A-Wn Cod. 1783

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria

manuscript of polyphony: ca. 1505

Archive Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark Cod. 1783
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 395 x 270 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VienNB 1783
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Theol. 34; VII.A.16
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
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Provenance
  • Brussels, Belgium
Contents 22 pieces from 9 composers
General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe B1, who also wrote JenaU 22 (KellBP). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Compiled as wedding gift for Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain (DixM).

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

Rebound in 1952 in original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design; metal bosses, clasps, and corners now missing.

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, 1-255

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

Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain on ff. l'-2 and f. 17'; mottoes of Philip the Fair, Archduke of Austria, on ff. 65'-66 and f. 83'.

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

parchment

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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18 Masses, 1 Kyrie, 1 Credo = 20

A. Agricola-2, A. Agricola/(Ghiselin)-1,* Barbireau-3, Brumel-Isaac-1,** Ghiselin [Verbonnet]-1, Josquin-1, La Rue-6, La Rue/ (Josquin)-1, Orto-3, Weerbecke [Jaspar]-1

*Missa Paschale on ff. 83'-98 attributed to "Allexander Agricola"; Sanctus of this Mass attributed to "Verbonnet" [= Ghiselin] in VerBC 756.

**Attribution to "Brumel" appears at beginning of Mass on ff. 187'-197, but Credo (based on "Tmeiskin was jonck") attributed to "Yzaac."

ii + 255 + ii parchment folios, 395 x 280. Modern ink foliation, 1-255. Rebound in 1952 in original covers of brown leather over wooden boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design; metal bosses, clasps, and corners now missing. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe B', who also wrote JenaU 22 (KellBP). Staff height 17. Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain on ff. l'-2 and f. 17'; mottoes of Philip the Fair, Archduke of Austria, on ff. 65'-66 and f. 83'.

1500-5, probably 1500 (KellJ). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Compiled as wedding gift for Manuel I, King of Portugal, and Marie of Spain (DixM).

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–17 Missa Virgo parens Christi Jacobus Barlbyrianus [= Barbireau]
Appears on: 1v–17
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Jacobus Barlbyrianus [= Barbireau]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Virgo parens Christi
17v–33 Missa Faulx perverse Barbiriaw
Appears on: 17v–33
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Barbiriaw
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Faulx perverse
General Note

Missa Sfaulx perverse

33v–48 Missa Princesse d'amourettes Jaspar [van Weerbecke]
Appears on: 33v–48
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Jaspar [van Weerbecke]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Princesse damorette
General Note

Missa Princesse damorette

49v–60 Missa de Beata vergine [La Rue]
Appears on: 49v–60
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [La Rue]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Salve sancta parens [= Missa De beata Virgine]
General Note

title = "Missa Salve sancta parens"

65v–82 Missa Malheur me bat Allexander Agricola
Appears on: 65v–82
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Allexander Agricola
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: La messe de Maleure me bat
83v–98 Missa Pascale KGSA Allexander Agricola (Sanctus ascribed to "Verbonnet" [= Ghiselin] in VerBC 756)
Appears on: 83v–98
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Allexander Agricola (Sanctus ascribed to "Verbonnet" [= Ghiselin] in VerBC 756)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Pascale
89v–94 Credo Je ne vis onques -
Appears on: 89v–94
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
99v–111 Missa Cum jocunditate = Missa Dirige 3.4 Rue [= La Rue]/[Josquin]
Appears on: 99v–111
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Rue [= La Rue]/[Josquin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Cum jocunditate [= Missa Dirige] 3.4
111v–126 Missa Le serviteur [A.] Agricola
Appears on: 111v–126
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [A.] Agricola
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Le serviteur
126v–140 Missa Almana = Missa Pourquoy non Rue
Appears on: 126v–140
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Almana
140v–154 Missa Petite camusette = Officium My My de orto - Officium Mymy orto
Appears on: 140v–154
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: de orto - Officium Mymy orto
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Officium My My [= Missa Petite camusette]
154v–165 Missa La belle ses siedt De Orto
Appears on: 154v–165
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: De Orto
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] La belle ses siedt
165v–175 Missa Ave maris stella 3.1 Josquin
Appears on: 165v–175
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Ave maris stella 3.1
175v–178 Missa Paschale: Kyrie Barbirianus
Appears on: 175v–178
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Barbirianus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: [Kyrie] Pascale: Kyrie eleyson
178v–187 Missa Je n'ai deuil Verbonnet [= Ghiselin]
Appears on: 178v–187
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Verbonnet [= Ghiselin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Je nay de deul
General Note

Missa Je nay de deul

187v–197 Missa Virginibus KGSA Brumel
Appears on: 187v–197
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Brumel
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa de Virginibus]
191v–193 Missa Tmeiskin was jonck: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Yzaac
Appears on: 191v–193
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Yzaac
197v–201 Credo Le serviteur: Patrem omnipotentem De Orto
Appears on: 197v–201
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: De Orto
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Credo] Le serviteur: Patrem omnipotentem
201v–214 Missa Sancto Antonio Rue
Appears on: 201v–214
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] O sacer Anthoni precibus [= Missa de Sancto Antonio]
214v–227 Missa Assumpta est Maria in caelum Rue
Appears on: 214v–227
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Assumpta est Maria in celum
229v–240v Missa L'homme armé I Rue
Appears on: 229v–240v
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Lomme arme
241v–252 Missa Puer natus est nobis P. de La Rue
Appears on: 241v–252
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: P. de La Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Puer natus est nobis
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Credo Je ne vis onques 89v–94
Credo Le serviteur: Patrem omnipotentem 197v–201
Missa Almana = Missa Pourquoy non 126v–140
Missa Assumpta est Maria in caelum 214v–227
Missa Ave maris stella 3.1 165v–175
Missa Cum jocunditate = Missa Dirige 3.4 99v–111
Missa de Beata vergine 49v–60
Missa Faulx perverse 17v–33
Missa Je n'ai deuil 178v–187
Missa L'homme armé I 229v–240v
Missa La belle ses siedt 154v–165
Missa Le serviteur 111v–126
Missa Malheur me bat 65v–82
Missa Pascale KGSA 83v–98
Missa Paschale: Kyrie 175v–178
Missa Petite camusette = Officium My My 140v–154
Missa Princesse d'amourettes 33v–48
Missa Puer natus est nobis 241v–252
Missa Sancto Antonio 201v–214
Missa Tmeiskin was jonck: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 191v–193
Missa Virginibus KGSA 187v–197
Missa Virgo parens Christi 1v–17

Set: Books prepared by the Alamire workshop

Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

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A-Wn Cod. 1783

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B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 5170

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B-Bcpas H 1135

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B-Br MS 215-216

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B-Br MS 6428

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B-Br MS 9126

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B-Br MS 15075

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B-Br MS IV.922 (Occo Codex)

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 6

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 7

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D-Mbs Mus. MS 34

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D-Mbs Mus. MS F

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I-VEc MS DCCLVI

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 34

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 36

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 160

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1976

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1977

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1978

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1979

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.

Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1987. London, British Library, Royal 8 G. VII. Renaissance Music in Facsimile.  New York. Notes: mention of MS.

Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II.  Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xlii-xliii,34,57-8,84; III,99-100. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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: 193,195,209-10. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Curtis, Alan (editor). 1974. Gaspar van Weerbeke, Missa Princesse d'amourettes 4 vx. Exempla Musica Neerlandica. 1964- (VvNM).  Amsterdam. Pages: VIII. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Miller, Ronald Lee. 1974. The Musical Works of Marbriano de Orto: Transcription and Commentary. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,18-9,21,42ff,119ff; II,345-57. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcriptions (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, 79-91. Pages: 82. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Dixon, Helen M. 1969. The Manuscript Vienna, National Library, 1783. Musica Disciplina, 105-16. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Elders, Willem. 1968. Studien zur Symbolik in der Musik der alten Niederländer.  Bilthoven. Pages: 125,151-2. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (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, Pl. 56. Notes: physical description; facsimile (partial).

Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I.iii.xiv; II,i-ii,x,l-22. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gottwald, Clytus (editor). 1961-68. Johannes Ghiselin- Verbonnet: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III.viii.[x]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).

Fox, Charles Warren. 1960. Barbireau and Barbingant: A Review. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 79-101. Pages: 81, 86,88,101. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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,49. Notes: physical description.

Meier, Bernhard (editor). 1954-7. Jacobi Barbireau: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,i-x, 1-20,47-51; plates preceding 1 and 47. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie.  Brussels. Pages: 44-5,55-6,155ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: I,1245-6; IV, 1409-10; VIII,233-4. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Kinsky, Georg (editor). 1930. A History of Music in Pictures.  London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 54. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: VI.v-xii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Winkler, Friedrich. 1925. Die Flämische Buchmalerei des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts; Künstler und Werke von den Brüdern Van Eyck bis zu Simon Bening.  Leipzig. Pages: 203. Notes: physical description (partial).

Waagen, G F. 1867. Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien. Manuscripte mit Miniaturen, Handzeichnungen und Kupferstiche.  Vienna. Pages: 56-7. Notes: physical description (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: I,289. Notes: physical description (partial).

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description