Single bifolio, removed from bindings; part of a collection of leaves, possibly more than 70 ff in total originally, all removed from bindings and mostly held in Lucca, which formed part of larger musical manuscript.

Copied by one main scribe (Netherlandish hand), with several additions by later (Italian) hands. Main corpus probably copied in Bruges (StroMB). By 1472 at latest, manuscript given to Lucca Cathedral by Giovanni Arnolfini, a Lucca merchant doing business in Bruges. Used by cathedral's maestro di cappella, John Hothby; several pieces added, along with some texts and notes.

Original manuscript disassembled in early 17th century; folios used as binding material. In 1963-4, Reinhard Strohm recovered 56 folios from bindings of archival registers in the Archivio di Stato at Lucca, and an additional bifolio at the Biblioteca Arcivescovile at Pisa. In 1976, Agostino Ziino and Strohm recovered, respectively, three and two additional folios at the Archivio di Stato in Lucca.

This bifolio discovered in Pisa (= PisaBA s.s) is ff. 41/44 in Strohm's reconstruction of the choirbook.

The main body of leaves are inventoried as I-Lcr MS 238. See also the fragments of the same book held as I-Lcr MS 97, and the reconstruction of the fragments.

not indicated

41r-v, 44r-v

Strohm's foliation of the full set of fragments can be found here.

Painted initials and inked calligraphic initials in blue, brownish-red, and gold.

parchment

RISM B/IV 5: XVe s. 58ff. Parchemin, 460 x 340 mm. Foliotation moderne en haut des ff. Les ff. 11, 21, 35v, 48, 58r-v sont blancs. Lef. 1 coupé longitudinalement, le f. 11 très mutilé. Notation mesurée blanche. 10 portées par p. Six capitales enluminées or et coul., restes d'une miniature au f. 1v.

Dépecé au XVIIe s. pour servir de couvertures aux actes notariés des Archives, ce ms. reconstitué en 1965 à partir de feuillets épars, appartient au même groupe que les mss. de l'Estense à Modena (MOe 456) et de la Vaticana (Rvat. 51) copiés à la fin du XVe s. et avec lesquels il présente d'ailleurs quelques concordances (nos 2, 5b, 11, 13, 14). Il est possible qu'il ait été copié en Flandre vers 1470 et qu'il soit en relation avec l'évêque de Lucca Stefano Trenta (1448-1478) qui était nonce du pape en Angleterre et en Bourgogne sous Paul II dont on relève le nom plusieurs fois au f. 1. Le répertoire en tout cas, ne permet guère de repousser la date de la copie au delà de 1485. Malheureusement, aucune pièce n'est complète, mais le ms. a tout de même permis de découvrir l'auteur d'une messe restée jusque là anonyme dans TR89 (nos 736-740): Henricus Tik (no 1), ainsi qu'un Kyrie inconnu de Frye (no 4).

Le dépouillement suit la numérotation donnée par Strohm qui a découvert, mis en ordre et étudié le ms.

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17 Masses, 2 Magnificats, 9 motets = 28 (fragmentary and in-complete)

Domarto-1, (Dufay)-1 + 1?, Frye-1, (Heyns)-1, (Isaac)-1, (Martini)-1, (Plummer)-1, J.? Stone-1, Tik-1, anon-18

61 parchment folios, originally ca. 470 x 340. Once part of larger musical manuscript; two additional folios from same manuscript now PisaBA s.s. Modern (1976) foliation by Reinhard Strohm: 1-24; 24bis; 24ter; 25-30; 30bis; 31-40; 42-43; 45-46; 46bis; 47-48; 48bis; 49-58. Preserved loose, as fascicles reflecting above foliation, in modern folder. Modern index by Reinhard Strohm. Copied by one main scribe (Netherlandish hand), with several additions by later (Italian) hands. Painted initials and inked calligraphic initials in blue, brownish-red, and gold.

Ca. 1470, with additions ca. 1485-1500 (StroMB). Main corpus probably copied in Bruges (StroMB). By 1472 at latest, manuscript given to Lucca Cathedral by Giovanni Arnolfini, a Lucca merchant doing business in Bruges. Used by cathedral's maestro di cappella, John Hothby; several pieces added, along with some texts and notes. Original manuscript disassembled in early 17th century; folios used as binding material. In 1963-4, Reinhard Strohm recovered 56 folios from bindings of archival registers in the Archivio di Stato at Lucca, and an additional bifolio at the Biblioteca Arcivescovile at Pisa. In 1976, Agostino Ziino and Strohm recovered, respectively, three and two additional folios at the Archivio di Stato in Lucca. Bifolio discovered in Pisa (= ff. 41/44 in Strohm's reconstruction) is PisaBA s.s.

Vol. 3:

2 Masses (fragmentary) Anonymous

2 parchment folios, originally ca. 470 x 340, recovered by Reinhard Strohm from binding of archival register. Folios are from same original manuscript as LucAS 238. Strohm assigned single system of foliation to LucAS 238 and PisaBA s.s. in 1976; leaves at Pisa are f. 41 and f. 44.

Ca. 1470, with additions ca. 1485-1500. Main corpus of original manuscript probably copied in Bruges. See LucAS 238 for subsequent history, bibliography, and more detailed physical description.

Catalogue entries for LucAS 238:

Vol 4

Composers: Add "(Busnois?)-1" and "(Joye?)-2"; change "(Plummer)-1 " to "(Plummer)-1 + 1?"; change "anon-18" to "anon-14."

Physical: Main scribe was a certain "Waghes" (inscriptions on ff. 7, 15, 49'); later additions by three other scribes (StroMB).

Date: Ca. 1467-70 (main corpus), with additions from 1470's until ca. 1500 (StroMB).