Genres: Motet, Regina caeli laetare
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Regina caeli laetare alleluia
General Note

Dunstable GA, p. 101

General Note

fragment of Ct only
8 Regina caeli laetare - 2a pars (of 2): Resurrexit sicut dixit -
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)

Regina caeli laetare - 2a pars (of 2): Resurrexit sicut dixit

Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Appears on: 8
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Resurrexit sicut dixit (fragm.)
General Note

Cantus & Tenor (also marked 'Duplum') complete

General Note

Dunstable GA, p. 101
8–9 O incomparabilis virgo Maria (= Or me veult) Guillermus Dufay
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)

O incomparabilis virgo Maria (= Or me veult)

Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)
Appears on: 8–9
Genres: Contrafactum
Source Attribution: Guillermus Dufay
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: O incomparabilis virgo Maria [= Or me veult]
General Note

CMM 1/VI, p. 106 - as op. dubium. In this ms it is ascribed to Du Fay (though HellZ tentatively suggested that Du Fay only wrote the Ct).

General Note

complete. Ct at foot of p.8, Cantus & Tenor on p.9
10–11 Post angelicam - 1a pars (of 2): Post angelicam allocutionem - Anonymous

Post angelicam - 1a pars (of 2): Post angelicam allocutionem

Anonymous
Appears on: 10–11
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Post angelicam
General Note

Cantus (nearly complete) & Tenor on p.10; residuum of Tenor & Ct on p.11
10–11 Post angelicam - 2a pars (of 2): Ipse cum magno - Anonymous

Post angelicam - 2a pars (of 2): Ipse cum magno

Anonymous
Appears on: 10–11
Genres: Contrafactum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Ipse cum magno
12–13 O quam mirabilis progenies Jo. Sarto
Sarto, Johannes de

O quam mirabilis progenies

Sarto, Johannes de
Appears on: 12–13
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Jo. Sarto
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: O quam mirabilis
General Note

DTO, vol. 14/15, p. 215

General Note

antus on p.11, Ct on p.12
13 Ut queant laxis resonare fibris Ray. de La. [=Arnold de Lantins?]
Lantins, Ray de (fl. before 1445) (?)
Lantins, Arnold de (–1432) (?)

Ut queant laxis resonare fibris

Lantins, Ray de (fl. before 1445) (?)
Lantins, Arnold de (–1432) (?)
Appears on: 13
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Ray. de La. [=Arnold de Lantins?]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Ut queant laxis
General Note

Cantus, and 'Tenor a faulx bourdon'

General Note

KanazawaPM, ii, p. 61
14–16 Juvenis qui puellam Decretalis Guillermus du fay
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)

Juvenis qui puellam

Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Appears on: 14–16
Genres: Cantio
Source Attribution: Decretalis Guillermus du fay
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Iuvenis qui puellam
General Note

CMM 1/VI, p. 15 Planchart notes similarities with Supremum est mortalibus bonum, and suggests the piece may be a kind of self-parody celebrating Dufay's acquisition of a law degree (hence 'Decretalis') in 1436

Layout

incomplete: first 3 sections in 3 voices on pp.14-15; on p.16, 3 further sections in Cantus, and one-and-a-half sections of the Tenor
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Brollo, Bartolomeo
Cividale, Antonius de
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Lantins, Arnold de (–1432)
Lantins, Ray de (fl. before 1445)
Monte, Christoforus de
Sarto, Johannes de
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Credo Fragment of Ct from Et in spiritum onwards Anonymous 1
Dame belle Anonymous 2
Et in terra pax [Gloria]
Cividale, Antonius de
4
He compagnons resvelons nous
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
1
J'ai grant desir
Brollo, Bartolomeo
4
Juvenis qui puellam
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
14–16
Missa O pulcherrima: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]
Lantins, Arnold de (–1432)
3
O incomparabilis virgo Maria (= Or me veult)
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)
8–9
O quam mirabilis progenies
Sarto, Johannes de
12–13
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]
Monte, Christoforus de
2
Post angelicam - 1a pars (of 2): Post angelicam allocutionem Anonymous 10–11
Post angelicam - 2a pars (of 2): Ipse cum magno Anonymous 10–11
Regina caeli laetare - 1a pars (of 2): Regina caeli laetare
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
7
Regina caeli laetare - 2a pars (of 2): Resurrexit sicut dixit
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
8
Ut queant laxis resonare fibris
Lantins, Ray de (fl. before 1445) (?)
Lantins, Arnold de (–1432) (?)
13
Veni sancte spiritus / Veni creator spiritus mentes / Mentes tuorum visita
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
5–6

‡ denotes primary source study

Bent, Margaret, and Robert Klugseder. 2012. Ein Liber cantus aus dem Veneto: Fragmente in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München und der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Wien. A Veneto Liber cantus (c. 1440): Fragments in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, and the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna.  Wiesbaden: Reichert.

Bent, Margaret, and Aimé Agnel. 2011. A Veneto Liber cantus (c. 1440): Fragments in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, and the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Ein Liber cantus aus dem Veneto (um 1440): Fragmente in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München und der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Wien.  Wiesbaden: Reichert. Notes: contains facsimiles of the fragments.

Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 1-69.

Hell, Helmut. 1983. Zwei weitere Blätter zum Fragment Mus. ms. 3224 in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek aus der Dufay-Zeit. Musik in Bayern, 43-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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. Pages: II, 228-9.

Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS.  American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Kanazawa, Masakata. 1966. Polyphonic music for Vespers in the fifteenth century. Harvard University, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2 vols. Pages: 85-6. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Besseler, Heinrich. 1952. Neue Dokumente zum Leben und Schaffen Dufays. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 159-76. Pages: 171-3. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Besseler, Heinrich. 1950; Reprinted: 1974. Bourdon und Fauxbourdon, Studien zum Ursprung der niederländischen Musik.  Leipzig. Pages: 24,104ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

de Van, Guillaume, and Heinrich Besseler (editors). 1948-66. Guillaume Dufay: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI.xviii.xxvii-xxvii, xlvii.15-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).

Besseler, Heinrich. 1925. Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters: I. Neue Quellen des 14. und beginnenden 15. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 167-252. Pages: 235-6 [erroneously referred to as MS 3223]. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Wolf, Johannes. 1904; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1965. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I,189-92,340,343; II,56-60,129-30; III,86-90,172-3. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); transcriptiion (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen.  Munich. Pages: 57-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

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