F-Pn Rés. 862

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1503-5

Archive Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France (F-Pn)
Shelfmark Rés. 862
Image Availability The images on this record are linked using IIIF.
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 223 x 166 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ParisBNC 862
  • olim (Former shelfmark): F-Pc Rés. 862
Notations
  • black void mensural
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Italy
Contents 22 pieces from 2 composers Contains 1 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.
General Description

Bound in as manuscript addition to library's exemplar of print RISM 1503/1 [= Rés. 861]. Copied by a single scribe, except for motet on ff. 87'-88, which is later addition by a different hand. Possibly copied in Venice or Milan.

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Physical Description

Folio numbers mentioned in index extend to '101,' indicating loss of at least 13 folios.

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Binding

Original covers of stamped leather.

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Watermark

Watermark in manuscript section resembles Briquet #475 or #498-9; similar or identical watermark also found in print.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1503-5 (BridgmMC)

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Foliation

Original foliation in manuscript section, 73-88, forms continuation of foliation system in print.

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Decoration

A few inked calligraphic initials in red and black; titles and some text in red ink; final notes of pieces decorated with inked ornamental designs in red and black. Initial on f. 74' contains portrait of a woman (= Isabella d'Esté?—BridgmMC).

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Index

Original index of manuscript section copied adjacent to index of print on verso of title page; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Magnificat (incomplete), 20 hymns, 1 motet (later addition) = 22*

*11 additional pieces listed in original index are now missing.

(Gafori)-1, (Quadris)-1, anon-20

16 paper folios, 223 x 166, bound in as manuscript addition to library's exemplar of print RISM 1503/1 [= Rés. 861]. Original foliation in manuscript section, 73-88, forms continuation of foliation system in print. Original covers of stamped leather. Original index of manuscript section copied adjacent to index of print on verso of title page; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance. Folio numbers mentioned in index extend to "101," indicating loss of at least 13 folios. Copied by a single scribe, except for motet on ff. 87'-88, which is later addition by a different hand. A few inked calligraphic initials in red and black; titles and some text in red ink; final notes of pieces decorated with inked ornamental designs in red and black. Initial on f. 74' contains portrait of a woman (= Isabella d'Esté?—BridgmMC). Watermark in manuscript section resembles Briquet #475 or #498-9; similar or identical watermark also found in print.

Ca. 1503-5 (BridgmMC). Possibly copied in Venice or Milan.

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Known compositions

Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages Source Attribution
[Ave maris stella] Sumens illud ave Anonymous 80v–81 -
[Ave maris stella] Sumens illud ave Anonymous 81v–82 -
[Christe redemptor omnium] Beata quoque agmina Anonymous 82v–83 -
[Deus tuorum militum] Hic nempe mundi gaudia Anonymous 85v -
[Exultet caelum laudibus] Vos saecli iusti iudices Anonymous 85 -
[Iste confessor] Qui pius prudens Anonymous 86v -
[Iste confessor] Qui pius prudens Anonymous 87v–88 -
[Jesu corona virginum] Qui pascis inter lilia Anonymous 87 -
[Lucis creator optime] Qui mane iunctum vesperi Anonymous 83v–84 -
[Lucis creator optime] Qui mane iunctum vesperi Anonymous 84v -
[Pange lingua] Nobis datus nobis natus Anonymous 78v–79 -
[Sanctorum meritis] Hi sunt quos retinens Anonymous 86 -
[Ut queant laxis] Nuntius celsus veniens Anonymous 79v -
Ad cenam agni. Cuius corpus sanctissimus Anonymous 75v–76 -
Christe redemptor. Tu lumen tu splendor Anonymous 73v–74 -
Conditor alme siderum Anonymous 73 -
Hostis Herodes. Ibant magi Anonymous 74v–75 -
Janito caeli docto orbis Anonymous 80 -
Jesu nostra redemptio. Quae te vicit clementia Anonymous 76v–77 -
Magnificat octavi toni: Et exultavit [K.797]
Gaffurius, Franchinus (1451–1522)
88v -
Sancta Maria ora pro eo ad Dominum Anonymous 88v -
Veni creator spiritus. Qui paraclitus diceris Anonymous 77v–78 -

Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages Item title Attribution in Source
Works by
Quadris, Johannes de
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Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Gaffurius, Franchinus (1451–1522)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[Ave maris stella] Sumens illud ave Anonymous 80v–81
[Ave maris stella] Sumens illud ave Anonymous 81v–82
[Christe redemptor omnium] Beata quoque agmina Anonymous 82v–83
[Deus tuorum militum] Hic nempe mundi gaudia Anonymous 85v
[Exultet caelum laudibus] Vos saecli iusti iudices Anonymous 85
[Iste confessor] Qui pius prudens Anonymous 86v
[Iste confessor] Qui pius prudens Anonymous 87v–88
[Jesu corona virginum] Qui pascis inter lilia Anonymous 87
[Lucis creator optime] Qui mane iunctum vesperi Anonymous 83v–84
[Lucis creator optime] Qui mane iunctum vesperi Anonymous 84v
[Pange lingua] Nobis datus nobis natus Anonymous 78v–79
[Sanctorum meritis] Hi sunt quos retinens Anonymous 86
[Ut queant laxis] Nuntius celsus veniens Anonymous 79v
Ad cenam agni. Cuius corpus sanctissimus Anonymous 75v–76
Christe redemptor. Tu lumen tu splendor Anonymous 73v–74
Conditor alme siderum Anonymous 73
Hostis Herodes. Ibant magi Anonymous 74v–75
Janito caeli docto orbis Anonymous 80
Jesu nostra redemptio. Quae te vicit clementia Anonymous 76v–77
Magnificat octavi toni: Et exultavit [K.797]
Gaffurius, Franchinus (1451–1522)
88v
Sancta Maria ora pro eo ad Dominum Anonymous 88v
Veni creator spiritus. Qui paraclitus diceris Anonymous 77v–78
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‡ denotes primary source study

Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS.  American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Pope, Isabel, and Masakata Kanazawa (editors). 1978. The Musical Manuscript Montecassino 871: A Neapolitan Repertory of Sacred and Secular Musk of the Late Fifteenth Century.  Oxford. Pages: 548, 599-600. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Ferer, Mary Tiffany. 1976. The Feast of St. John the Baptist: Its Background and Celebration in Renaissance Polyphony. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 119, 124. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kanazawa, Masakata (editor). 1974. Antonii Janue: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xvii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Cattin, Giulio (editor). 1972. Johannis de Quadris: Opera. Antiquat Musicae Italicae, Monumenta Veneta Sacra.  Bologna. Pages: 77. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Ward, Tom Robert. 1972. The Polyphonic Office Hymn and the Liturgy of Fifteenth Century Italy. Musica Disciplina, 161-88. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Cattin, Giulio. 1969. II Presbyter Johannes de Quadris. Quadrivium, 5-47. Pages: 17ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Ward, Tom Robert. 1969. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from the Late Fourteenth Century Until the Early Sixteenth Century. University of Pittsburgh, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 81-7, 219ff, 557-63, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Bridgman, Nanie. 1967. Manuscrits Clandestins: A propos du Ms. Rés. 862 de la Bibliothèque nationale de Paris, fonds du Conservatoire. Revue de Musicologie, 21-7. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Pope, Isabel. 1964. The musical manuscript Montecassino N879 [sic; recte 871]. Anuário Musical, 123-53. Pages: 142-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Gerber, Rudolf. 1956. Zur italienischen Hymnenkomposition im 15. Jahrhundert. Acta Musicologica, 75-86. Pages: 76, 79. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: VI, 1022. Notes: mention of MS.

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Thursday, 14 January, 2021

This & several other manuscripts are held in the Music department (from the former Conservatoire Library); siglum updated to F-Pn to reflect this. "Rés." series identifiers also removed from these mss as there is no Rés. series in the Manuscript department.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents Note; Surface Note

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