P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 0025

Archive: 
P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade
Siglum: 
P-Cug MM 0025
Shelfmark: 
MM 0025
Source type: 
Polyphonic book
Subcategory of source: 
Choirbook
Category: 
polyphony
Completeness: 
complete or nearly complete
Document type: 
manuscript
Origin: 
Coimbra, Mosteiro de Santa Cruz
Main place of use: 
Coimbra, Mosteiro de Santa Cruz
Provenance: 
Coimbra, Mosteiro de Santa Cruz
Date: 
last third of 16th century
Type of notation: 
Mensural (white)
Type of script: 
Humanistic
Material: 
Paper
Contents: 

27 Tenebrae Responsories

Composers: 
Anonymous
Foliation/Pagination: 
35 + i
Page layout: 
Choirbook format; 424 x 280 mm
Condition of document: 
Good
Watermarks: 

3 paper types; 3 watermarks. Mark on paper 1 identical to mark 3 in P-Cug MM 33; mark 2 very similar to Briquet #4844, and identical to mark 6 in P-Cug MM 33 (cf Rees 1995: 373 & 394)

Bindings: 
Old (posibly original) soft cover of beige leather, with remains of leather ties
Decoration: 
Scribe added black ink initials, some calligraphic, but mostly simple Roman majuscules. Red & green intials, fols 07v-08r, possibly in a later hand
Inscriptions: 

Inscriptions appear on various folios next to the bass part, indicating modal position (cues for organist)

Remarks: 

Remains of original front flyleaf. Original numbering of pieces in brown ink; each of the three sets of Holy Week responsories received separate numeration. Modern pencil foliation, fols 1-19, 21-36. All three edges of folios have red colouring similar to that on P-Cug MM 26

References: 

REES, Owen (1995), Polyphony in Portugal c. 1530 – c. 1620. Sources from the Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra (New York & London / Garland), pp. 201-04, 373 & 394

Indexed by: 
Bernadette Nelson
Description author/s: 
Bernadette Nelson