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).
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) |
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| Shelfmark | MS {alpha}.M.1.2 (Modena F) |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 550 x 390 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 10 compositions from 3 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
Upper corner of original f. 60 torn out, undoubtedly for illuminated initial at top of f. 60'.
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).
Notation
not indicated
Date
Ca. 1505 (LockF)
Ruling
Staff height 28.
Foliation
173 ff
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.
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.
Index
Modern index on separate sheet kept loose in manuscript.
Surface
parchment
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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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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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.
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‡ 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. 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).
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
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