A-Wn Cod. 11778 Han - DIAMM

A-Wn Cod. 11778 Han

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria

manuscript of polyphony: c.1518-1520

Archive	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark	Cod. 11778 Han
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	395 x 280 (two additional leaves 410 x 300/294) mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: VienNB 11778 olim (Former shelfmark): Theol. 37; VIII. A.3
Notations	black void mensural
Copyists	Alamire, Petrus (ca. 1470–1536) Text and Music scribal concordance [77], Alamire H3 Music scribal concordance [42], Alamire I2 Music scribal concordance [43], Alamire Y Text scribal concordance [31], Alamire Z Text scribal concordance [44], Alamire F Text and Music
Relationships	Ferdinand III (1608–1657) (owner) Fugger, Raimund (the Elder) (1489–1535) (owner)
External Links	online library entry linked to images (Digitalisat) CMME online edition
Provenance	Brussels, Belgium
Contents	8 pieces from 3 composers

General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (NowakM); Warmington also distinguishes the music/text of scribe F, with further music copied by H3 and I2, text by Y and Z (KellmanTO). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Binding

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Watermark

(1) Gothic letter 'P', sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern); (2) generally resembles Briquet #9835, but with four-petalled flower.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Notation

black void mensural

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Ruling

Staff height 17.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Foliation

Modern ink foliation, 1-136 (excludes front flyleaves)

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Decoration

Painted initials on ff. 1'-2; inked calligraphic initials at beginning of other Masses

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Surface

paper

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014

Census Catalogue of Music Description

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6 Masses, 2 Credos = 8

Josquin-5, Josquin/(Brumel)-2, Ockeghem/(Josquin)-1

iv + 135 + i paper folios, 395 x 280. Modern ink foliation, 1-136 (excludes front flyleaves). Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (NowakM); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 17. Painted initials on ff. 1'-2; inked calligraphic initials at beginning of other Masses. Watermarks: (1) Gothic letter "P", sometimes surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern); (2) generally resembles Briquet #9835, but with four-petalled flower.

1521-34, probably ca. 1521-5 (KellJ). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

‡ denotes primary source study

Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.

Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Dalton, Karen Lanz. 1982. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek MS. 18825: A Study and Critical Edition. University of Illinois, MA thesis. Pages: 26-9. Notes: facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 193,201-4,209,214. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I,135-6,144,167,171; II,288. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Unterkircher, Franz. 1962. Manuscrits et Livres Imprimés Concernant L'Histoire des Pays-Bas 1475-1600. Biblos-Schrifien. Brussels. Pages: 70. Notes: physical description.

Kellman, Herbert. 1958. The Origins of the Chigi Codex: The Date, Provenance, and Original Ownership of Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 6-19. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.

Unterkircher, Franz. 1957-9. Inventar der Illuminierten Handschriften, Inkunabeln und Frühdrucke der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Vienna. Pages: I,150. Notes: physical description.

Nowak, Leopold. 1948. Die Musikhandschriften aus Fuggerschem Besitz in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Festschrift herausgegeben zum 25 jährigen Dienstjubiläum des Generaldirektors Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Bick, edited by Leopold Nowak, Vienna: H. Bauer-Verlag. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: I,xii-xxiv; II,ix-xv; III,ix-xvi; IV,vii-xiv; V,x-xviii; IX,vii-xi. 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: II.v-vii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Mantuani, Joseph. 1864-99 R 1965. Tabulae Codicum Manu Scriptorum in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi Asservatorum. 10 vols. Vienna: (1864-99) Graz: (1965 reprint). Pages: VII,41. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.