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Polyphonic mass

Credo, cantus and tenor

F-6l88

Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, ID3.23

Elize Van Opstal, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023. (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Polyphonic mass
Shelfmarks Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, ID3.23
Page/Folio Reference lower pastedown; upper pastedown (offset)
Material Parchment
Date of Origin early 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica cursiva libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 287 mm
Page Width at least 200 mm
Height of Written Area at least 240 mm
Width of Written Area at least 180 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns at least 180 mm
Number of Lines at least 10
Line Height 24 – 26 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed, in situ), 1 in-situ offset
Dimensions 287 x 200 mm
More about the Current Condition

Host volume originally contained two leaves from this manuscript; today, only the lower pastedown survives, while an offset of the upper pastedown is still visible on the inside of the upper board.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Plain red initials, red colour stroking, red line fillers. Line fillers in red penwork.
  • Musical Notation

    Musical notation on five red staves. Cantus (first eight lines) in mensural notation, tenor (last two lines, cantus firmus) in square notation.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Polyphonic mass
      • Content Description

        Fragment of a choirbook. The extant fragment contains the cantus (first eight lines) and tenor (cantus firmus) (last two lines) of the Credo.
      • lower pastedown

    Host Volume

    Title Thomas de Aquino, <i>Quaestiones de quodlibet</i>; Henricus de Arimino, <i>De quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus ad cives Venetos</i>
    Date of Origin/Publication ca. 1472
    Shelfmark Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, ID3.23
    Persons Thomas de Aquino (author of host volume); Henricus de Arimino (author of host volume)
    Remarks

    Host volume is a composite manuscript, with its main parts all written in the third quarter of the 15th century (colophon on fol. 233r explicitly mentions the year 1472). The current binding may well be original.
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