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Copied by a single scribe. Most pieces have text incipits only; remainder have initial letters only or are textless. Probably copied in Low Countries (GiesS); Italian provenance also possible (StaeMI). Acquired in 1545 by Fridolin Sicher (1490-1546), organist of Benedictine monastery at Saint Gall (inscription on p. 1 : 'Liber Fridolini Sicherij canonici capituli Zellensis nee non capellani S. Jacobí et organiste in Sancto Gallo 1545').
CH-SGs MS 461 (Sicher Liederbuch)
Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall (Sankt Gallen), Switzerland
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1500
| Archive | Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall (Sankt Gallen), Switzerland (CH-SGs) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 461 (Sicher Liederbuch) |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Pagination |
| Measurements | 175 x 141 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 49 compositions, 38 from 19 composers, 11 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Verso of last folio now pasted to inside back cover.
Binding
Original covers of brown leather tooled with ornamental designs; no ties or clasps remain
Notation
not indicated
Date
Ca. 1500 (GiesS).
Ruling
Staff height 9
Foliation
Old, but probably not original ink pagination, 1-95
Foliation
1-48
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials in red and blue; some initials and borders decorated with vine motifs, human faces, birds, and elaborate tracery extending into margins
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Mass Ordinary sections, 1 motet-chanson, 37 French secular pieces, 4 Dutch secular pieces, 2 Italian secular pieces, 3 textless pieces = 49
A. Agricola-4, J. Agricola-1, (Basiron)-1, Brumel/(A. Agricola)-1, Brumel/(Josquin)-1, Busnois-1, Compère-2, Ghiselin-2, Isaac-3, Jacobus Romanus-1, Japart-1, Josquin-4, Josquin/(Ghiselin)-1, La Rue [Pirson]-1, (La Val)-1, Obrecht-5, Ockeghem-2, Ockeghem/(Malcort/Martini)-1, Orto-2, (Pipelare)-1, Pipelare/(La Rue)-1, Stokhem-2, anon-10
48 parchment folios, 175 x 141. Verso of last folio now pasted to inside back cover. Old, but probably not original ink pagination, 1-95. Original covers of brown leather tooled with ornamental designs; no ties or clasps remain. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 9. Inked calligraphic initials in red and blue; some initials and borders decorated with vine motifs, human faces, birds, and elaborate tracery extending into margins. Most pieces have text incipits only; remainder have initial letters only or are textless. Classification of some textless works under specific genres above based on identifications from concordant sources.
Ca. 1500 (GiesS). Probably copied in Low Countries (GiesS); Italian provenance also possible (StaeMI). Acquired in 1545 by Fridolin Sicher (1490-1546), organist of Benedictine monastery at Saint Gall (inscription on p. 1 : "Liber Fridolini Sicherij canonici capituli Zellensis nee non capellani S. Jacobí et organiste in Sancto Gallo 1545").
Vol 4
Composers: Change "Brumel/(Josquin)-1" to "Brumel-1."
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Maas, Chris J (editor). 1983-. New Obrecht Edition. Utrecht. Pages: III.xi-ff; IV,xix-xxii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xl, 29, 59, 87. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Miller, Ronald Lee. 1974. The Musical Works of Marbriano de Orto: Transcription and Commentary. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,19-22,198-9; II, 475-85. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1969-72. Antoine Brumel: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 5. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, xii; VI, xxv-xxvi, xxix-xxx, 104-5. Notes: icontents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II,62, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 368-9. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler. Mainz. Pages: VIII,145,171. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Giesbert, Franz Julius. 1936. Ein altes Spielbuch aus der Zeit um 1500... Pergament-Handschrift (Liber Fridolini Sichery) der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. 2 vols. Mainz.
Geering, Arnold. 1933. Die Vokalmusik in der Schweiz zur Zeit der Reformation. Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft, 6: . Pages: 235-6. Notes: contents list.
Bernoulli, Eduard. 1910. Aus Liederbüchern der Humanistenzeit: Eine Bibliographische und Notentypographische Studie. Leipzig. Pages: 23ff, 81-3, 98-9, 111-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: XV/XVI,vii-ff, 17-8, 54-6. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Marxer, Otto. 1908. Zur spätmittelalterlichen Choralgeschichte St. Gallens. Der Cod. 546 der St. Galler Stiftsbibliothek. Saint Gall. Pages: Tafel VII. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXVIII,173, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Scherrer, Gustav. 1875. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle. Pages: 152. Notes: physical description (partial).
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William Kempster
Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
Corrected attributions for the Agricola/Brumel 'Forss eulement' and the following 'Jo. Agricola' setting (pp. 16-19)
Carlo Bosi
Monday, 13 January, 2020
Link to external images of this ms (and some others on e-codices) added
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description