I-MOe MS {alpha}.M.1.2 (Modena F)

Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Italy

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1505

Archive	Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Italy (I-MOe)
Shelfmark	MS {alpha}.M.1.2 (Modena F)
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	550 x 390 mm
Other Identifiers	RISM: I-MOe M. 1.2 CCM: ModE M.1.2 olim (Former shelfmark): VI.H.I
Relationships	Alfonso I d'Este (1476–1534) (patron)
External Links	images (pdf download)
Provenance	Italy
Contents	Contains 10 compositions from 3 composers.

General Description

Copied by a single scribe. Copied in Ferrara, for use at the ducal court of Alfonso I d'Este (1476-1534). Linked with the death there of Obrecht as maestro di capella (& his being preceded by Josquin) (LockRF).

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Physical Description

Upper corner of original f. 60 torn out, undoubtedly for illuminated initial at top of f. 60'.

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Binding

Covers of leather over boards, with inscription 'Liber Choralis' stamped in gold on spine, may date from 19th century, or may be 19th-century restorations of original covers. (Similar covers also found on ModE M.1.11-2, ModE M.1.13, and ModE X.1.11).

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Ca. 1505 (LockF)

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Ruling

Staff height 28.

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Foliation

173 ff

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 2-174, on upper right rectos (f. 1 now missing, making first Mass incomplete); new pencil foliation, 1-173, on lower left rectos.

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Decoration

Illuminated initials in gold, purple, red, green, and blue, with filigree work and foliage designs; decoration similar to ModE M.1.11-2 and ModE M.1.13.

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Index

Modern index on separate sheet kept loose in manuscript.

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Surface

parchment

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RISM Description

RISM

XVe/XVIe s. 173 ff. Parchemin, 545x384 mm. Foliotation ancienne en haut des ff.: 2-174 et foliotation moderne au bas des ff.: 1-173. Dans la foliotation ancienne, le f.l mq. Aux ff. 2 et 60, coin supérieur coupé. Notation mesurée blanche. 9 portées par p. Capitales ornées or et couleurs.

Grand ms. de choeur copié très probablement à Ferrare durant le règne d'Ercole I auprès duquel Obrecht jouissait dès 1484 d'une grande réputation et qui l'avait appelé à sa cour en 1487, puis comme maître de chapelle de 1504 à sa mort en 1505, ce qui justifierait la place prépondérante donnée dans le ms. à ce musicien avec 7 messes sur 10. D'autre part, c'est en 1503-1504 que Josquin, qui figure ici avec 2 messes, avait séjourné à Ferrare (où, il est vrai, sa réputation l'avait précédé), toutes choses qui inclinent à dater plutôt le ms. de la 1ère décennie du XVIe s.

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10 Masses, 1 Agnus = 11

Josquin-2, Obrecht-7, Ockeghem-1, anon-1

i + 173 + i parchment folios, 550 x 390. Original ink foliation, 2-174, on upper right rectos (f. 1 now missing, making first Mass incomplete); new pencil foliation, 1-173, on lower left rectos. Upper corner of original f. 60 torn out, undoubtedly for illuminated initial at top of f. 60'. Covers of leather over boards, with inscription "Liber Choralis" stamped in gold on spine, may date from 19th century, or may be 19th-century restorations of original covers. (Similar covers also found on ModE M.1.11-2, ModE M.1.13, and ModE X.1.11). Modern index on separate sheet kept loose in manuscript. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 28. Illuminated initials in gold, purple, red, green, and blue, with filigree work and foliage designs; decoration similar to ModE M.1.11-2 and ModE M.1.13.

Ca. 1505 (LockF). Copied in Ferrara, for use at the ducal court of Alfonso I d'Este (1476-1534). Este family library transferred from Ferrara to Modena in 1598; joined to Modena university library in 1892.

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)
2–19	Missa Rose playsante	4	[J. OBRECHT]*	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)
Missa Rose playsante Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) Appears on: 2–19 Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: [J. OBRECHT]* Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... General Note ( Mq. Sup. et T du 1er Kyrie) Concordances E-SE Item Bibliography Smijers, Albert (editor). 1949. Van Ockeghem tot Sweelinck.* 5 vols. Amsterdam: Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis. Pages: II (Kyrie seul').
19v–39	Missa Schoen lief	4	Ja. Hobreth	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)
Missa Schoen lief Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) Appears on: 19v–39 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Ja. Hobreth Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie.... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie.... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie.... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie.... Item Bibliography Wolf, Johannes. 1908-21. Werken van Jacob Obrecht: Missen. Amsterdam und Leipzig. Pages: IV (Missa Schoen lief).
39v–57	Missa Caput (KGCSA)	4	'Ia. Hobreth'	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)
Missa Caput (KGCSA) Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) Appears on: 39v–57 Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: 'Ia. Hobreth' Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie . . . Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie . . . Voice: Tenor Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Caput . Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie . . . General Note Suivi aux ff. 57v-60 de 3 Agnus sur le theme Caput General Note 'Ia. Hobreth' on fol. 39v Item Bibliography Schrade, Leo, and Milos Velimirovic (editors). 1955-68. Thirty chansons for three and four voices from Attaingnant's collection ed. by Albert Seay. Collegium musicum, vol. 2 & Vol 5: Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ockeghem, Jacob Obrecht Missae Caput, ed. by A.A. Planchart. Yale Univ. Dpt. of music. Pages: V. Wolf, Johannes. 1908-21. Werken van Jacob Obrecht: Missen. Amsterdam und Leipzig. Pages: IV.
60v–80	Missa Graculy et biaulx	4	[J. OBRECHT?]*	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?)
Missa Graculy et biaulx Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?) Appears on: 60v–80 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: [J. OBRECHT?]* Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... General Note Mq. incipit du Sup. du Kyrie] Concordances De la main de L. Feininger sur le ms. cf. aussi StaehelinM, 85 f Sur le thème de la chanson de Barbireau (I-Re 2856, 32v-34) Item Bibliography Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis,* 23: 79-91. Pages: 85.
80v–96	Missa Corda pavon = Missa Pfoben swancz	4	Ja. Hobreth	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)
Missa Corda pavon = Missa Pfoben swancz Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) Appears on: 80v–96 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Ja. Hobreth Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie ... Concordances * Sur le thème de la chanson de Barbireau. Cf. aussi GombosiJO, 116 Item Bibliography Gombosi, Otto Johannes. 1925. Jacob Obrecht: Eine stilkritische Studie. Leipzig. Pages: 116. Wolf, Johannes. 1908-21. Werken van Jacob Obrecht: Missen. Amsterdam und Leipzig. Pages: V (Sine nomine).
96v–114	Missa Fortuna desperata	4	Ja. Hobreth	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)
Missa Fortuna desperata Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) Appears on: 96v–114 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: Ja. Hobreth Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie General Note Publ. cf. Fe 2439 n™ 32 à 34 (Kyrie II, Sanctus, Osanna seul') Concordances *SartoriB n° 6; RISM O 7; E-SE
114v–127	Missa Fortuna desperata 8.2	5	Jusquin	Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Missa Fortuna desperata 8.2 Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521) Appears on: 114v–127 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Jusquin Number of voices: 5 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Voice: Tenor Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie General Note T: Fortuna desperata Kyrie … Item Bibliography Antonowycz, Myroslaw, Willem Elders, and Albert Smijers (editors). 1925 - . Werken van Josquin des Prés: Wereldlijke Werken (1925); Missen (1931). Leipzig/ Amsterdam. Pages: I.
127v–142	Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3	4	Jusquin	Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3 Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521) Appears on: 127v–142 Genres: Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Jusquin Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … General Note T du Gloria: L'ome arméPubl. cf. Bsp XXXI n° 13
142v–159	Missa L'homme armé	4	JA. HOBRETH	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)
Missa L'homme armé Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) Appears on: 142v–159 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: JA. HOBRETH Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie … Item Bibliography Wolf, Johannes. 1908-21. Werken van Jacob Obrecht: Missen. Amsterdam und Leipzig. Pages: V.
159–174	Missa Ecce ancilla Domini	-	JOANNES OCKEGHEM	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Missa Ecce ancilla Domini Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) Appears on: 159–174 Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: JOANNES OCKEGHEM Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: [Missa Ecce ancilla domini] Kyrie General Note T: Kyrie Ecce ancilla domini … Item Bibliography Plamenac, Dragan (editor). 1927) 2nd. Corrected Ed.: Vol. I: Masses I-VIII. (American musicological Society, 1959) Vol. II: Masses and mass sections IX-XVI. (1947. Johannes Ockeghem: Sämtliche Werke [Johannes Ockeghem: Collected Works]. 2 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I.

Composer	Compositions
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450-1521)	Missa Fortuna desperata 8.2 – 114v–127 Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3 – 127v–142
Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457-1505)	Missa Caput (KGCSA) – 39v–57 Missa Corda pavon = Missa Pfoben swancz – 80v–96 Missa Fortuna desperata – 96v–114 (?) Missa Graculy et biaulx – 60v–80 Missa L'homme armé – 142v–159 Missa Rose playsante – 2–19 Missa Schoen lief – 19v–39
Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410-1497)	Missa Ecce ancilla Domini – 159–174

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Missa Caput (KGCSA)	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)	39v–57
Missa Corda pavon = Missa Pfoben swancz	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)	80v–96
Missa Ecce ancilla Domini	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)	159–174
Missa Fortuna desperata	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)	96v–114
Missa Fortuna desperata 8.2	Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)	114v–127
Missa Graculy et biaulx	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505) (?)	60v–80
Missa L'homme armé	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)	142v–159
Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3	Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)	127v–142
Missa Rose playsante	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)	2–19
Missa Schoen lief	Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)	19v–39

‡ denotes primary source study

Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1984. Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 208,216-7,226-7. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Maas, Chris J (editor). 1983-. New Obrecht Edition. Utrecht. Pages: II,xx-ff, [xxviii-xxix],33-85; IV,xxvi-liii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (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, vol. 1. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: II, 165-166.

Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1976. Fifteenth-Century Musical Sources from Ferrara: The Reconstruction of a Manuscript Tradition. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Staehelin, Martin. 1975. Obrechtiana. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 25/1: 1-37. Pages: 5-7, 27. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 79-91. Pages: 85-6. Notes: contents list; discussion.

Hamm, Charles E, and Ann Besser Scott. 1972. A Study and Inventory of the Manuscript Modena, Biblioteca Estense, a.X.I.11 (ModB). Musica Disciplina, 26: 101-43. Pages: 109. Notes: physical description (partial).

Planchart, Alejandro Enrique (editor). 1964. Missae Caput. Collegium Musicum, vol. 5. New Haven. Pages: 98-153, 159. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); transcription (partial).

Salop, Arnold. 1959. The Masses of Jacob Obrecht (1450-1505): Structure and Style. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, xiii; II, 5, 49-51, 68-9. Notes: contents list (partial); facsimile (partial).

Smijers, Albert, and M van Crevel (editors). 1953-. Jacobus Obrecht, Opera Omnia. Amsterdam. Pages: I, fasc. 3, xv-xvi. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).

Smijers, Albert, and M van Crevel (editors). 1953-. Jacob Obrecht: Opera omnia. Amsterdam. Pages: I, p. XVI.

Clendenin, William Ritchie. 1952. The Use of the French Chanson in Some Polyphonic Masses by French and Netherlands Composers, 1450-1550. Iowa State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 352-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 1346. Notes: physical description (partial).

Plamenac, Dragan (editor). 1947-. Johannes Ockeghem: Collected Works. American Musicological Society. Pages: I, xvi-ff, 79-98. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Plamenac, Dragan (editor). 1927) 2nd. Corrected Ed.: Vol. I: Masses I-VIII. (American musicological Society, 1959) Vol. II: Masses and mass sections IX-XVI. (1947. Johannes Ockeghem: Sämtliche Werke [Johannes Ockeghem: Collected Works]. 2 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I, p. XVI.

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: I, viii-xvii; IV,vii-xiv. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).

Smijers, Albert, Myroslaw Antonowycz, and Willem Elders (editors). 1925 - . Werken van Josquin des Prés: Wereldlijke Werken (1925); Missen (1931). Leipzig/ Amsterdam. Pages: I, p. VIII.

Lodi, Pio. 1917. Catalogo delle Opere Musicali teoriche e pratiche ... Città di Modena R. Biblioteca Estense. Bollettino dell'Associazione dei Musicologi Italiani, vol. VIII. Parma. Pages: 17. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: III, i-iii; XXII-XXVI, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Wolf, Johannes. 1908-21. Werken van Jacob Obrecht: Missen. Amsterdam und Leipzig. Pages: I, 3, p. V.

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Edward Tambling

Monday, 25 August, 2025

Notified that the ascription to 'Ia. Hobreth' on fol. 39v confirms the authorship of the Missa Caput by Jacob Obrecht (the DIAMM entry had previously stated anonymous/without ascription).

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