Copied by eight scribes, including Oswald Holer (DelbonoW); one of the unidentified scribes also wrote portions of InnsU s.s. Polyphony on ff. 13'-22, 23'-24, 25, 30-30', 32-33, 34'-36, 39-40, 45, 46, 47', 52', 53'-54, and 56-56'. Probably copied at Neustift Augustinian monastery near Bressanone (= Brixen); perhaps commissioned by Oswald von Wolkenstein (see TimmU for discussion of Oswald's possible role in compilation). Owned in 1445 by Albrecht VI, Duke of Austria; possibly owned several years later by Pankraz von Auersperg (DelbonoW, based on interpretation of several inscriptions in manuscript). Entered Vienna city library at unknown date; passed to present library by 1779.
A-Wn Cod. 2777 Han (Wolkenstein A)
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
non-music MS with interpolated music: 1425
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Cod. 2777 Han (Wolkenstein A) |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 360-8 x 264-8 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 31 compositions, 1 from 2 composers, 30 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of red leather, in poor condition
Notation
black mensural with red black full and red black void coloration
Ruling
red five-line, red four-line and black five-line staves
Foliation
1-61
Foliation
Other numberings: Original red ink numbering of first series of pieces, i-xliii; most remaining pieces bear original numbers in index, but numbers do not appear elsewhere in manuscript.
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-61
Decoration
Gothic initials in red and blue, some decorated with filigree work or tracery extending into margins. Portrait and coat of arms of Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1376-1445) painted inside front cover.
Index
Original index on f. 38 lists pieces in order of appearance (some later additions not listed).
Surface
parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 3: 15. Jh.; 61 Blätter Pergament, 360 x 270 mm. 7 Faszikels zu 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 12 und 11 (12) Blätter Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-61 (zwischen f. 59 und 60 ist ein Blatt herausgerissen). Im vorderen, inneren Deckel: Bild Wolkensteins. Originale Numerierung der Lieder von I-XLIII (f. 29); weitere Stücke ohne Nr. Schwarz-rote (ausnahmsweise hohle weiße), besonders bei den einstimmigen Liedern teilweise nur andeutende Mensuralnotation. Wechselnde Anzahl roter Fünflinien- (f. 1-24v, 39-50v), roter Vierlinien- (f. 25-38v) und schwarzer Fünfliniensysteme (ab f. 51). - Einband: 15. Jh.; mit rotem Pergament überzogene Kartondeckel.
Die Handschrift wurde von verschiedenen Schreibern (nach Menhardt: 15) zwischen 1425 und 1436 angelegt. Die letzten Eintragungen stammen vermutlich vom Schreiber der Handschrift A-IuWo. Auf f. 38 findet sich der Vermerk: "In der Jarzal Tausentvierhundert und inn dem fünfundzwanzigisten Jare geschriben ist ditz puch und ist es genannt der Wolkenstainer". Darauf folgt (f. 38/38v) ein Originalindex, der die 1425 auf f. 1-48 eingetragenen Lieder enthält. Die Handschrift stammt aus einem am Ende des 18. Jh. durch Joseph II. aufgehobenen Tiroler Kloster.
Inhalt: Die Handschrift enthält insgesamt 108 Lieder. Die hier berücksichtigten mehrstimmige Stücke finden sich ab f. 13v (Nr. XXI). Im Incipitverzeichnis nicht vorkommende Folios enthalten einstimmige Lieder und Texte, ferner ein Kalendar (f. 25v/28); f. 50/50v, 58v/59 und 60 sind leer; auf f. 59v steht die Jahreszahl 1449; f. 60/61v enthält Schriftproben, Namen Albrecht van gotzgenaden (vergleiche Incipitverzeichnis Nr. 13), Rezept gegen Läuse, Minnelied etc.
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Poetry (and music?) of Oswald von Wolkenstein, with polyphony:
1 German sacred piece, 32 German secular pieces = 33* (a few incomplete)
*Manuscript also contains monophonic German pieces and some texts without music, not taken into account here.
(Landini)-1, (Machaut-anon)-1, (Oswald von Wolkenstein)-30,* (Vaillant)-1
*It is not certain that Oswald von Wolkenstein composed the music for these pieces; see PeinarWT and TimmU for latest discussions of this question.
61 parchment folios, 360-8 x 264-8. Modern pencil foliation, 1-61. Original red ink numbering of first series of pieces, i-xliii; most remaining pieces bear original numbers in index, but numbers do not appear elsewhere in manuscript. Original covers of red leather, in poor condition. Original index on f. 38 lists pieces in order of appearance (some later additions not listed). Copied by eight scribes, including Oswald Holer (DelbonoW); one of the unidentified scribes also wrote portions of InnsU s.s. Polyphony on ff. 13'-22, 23'-24, 25, 30-30', 32-33, 34'-36, 39-40, 45, 46, 47', 52', 53'-54, and 56-56', copied in black mensural notation with red full and red void coloration, on red 5-line, red 4-line, and black 5-line staves. Gothic initials in red and blue, some decorated with filigree work or tracery extending into margins. Portrait and coat of arms of Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1376-1445) painted inside front cover.
1425 (date on f. 38), with additions to ca. 1441 (TimmU). Probably copied at Neustift Augustinian monastery near Bressanone (= Brixen); perhaps commissioned by Oswald von Wolkenstein (see TimmU for discussion of Oswald's possible role in compilation). Owned in 1445 by Albrecht VI, Duke of Austria; possibly owned several years later by Pankraz von Auersperg (DelbonoW, based on interpretation of several inscriptions in manuscript). Entered Vienna city library at unknown date; passed to present library by 1779.
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Greene, Gordon Kay (editor). 1981. French Secular Music (II). Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century, vol. 19. Monaco: Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre. Pages: XIX,195.
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