E-Mn Códices, L. 1474/17

Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid, Spain

fragment: 14th century

Archive Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid, Spain (E-Mn)
Shelfmark Códices, L. 1474/17
Numbering System None
Measurements 330 x 230 mm
External Links
Provenance
  • Abecia, Álava, Spain
Contents 6 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

A bifolio of Ars Nova polyphony held with with 28 other MS. fragments of the 15th-16th centuries, meticulously produced. Both troped Kyries are well known from other Spanish sources. The two Gloria fragments were formally unica but one now has concordances in Siena and Columbia, S.C.

Concordances & Cognates:

  • APT Apt, Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, Bibliothèque du Chapitre, 16bis

  • BAR Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, BM 853b

  • 853 Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, BM 853c/d

  • 971 Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya 971 (olim 946)

  • CAT Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya 971c

  • ORF Barcelona, Biblioteca de L'Orfeó Català 2 (BarcB), fol. 5 (3/1);

  • MUN Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Handschriften-Inkunabelabteilung, MS Latinus monacensis 14274 (olim Mus. 3232a; Clm 352c)

  • PAR Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève 1257 (diferente contratenor);

  • ROM Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb. latino 1419

Added later:

  • SIE Siena, Archivio di Stato, Vicariato di Gavorrano, Ravi 3 (1568-9)

  • COL Columbia (S.C.), Columbia College, Early MS 5

Gomez / wikipedia / Cuthbert
Notation

not indicated

Gomez / wikipedia
Decoration

richly ornamented initials

Gomez / wikipedia

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Kyrie Summe clementissime -
Graneti, Johanes

Kyrie Summe clementissime

Graneti, Johanes
Appears on: 1
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie, Summe clementissime
1v Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie - Anonymous

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

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie, Rex inmense; Dulcis potens
General Note

fragment of triplum / 853 971
2 Et in terra pax [Gloria, Columbia/Siena/Madrid] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria, Columbia/Siena/Madrid]

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria
General Note

Contratenor and tenor
2 Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria
General Note

Contratenor and tenor
2v Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria
General Note

fragment of cantus
2v Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria
General Note

Contratenor
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Graneti, Johanes
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Et in terra pax [Gloria, Columbia/Siena/Madrid] Anonymous 2
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 2
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 2v
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 2v
Kyrie Summe clementissime
Graneti, Johanes
1
Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie Anonymous 1v

Images © Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid

‡ denotes primary source study

Cuthbert, Michael Scott, and Elizabeth Nyikos. 2010. Style, Locality, and the Trecento Gloria: New Sources and a Reexamination. Acta Musicologica, 185–212.

Gómez Muntané, Maria del Carmen. 1984. Musique et musiciens dans les chapelles de la maison royale d'Aragon (1336-1413). Musica Disciplina, 67-86. Pages: 82ff.

Gomez, Maria del Carmen. 1980. La música medieval a Cataluña.  Barcelona. Pages: 85-90.

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