I-VEc MS DCXC

Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona, Verona, Italy

manuscript of polyphony: late 15th - v. early 16th century

Archive Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona, Verona, Italy (I-VEc)
Shelfmark MS DCXC
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 211 x 154 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: I-VEcap690
  • CCM: VerBC 690
Notations
  • black void mensural
  • square chant
Relationships
Provenance
  • Italy
Contents 10 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

MS of monophonic music, with polyphonic Benedicamus dominos on f. 41 and ff. 51-53, and polyphonic Lamentations on ff. 60-73. Copied in northern Italy. Presented to Biblioteca Capitolare by Muselli family, of Verona, in 1720.

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Physical Description

Two original folios torn out at end

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Binding

Original covers of light brown leather over cardboard.

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Notation

square chant notation (Lamentations) and black void mensural notation (Cum autem venissem)

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Date

Late 15th or very early 16th century (RISM).

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Ruling

Staff height 17

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Foliation

86 ff

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-86

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Decoration

Red Gothic initials, with some filigree work; rubrics and some text also in red.

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Surface

paper

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 4: 15./16. Jh.; 86 Blätter Papier+ je 1 modernes Vorsatz- und Nachstoßblatt, 210 x 153 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-86. Je Seite meist 5 Vierliniensysteme mit Quadratnotation (vereinzelt mit mensuralen Elementen), f. 53v-57v weiße Mensuralnotation - Einband: brauner Kartoneinband mit Lederrücken.

Dieses Handschrift des 15. oder frühesten 16. Jh., die als Geschenk der Veroneser Familie Muselli im Jahre 1720 an die Biblioteca Capitolare gelangte, enthält vor allem Hymnen und Antiphonen zu Christus-, Marien- und Heiligenfesten. Ab f. 51v siehe incipitverzeichnis.

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Liturgical book, with polyphony:

1 set of Lamentations, 1 motet, 8 Benedicamus dominos (some troped) = 10

Anonymous

i + 86 + i paper folios, 211 x 154. Two original folios torn out at end. New pencil foliation, 1-86. Original covers of light brown leather over cardboard. No index. All monophonic contents, polyphonic Benedicamus dominos on f. 41 and ff. 51-53, and polyphonic Lamentations on ff. 60-73' copied in square chant notation by a single scribe; second scribe copied "Cum autem venissem" on ff. 53'-57', in white mensural notation. Staff height 17. Red Gothic initials, with some filigree work; rubrics and some text also in red. Main watermark generally resembles Briquet #2538.

Late 15th or very early 16th century (RISM). Copied in northern Italy. Presented to Biblioteca Capitolare by Muselli family, of Verona, in 1720.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
41 Benedicamus in laude Jesu - Anonymous

Benedicamus in laude Jesu

Anonymous
Appears on: 41
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f2
Voice Text: Benedicamus in laude ihesu
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Benedicamus in laude ihesu
Layout

parts
51 Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 51
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: Supranus
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: Altus
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: Bassus
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Layout

parts
51 Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 51
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Layout

parts
51v–52 Benedicamus devotis mentibus Domino - Anonymous

Benedicamus devotis mentibus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 51v–52
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: Supranus
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Benedicamus devotis mentibus domino ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Benedicamus devotis mentibus domino ...
Voice: Bassus
Languages: Latin
Clef: f2c4
Voice Text: Benedicamus devotis mentibus domino ...
Layout

parts
52v Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 52v
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f2
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Layout

parts
52v Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 52v
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Layout

parts
53 Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 53
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino
Layout

parts
53 Benedicamus Domino -
Quadris, Johannes de

Benedicamus Domino

Quadris, Johannes de
Appears on: 53
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f2
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino.
Layout

parts
53v–57v Cum autem venissem -
Quadris, Johannes de

Cum autem venissem

Quadris, Johannes de
Appears on: 53v–57v
Genres: Lauda
Voice: Supranus
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Cum autem venissem ad locum ubi crucifigendus erat ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Cum autem venissem ad locum ubi crucifigendus erat ...
Layout

parts
60–73v Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae - Anonymous

Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae

Anonymous
Appears on: 60–73v
Genres: Lamentations
Voice: Supranus
Languages: Latin, Hebrew
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Incipit lamentatio Iheremie prophete ...
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin, Hebrew
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Incipit lamentatio Iheremie prophete ...
Layout

parts
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Quadris, Johannes de
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Benedicamus devotis mentibus Domino Anonymous 51v–52
Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 51
Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 51
Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 52v
Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 52v
Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 53
Benedicamus Domino
Quadris, Johannes de
53
Benedicamus in laude Jesu Anonymous 41
Cum autem venissem
Quadris, Johannes de
53v–57v
Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Anonymous 60–73v

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Cattin, Giulio. 1973. Nuova Fonte Italiana della Polifonia intorno al 1500 (MS. Cape Town, Grey 3.b.l2). Acta Musicologica, 165-221. Pages: 180,190ff.

Cattin, Giulio. 1972. Canti polifonici del repertorio benedettino in uno sconosciuto 'Liber quadragesimalis' e in altre fonti italiane dei secoli XV e XVI ine. Benedictina, 445-527. Pages: 468-70.

Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I.  Kassel. Pages: B IV/4,1107-10.

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: xiii,xv-xvi, Tav. CXLIV-CXLVII.

Hughes, Andrew. 1967. New Italian and English sources of the fourteenth to sixteenth Centuries. Acta Musicologica, 171-82. Pages: 180-1.

Turrini, Giuseppe. 1953. II Patrimonio Musicale della Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona dal Sec. XV al XIX. Atti e Memorie della Accademia di Agricoltura Scienze e Lettere di Verona, 95-176. Pages: 98-103.

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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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