The scribe was Jean Michel, a copyist at the Este court in Ferrara (inscriptions on f. IV' and f. V'). Copied in Ferrara, for use at the ducal court of Ercole II d'Este (1508-59). Este family library transferred from Ferrara to Modena in 1598; joined to Modena university library in 1892.
| Archive | Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Italy (I-MOe) |
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| Shelfmark | MS {alpha}.N.1.2 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 718 x 460-8 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 26 compositions, 23 from 10 composers, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some folios damaged by ink corrosion
Binding
Original covers (restored in 1958) of dark brown tooled leather over boards, with brass ornaments, edges, and bosses; two straps fasten front and back covers together.
Watermark
two crossed arrows with six-pointed star.
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 32.
Foliation
New pencil foliation, I-V + 1-196 + I-III.
Foliation
Other numberings: Piece numbers I-XXV appear on tabs fastened to sides of folios (several discrepancies between numbers on tabs and numbers in index).
Foliation
196 ff
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials, some decorated with grotesque faces.
Index
Original index on f. V lists pieces in following sequence: (1) 5-voice Masses, in order of appearance; (2) 4-voice Masses, in order of appearance (one piece listed out of order); (3) set of 5-voice responses; (4) motets, in order of appearance. Piece numbers, I-XXV, and attributions added to index by l8th-century hand. Modern index on separate sheet kept loose in manuscript lists all pieces in order of appearance (piece numbers in modern index correspond exactly with numbers on tabs).
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVIe s. 196 ff. (+ 8 ff. de garde chiffrés au début: I-V, à la fin: I-III). Papier, 719x460 mm. Foliotation ancienne en haut des ff. et moderne au bas des ff. Signets à chaque début de pièce portant une numérotation en ch. romains correspondant à celle de la tabula. Les ff. I à IV et à la fin I-III, 1, 18v, 19, 36v, 37, 56v, 57, 73v, 74, 90v-91, 104, 119v, 120, 132v, 133, 154v, 155, 166v, 167, 172v, 173, 179v, 180, 196v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p. Au f. V: Tabula: hujus libri. Grandes capitales ornées à la plume. Reliure ancienne restaurée en 1958, cuir estampé, bouillons, coins et fermoirs métal.
Ms. copié pour Èrcole IIo d'Esté, 4e duc de Ferrare, lors de son accession à la tête de la maison d'Esté (1534), par «Zoannes Michael de Francia, Cantor Illustrissimi ducis Ferrarie» (f. IVv, mention répétée en d'autres termes au f. Vv). En outre, la messe sur laquelle s'ouvre le recueil (no 1) est dédiée au nouveau duc par Maistre Jan, maître de chapelle à la cour de Ferrare de 1522 à 1541, et qui est aussi (avec Mouton) le musicien le plus largement représenté dans le ms. avec 5 pièces (nos 1, 15, 19, 20, 21).
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9 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 2 Credos, 12 motets, 1 set of responses
= 25
Conseil/(Sermisy)-1, (Gombert)-1, Hesdin-1, Hesdin/(Willaert)-1, Jaquet of Mantua-1, (Jaquet of Mantua/Lafage/Sermisy)-1, Jhan of Ferrara [Maistre Jan]-5, Josquin-2, Mouton-5, Sermisy [Claudin]-1, Tudual [Tugdualo]-1, Willaert-2, anon-3
iii + ii + 196 + iii paper folios, 718 x 460-8. Some folios damaged by ink corrosion. New pencil foliation, I-V + 1-196 + I-III. Blank staves only on ff. 1, 18'-19, 36'-37, 56'-57, 73'-74, 90'-91, 104, 119'-120, 132'-133, 154'-155, 166'-167, 172'-173, 179'-180, 196'. Original covers (restored in 1958) of dark brown tooled leather over boards, with brass ornaments, edges, and bosses; two straps fasten front and back covers together.
Original index on f. V lists pieces in following sequence: (1) 5-voice Masses, in order of appearance; (2) 4-voice Masses, in order of appearance (one piece listed out of order); (3) set of 5-voice responses; (4) motets, in order of appearance.
Piece numbers, I-XXV, and attributions added to index by l8th-century hand; piece numbers also appear on tabs fastened to sides of folios (several discrepancies between numbers on tabs and numbers in index). Modern index on separate sheet kept loose in manuscript lists all pieces in order of appearance (piece numbers in modern index correspond exactly with numbers on tabs). The scribe was Jean Michel, a copyist at the Este court in Ferrara (inscriptions on f. IV' and f. V'); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 32. Inked calligraphic initials, some decorated with grotesque faces. Watermark: two crossed arrows with six-pointed star.
1534-5. Copied in Ferrara, for use at the ducal court of Ercole II d'Este (1508-59). Este family library transferred from Ferrara to Modena in 1598; joined to Modena university library in 1892.
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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, 170-171.
Rifkin, Joshua. 1974. New Light on Music Manuscripts at the Court of Ferrara in the Reigns of Alfonso I and Hercules II. Paper presented at the New England Renaissance Conference at Durham, New Hampshire, October 26, 1974, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; 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).
Minor, Andrew C (editor). 1967-. Joannes Mouton: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 43. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, vii; IV, x-xi, 1-41. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Johnson, Alvin Harold. 1966. A Musical Offering to Hercules II, Duke of Ferrara. Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Birthday Offering to Gustave Reese, 448-54. New York. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: XVI, xliv-lx; XVII, lxvi-lxviii. Notes: physical description (partial); 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: III, p. XLIV.
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: 18. Notes: physical description; contents list.
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