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Vienna, ÖNB, ms. Cod. 1783



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Identification

Holding institution

Wien - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek [A-Wn]

Shelfmark

Cod. 1783

Format

codex: choirbook

Category

polyphony

Content

Choirbook containing masses and mass ordinary sections

Language(s)

Latin; French

Context

Origin

Habsburg-Burgundian Netherlands

Date / Date range

1498-1508

Material description

Support

parchment

Folios

255 ff.

Height

39,5 cm

Width

28 cm

Illumination

yes

Origin

workshop of Petrus Alamire's predecessor [documented 1498-1508]

Date

More precise dates have been proposed by [among others and especially]: [Dixon 1969]: 1500; [Kellman 1976a]: 1500-05
Prepared for Emanuel I, King of Portugal, and his wife Maria of Spain

Provenance

Philip the Fair of Burgundy

Illumination - Description

Miniatures and borders in Ghent-Bruges style; coat of arms; painted initials; inked calligraphic initials
fol. 1v: Virgin and Child enthroned, with musician angels, with large initial K
fol. 2r: King Emanuel I of Portugal as donor within large initial C
fol. 49v: Nativity within large initial S

Heraldry

fol. 1v, fol. 17v above and fol. 33v above: arms of Portugal, surmounted by royal crown
fol. 2r center, fol. 17v below and fol. 33v below: arms of Portugal and Spain
fol. 2r below: arms of Emanuel
fol. 65r above: initial K with ducal crown, components of the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and motto by Philip the Fair 'Qui vouldra'
fol. 65r below: initial B with motto 'Vive Austrice'
fol. 66 below: initial B with motto of Philip the Fair 'Moy tout seul'
fol. 83v above: initial K with motto 'Vive Burgondie'

Inventory

Barbireau, Jacobus: Missa Virgo parens Christi fol. 1v-17r
       Kyrie fol. 1v-4r
            Kyrie fol. 1v-2r
            Christe fol. 2v-3r
            Kyrie fol. 3v-4r
       Gloria fol. 4v-7r
            Et in terra pax fol. 4v-6r
            Qui tollis fol. 6v-7r
       Credo fol. 7v-13r
            Patrem fol. 7v-9r
            Et incarnatus fol. 9v-11r
            Et in spiritum fol. 11v-13r
       Sanctus fol. 13v-16r
            Sanctus fol. 13v-14r
            Pleni fol. 13v-14r
            Osanna fol. 14v-15r
            Benedictus fol. 15v-16r
       Agnus dei fol. 16v-17r
            Agnus dei - Miserere fol. 16v-17r
Barbireau, Jacobus: Missa Faulx perverse fol. 17v-33r
Weerbeke, Gaspar van: Missa Princesse d'amourettes fol. 33v-48r
La Rue, Pierre de: Missa de beata virgine fol. 49v-60r
Agricola, Alexander: Missa Malheur me bat fol. 65v-82r
Agricola, Alexander; ?Ghiselin, Johannes: Missa paschalis fol. 83v-89r and 94v-98r
Agricola, Alexander: Credo Je ne vis oncques - ii fol. 89v-94r
La Rue, Pierre de; ?Josquin des Prez: Missa Cum iocunditate fol. 99v-111r
Agricola, Alexander: Missa Le serviteur fol. 111v-126r
La Rue, Pierre de: Missa Almana fol. 126v-140r
Orto, Marbrianus de: Missa Petita camusetta fol. 140v-154r
Orto, Marbrianus de: Missa La belle se sied fol. 154v-165r
Josquin des Prez: Missa Ave maris stella fol. 165v-175r
Barbireau, Jacobus: Kyrie paschale fol. 175v-178r
Ghiselin, Johannes: Missa Je nay dueul fol. 178v-187r
Brumel, Antoine: Missa sine nomine - I fol. 187v-191r and 193v-197r
Isaac, Heinrich: Missa T'meiskin was jonck fol. 191v-193r
Orto, Marbrianus de: Credo Le serviteur fol. 197v-201r
La Rue, Pierre de: Missa de sancto Antonio fol. 201v-214r
La Rue, Pierre de: Missa Assumpta est Maria fol. 214v-227r
La Rue, Pierre de: Missa L'homme armé fol. 229v-240v
La Rue, Pierre de: Missa Puer natus est fol. 241v-252r

Bibliography

Saunders 2010 Zoe Saunders, 'Manuscripts in the Age of Print: Production, Function and Destinations of the Alamire Manuscripts', in Books in Transition at the Time of Philip the Fair. Manuscripts and Printed Books in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Low Countries, ed. Hanno Wijsman (Burgundica XV) (Turnhout, 2010), 181-212.
Kellman 1999 Herbert Kellman (ed.), The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and Art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535 (Ghent-Amsterdam, 1999). no 39, p. 140-41
Census-Catalogue 1979-88 Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1500 (Renaissance Manuscript Studies 1) (Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1979-88). IV, 84
Kellman 1976a Herbert Kellman, 'Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources', in Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference... 21-25 June 1971 (London etc., 1976), 181-216.
Hudson 1969-72 Barton Hudson (ed.), Antoine Brumel: Opera Omnia (Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 5) (Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1969-72). vol. 2, XVII, 74-97
Dixon 1969 Helen M. Dixon, 'The Manuscript Vienna, National Library, 1783', in Musica Disciplina 23 (1969), 105-16.
Kellman 1962 Herbert Kellman, 'Illuminated Choirbooks and the Manuscript Tradition in Flanders in the Early Sixteenth Century', Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Columbus, 1962.

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