Composite of at least two originally separate manuscripts: Part I = ff. 1-356 (gatherings 1-30); Part II = ff. 356-383 (gatherings 31-33). Part I copied by several scribes, perhaps including Johannes Wiser, rector of cathedral school at Trent 1459-65, later chaplain to Johannes Hinderbach, Bishop of Trent 1465-86. Part II copied by two scribes. Part I contains mostly Mass Ordinary and Proper settings (Asperges, Introits, Kyries, Glorias, Credos, and Sanctus/Agnus grouped in separate sections); Part II contains hymns and miscellaneous works, with some grouping of pieces by genre. Repertory in Part I largely concordant with that in gatherings 1-24 of TrentC 90; latter probably copied from TrentM 93 (BentSC). Copied in Trent.
I-TRcap MS BL [Trent 93] (Trent 93)
Biblioteca Capitolare/Museo Diocesano di Trento, Trento, Italy
manuscript of polyphony: 1450-55
| Archive | Biblioteca Capitolare/Museo Diocesano di Trento, Trento, Italy (I-TRcap) |
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| Shelfmark | MS BL [Trent 93] (Trent 93) |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 310 x 210 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 274 compositions, 88 from 25 composers, 186 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of tooled leather over wooden boards.
Watermark
Part I: (1) three-peaked mountain surmounted by cross (not in Briquet); (2) resembles PiccardO XII, 67-8; (3) Greek cross (not in Briquet). Part II: ox head surmounted by seven-petalled flower (not in Briquet).
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-382 (last folio not numbered).
Foliation
383 ff
Decoration
A few inked initials, in Gothic or calligraphic style
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
Ces 7 manuscrits, dont les 6 premiers ont été révélés par Haberl en 1885 (cf. Bibliographie), tandis que le 7e ne fut découvert qu'en 1920 (R. von Ficker, in DTÖ 61 (XXXI) VIff) consituent une véritable famille indissoluble en ce qu'ils présentent tant de caractères communs qu'il semble logique d'en donner d'abord une description d'ensemble pour préciser ensuite les particularités de chacun d'eux en même temps que le dépouillement de leur contenu.
Ils fournissent un énorme répertoire en grande partie religieux, sans pour cela que la musique profane soit complètement négligée, qui va de Loqueville à Isaac et Compère, couvrant 2500ff. avec 1870 pièces environ, qui peuvent se dater entre 1420 et 1480. En 1921, R. Wolkan (cf. Bibliographie) avait émis l'opinion que ces mss. copiés à Vienne sous l'impulsion de Johann Hinderbach (né en 1418), secrétaire à la chancellerie impériale, auraient suivi celui-ci à Trente où, en 1455, il avait été nommé prévôt à la cathédrale puis porté à l'évêché en 1465. E. Wellesz va plus loin en les déclarant copiés, à Vienne d'abord puis à Trente, sur ordre de Hinderbach pour sa bibliothèque personnelle qui devait ensuite être donnée au chapitre de la cathédrale (Grove's Dictionary, 5th ed,. 1954). Cependant, comme on ne trouve dans ces mss. aucune pièce de circonstance de la vie de l'empereur Friedrich III, alors que les allusions à des personnages tridentins, même peu célèbres, y sont évidentes et que l'un des copistes Johannes Wiser occupa diverses charges à Trente de 1459 à 1490, il est logique de penser qu'ils ont plutôt été copiés, sinon tous à Trente même, du moins dans l'Italie du nord (cf. Bibliographie, Lunelli). Il est possible aussi qu'ils aient été acquis (en tout cas les plus anciens) par l'évêque de Trente Alexander Masowien, alors en relation avec Amédée VIII de Savoie pour la chapelle duquel ils auraient été copiés (cf. WardTS, p. 144). - On peut diviser ces 7 mss. en deux groupes: d'une part 87 et 92 qui sont les plus anciens, d'autre part 88, 89, 90, 91 et 93 qui sont légèrement postérieurs, 91 étant le plus récent. Le même papier et le même scribe, qui inscrit son nom Puntschucherh au bas du f. 161 du ms 87 (mais s'agit-il d'un nom? Cf. Flotzinger, Bibliographie TRbc 87) se retrouvent pour la première partie du ms. 87 (f. 1-218) et la deuxième partie du ms. 92 (f. 144-239), la relation entre les deux mss. étant de plus soulignée par le fait qu'un Kyrie de Binchois au f. 56v du ms. 87 (no 34) est accompagné d'une mention renvoyant pour l'Et in terra suivant au premier f. du ms. 92 (no 2). Ces deux mss. ont certainement été copiés avant 1450 dans l'Italie du Nord, tandis que l'on peut fixer approximativement la date de compilation des cinq autres entre 1445 et 1480, le scribe Johannes Wiser en ayant copié la plus grande partie à Trente même.
TRENTO. ARCHIVIO CAPITOLARE. Ms. 93
1450-1456. 382ff, papier 310 x 210mm. Foliotation ancienne en ch. arabes. Les ff. iv, 2, 11v, 12, 13v, 14, 19v, 20, 24, 28, 29, 41, 43v à 45, 52v, 53, 56v, 57, 62v, 63, 66v à 68v, 73v à 75, 78v à 80, 86, 87v, 88, 97v, 98, 103, 104v, 115, 116r-v, 126, 153, 161, 170, 177v, 178, 194 à 195, 198v, 199, 211v à 212v, 226, 232v à 234, 235 à 236, 243, 248, 251, 255 à 256, 260, 269r-v, 272v, 273, 276, 284v, 285, 306, 310v, 311, 320v, 341v à 343, 347, 355v sont vides. Au f. 177: Et in terra, 2 lignes de musique rayées. Notation mesurée blanche. 8 portées par p.
TRbc 93 étant pour la plus grande partie une simple copie, souvent négligente, de TRbc 90, représente l'exemple exceptionnel d'un ms. important, visiblement copié sur un ms. connu, dont il reproduit de longues suites de pièces exactement dans le même ordre. La plupart des pièces originales de TRbc 93 sont anonymes et on ne relève qu'un seul nom de compositeur: Villete (no 260). On peut d'autre part attribuer d'après d'autres sources une pièce à Ockeghem (no 265) et une à Dunstable ou Power (no 243), ce qui situe cette copie à une date voisine de TRbc 90.
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TRENT. Museo Diocesano. MS BL (commonly but unofficially referred to as MS 93, in recognition of relationship to TrentC 87-92)
1 Mass, 5 Sanctus-Agnus pairs, 38 Kyries, 39 Glorias, 25 Credos, 15 Sanctus, 7 Agnus, 76 Mass Proper sections (1 without text), 5 Magnificats, 15 hymns, 19 motets (1 without text), 8 French secular pieces (some without text; others have additional Latin motet texts in this source), 2 German secular pieces, 2 Italian secular pieces (both fragmentary; 1 without text), 9 textless pieces (2 fragmentary) = 266 + 6 duplicates = 272
(Anglia)-1, (C. Anthony)-1, Bedingham [Benigun]-3, (Bedingham/Dunstable)-1, Benet-2 + 1?, (Benet/Dunstable)-1, (Binchois)-8, (Brassart)-8, (Brassart/Dusart)-1, (Ja. de Clibano)-1, (Cousin)-1, (Dunstable)-1 + 1?, (Dunstable/Power)-3, Dufay-20 + 4?, (Dufay/H. Lantins)-1, (Edlerawer)-1, (Forest/Plummer)-1, (Franchois)-1, (Loqueville)-1, Opilionis-1, Power [Leonell]-3, Pullois-5, (Soursby)-1, Viletti [Villete]-1, (P. Wilhelmi)-1, anon-191
383 paper folios, 310 x 210. Composite of at least two originally separate manuscripts: Part I = ff. 1-356 (gatherings 1-30); Part II = ff. 356-383 (gatherings 31-33). Modern foliation, 1-382 (last folio not numbered). Blank staves only on ff. l'-2, ll'-12, 13'-14, 19'-20, 24, 28, 29, 41, 43'-45, 52'-53, 56'-57, 62'-63, 66'-68', 73'-75, 78'-80', 86, 87'-88, 97'-98, 103, 104', 115, 116-116', 126, 153, 161, 170, 177'-178, 194-195, 198'-199, 211'-212', 226, 232'-234, 235-236, 243, 248, 251, 255-256, 260, 269-269', 272'-273, 276, 284'-285, 306, 310'-311, 320', 341'-343, 347, 355', 383-383'. Original covers of tooled leather over wooden boards. No index.
Part I copied by several scribes, perhaps including Johannes Wiser, rector of cathedral school at Trent 1459-65, later chaplain to Johannes Hinderbach, Bishop of Trent 1465-86. Part II copied by two scribes. A few inked initials, in Gothic or calligraphic style. Watermarks in Part I: (1) three-peaked mountain surmounted by cross (not in Briquet); (2) resembles PiccardO XII, 67-8; (3) Greek cross (not in Briquet). Watermark in Part II: ox head surmounted by seven-petalled flower (not in Briquet).
Part I contains mostly Mass Ordinary and Proper settings (Asperges, Introits, Kyries, Glorias, Credos, and Sanctus/Agnus grouped in separate sections); Part II contains hymns and miscellaneous works, with some grouping of pieces by genre. Repertory in Part I largely concordant with that in gatherings 1-24 of TrentC 90; latter probably copied from TrentM 93 (BentSC).
Ca. 1460. Copied in Trent.
Vol 4
Composers: Add "(Plummer?)-1"; change "anon-191" to "anon-190."
Physical: Watermarks in Part I: (1) PiccardKRE II, 463; (2) PiccardO XII, 67-8; (3) three-peaked mountain surmounted by cross. Watermarks in Part II: (1) PiccardO XIII, 39; (2) PiccardO XII, 255; (3) PiccardO XII, 254/257 (SaundersD).
Date: Ca. 1450-6 (SaundersD).
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Fallows, David. 1986. Songs in the Trent Codices: An Optimistic Handlist. I codici musicali trentini a cento anni dalla loro riscoperta: Atti del convegno 'Laurence Feininger, la musicologia come missione', 170-9. Trent. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Ward, Tom Robert. 1986. The Office Hymns of the Trent Manuscripts. I codici musicali trentini a cento anni dalla loro riscoperta: Atti del convegno 'Laurence Feininger, la musicologia come missione', 112-29. Trent. Pages: 116-7,122-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Strohm, Reinhard. 1985. Music in Late Medieval Bruges. Oxford. Pages: I 18,133,140,193-4,197,254-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1983. Bemerkungen zum Verhältnis von Werkcharacter und Filiation in der Musik der Renaissance. Datierung und Filiation von Musikhandschriften der Josquin-Zeit, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 26. 199-215. Wiesbaden. Pages: 203,213. Notes: concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Rumbold, Ian. 1982. The Compilation and Ownership of the 'St Emmeram' Codex (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14274). Early Music History, 2: 161-235. Pages: 169,178.
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[No Author] 1969-70. Codices Musicales Tridentini. Rome. Pages: F.
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Sam Bradley
Friday, 15 May, 2026
Removed impossible attribution to Mouton for the Missa Salve aancta parens, and added concordance with Trent 90
M. Jennifer Bloxam
Monday, 28 July, 2025
Corrected error in the inventory, ff.368v-369. This is not the setting of "O pulcherrima mulierum qualis est dilectus" by Lantins, but rather the setting of "O pulcherrima mulierum surge propera" elsewhere identified in DIAMM as by "Plummer, John (ca.1410-ca.1484) (?)"
Riccardo Pintus
Wednesday, 28 November, 2018
Correction to incorrect ascription of 'Missa Quem malignus: Sanctus' (ff. 303v-305) and to copying date of manuscript.
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
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