E-Bbc MS M. 971

Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya/Biblioteca Central, Barcelona, Spain

fragment: 14th - 15th century

Archive Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya/Biblioteca Central, Barcelona, Spain (E-Bbc)
Shelfmark MS M. 971
Surface Parchment
Numbering System None
Measurements 293 x 217 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: E-Bcen 971
  • RISM: BarcC
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Biblioteca Central 946
Notations
  • Ars Nova
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Spain
Contents 9 pieces from 4 composers
General Description

Twelve folios as an independent senio. At some point, there were ff. 13-14 which served as a wrapper, but these are now separately in E-Bbc MS 971 bis and belonged originally with the Gerona fragments (E-G frag. 33/I and E-G frag. 33/II). In addition, the MS contains 2 halves of a page from a 12th-century Visigothic Gradual. Of the 11 pieces in Bbc 971, it will be noticed that the first 5 comprise a complete mass ordinary, though no. 4 is in the shape of a motet.

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Binding

f. 13-14, a bifolio, is loose and serves as a binding for ff. 1-12.

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Notation

Ars Nova

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Ruling

8 red five-line staves per page

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Foliation

1-14v

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Surface

Parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 2: A 14th century parchment manuscript meas. 293 x 217 mm. and consisting of 14 folios. In fact, f. 1-12 is an independent senio, while f. 13-14 belong with the Gerona fragments. This bifolio is loose within the 15th century parchment document which serves as a binding for f. 1-12. In addition, the ms contains 2 halves of a page from a 12th century Visigothic Gradual. The main part of the ms has initials in red, green or both throughout, while the Gerona fragment makes use of red, green or yellow colours (the latter adorning black initials). There is no old foliation except xii and xiii on the Gerona fragment at t.r.r. Fol. 1-12 however have a modern pencil foliation at t.r.r. Mensuration signs, red notes, semiminims and even accidentals are missing in the Ars Nova notation of f. 1-12, and this is generally true of the Gerona fragment, which however already belongs in the 15th century. There are generally 8 red five-line staves per page, though f. 1, 6v, 7 and 11 have 9. Of the 11 pieces in Bcen 971, it will be noticed that the first 5 comprise a complete mass ordinary, though no. 4 is in the shape of a motet. The manuscript was discovered in 1925 by Monsignor Angles, who sent photos to Ludwig in the same year for the description in MachM II.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 [Mass of Barcelona] Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

[Mass of Barcelona] Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Greek
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Kyrie leyson
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Greek
Clef: c4
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: Greek
Clef: c4
Layout

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1v–3v [Mass of Barcelona] Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Tro] Splendor patris (each of the surviving sources has a different contratenor) - Anonymous

[Mass of Barcelona] Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Tro] Splendor patris (each of the surviving sources has a different contratenor)

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v–3v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Gloria
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus… [Tro] Splendor patris
General Note

Each of the surviving sources for this piece has a different contratenor.

Layout

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3v–6 [Mass of Barcelona] Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Sort(e)s
Sortes

[Mass of Barcelona] Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Sortes
Appears on: 3v–6
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Sort(e)s
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Patrem omnipotentem
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Layout

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6v–7 [Mass of Barcelona] Sacrosanctus pater ingenitus / Sanctus muri gaudio in caelesti - Anonymous

[Mass of Barcelona] Sacrosanctus pater ingenitus / Sanctus muri gaudio in caelesti

Anonymous
Appears on: 6v–7
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Sanctus muri gaudio in celesti
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Sacrosanctus pater ingenitus
Layout

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7v–8 [Mass of Barcelona] Agnus Dei - Anonymous

[Mass of Barcelona] Agnus Dei

Anonymous
Appears on: 7v–8
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Agnus dei qui tollis
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Agnus dei qui tollis
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: f3
Layout

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8v–9 Degentis vita quid prodest arte / Cum vix artidici promoti sint / Vera pudicitia - Anonymous

Degentis vita quid prodest arte / Cum vix artidici promoti sint / Vera pudicitia

Anonymous
Appears on: 8v–9
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Degentis vita quis prodest arte
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Cum vix artidici promoti sunt
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Vera pudicitia
Layout

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9v–10 Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie - Anonymous

Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie

Anonymous
Appears on: 9v–10
Genres: Motet
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Dulcis, potens, pater pie
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Rex immense magestatis et summe
Layout

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10v–11 Et in terra pax [Gloria] Gloria de Peliso(n)
Pellisson, Johannes de Bosco, alias

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Pellisson, Johannes de Bosco, alias
Appears on: 10v–11
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Gloria de Peliso(n)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Layout

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General Note

CMM 29, no.26
11v–12 Apollinis eclipsatur nunquam lux / Zodiacum signis lustrantibus / In omnem terram -
Cluny, B. de

Apollinis eclipsatur nunquam lux / Zodiacum signis lustrantibus / In omnem terram

Cluny, B. de
Appears on: 11v–12
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Zodiacum signis lustrantibus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Apollinis eclipsatur nunquam lux
Voice: Contratenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: In omnem terram
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Item Bibliography

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: [facs.] plate LXXII.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Cluny, B. de
Pellisson, Johannes de Bosco, alias
Sortes
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[Mass of Barcelona] Agnus Dei Anonymous 7v–8
[Mass of Barcelona] Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Tro] Splendor patris (each of the surviving sources has a different contratenor) Anonymous 1v–3v
[Mass of Barcelona] Kyrie eleison Anonymous 1
[Mass of Barcelona] Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]
Sortes
3v–6
[Mass of Barcelona] Sacrosanctus pater ingenitus / Sanctus muri gaudio in caelesti Anonymous 6v–7
Apollinis eclipsatur nunquam lux / Zodiacum signis lustrantibus / In omnem terram
Cluny, B. de
11v–12
Degentis vita quid prodest arte / Cum vix artidici promoti sint / Vera pudicitia Anonymous 8v–9
Et in terra pax [Gloria]
Pellisson, Johannes de Bosco, alias
10v–11
Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie Anonymous 9v–10

Images © Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona

Set: Biblioteca de Catalunya 971 y Gerona, Archivo Capitular, frag. 33/1

Type: Fragments of a whole

E-Bbc MS M. 971

E-G frag. 33/I

‡ denotes primary source study

Gómez Muntané, Maria del Carmen. 1989. El manuscrito M971 de la Biblioteca de Catalunya (Misa de Barcelona).  Barcelona: Biblioteca de Catalunya.

Gomez, Maria del Carmen. 1986. El manuscrito M971 de la Biblioteca de Catalunya (Misa de Barcelona). Butlletí de la Biblioteca de Catalunya.  Barcelona.

Gómez Muntané, Maria del Carmen. 1978. Neue Quellen mit mehrstimmiger geistlicher Musik des 14. Jahrhunderts in Spanien. Acta Musicologica, 208ff.

Hoppin, Richard H. 1978. Medieval Music.  New York: W. W. Norton.

Günther, Ursula (editor). 1965. The Motets of the Manuscripts Chantilly, musée condé, 564 (olim 1047) and Modena, Biblioteca estense, a. M. 5, 24 (olim lat. 568). Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: no. 2 (transcription of Bcen 971 6); XXI ff.

Stäblein-Harder, Hanna. 1962. Fourteenth-Century Mass Music in France. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, nos. 19,25,47, 56, 72, 1, 26, 29, 48 (transcription of Bcen 971 1-5, 7-8 and 10-11); II, 22f, 35, 39ff, 41f, 44, 57ff, 60f, 67f, 78f.

Anglès, Higinio. 1957. La musica sagrada de la capilla pontificia de Avignon en la capilla real aragonesa durante el siglo XIV. Anuario Musical, 35ff. Pages: 35, note 2.

Stäblein-Harder, Hanna, Bruno Stäblein, and Hanna Harder. 1957. Neue Fragmente mehrstimmiger Musik aus spanischen Bibliotheken. Festschrift für Joseph Schmidt-Görg zum 60 Geburtstag, 131–41. Bonn: Beethovenhaus. Pages: pl. VII-X (facsimile off. 13-14v); 131ff, 137 ff.

Schrade, Leo (editor). 1954 -1956. The Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century. 3 vols. Pages: I, 139ff (transcription of Bcen 971 1-5); I, commentary, 143ff.

Schrade, Leo. 1954. The Mass of Toulouse. Revue Belge de Musicologie, 84ff. Pages: 88, 90ff.

Stäblein-Harder, Hanna. 1953. Die Messe von Toulouse. Musica Disciplina, 105ff. Pages: 125ff (transcription of Bcen 971 3 after l-IV); 108, 110, 113ff.

Anglès, Higinio. 1941. La Musica espanola desde la edad media . . . Catàlogo de la Exposition historica . . . . Pages: 26; facs. 17 (facsimile off. 1).

Gastoué, Amédée (editor). 1936. Le manuscrit de musique polyphonique du trésor d'Apt. 10 vols. Paris: La société française de musicologie. Pages: nos. 34, 46, 36, 47 (transcription of Been 971 2,3,8 and 11 after V-APT16 bis).

Ludwig, Friedrich (editor). 1926-9. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke, 1-3.  Leipzig: Publikationen älterer Musik. Pages: II, 22, 69a.

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