E-TUY (Tuy) Archivo Capitular de la Catedral de Tuy L III

Archive: 
E-TUY (Tuy) Archivo Capitular de la Catedral de Tuy
Siglum: 
E-TUY 003
Shelfmark: 
L III
Source type: 
Polyphonic book
Subcategory of source: 
Choirbook
Category: 
polyphony
Completeness: 
complete or nearly complete
Document type: 
manuscript
Origin: 
Tui (E), Catedral
Main place of use: 
Tui (E), Catedral
Provenance: 
Tui (E), Catedral
Date: 
18th century/ ?late 17th century
Type of notation: 
Mensural (white)
Type of script: 
other
Material: 
Paper/Parchment
Contents: 

Antiphons (26), Mass Ordinary sections (7), Motets (19), Tracts (7), Unidentified fragment (1) (= 60)

Foliation/Pagination: 
60 fols + i
Gathering: 
MS consists of two books bound as one, each with separate foliation (see Remarks). Other information not yet available
Page layout: 
Choirbook format
Condition of document: 
Fair-good
Bindings: 
Brown leather over boards; metal bosses, corners and clasps
Inscriptions: 

Title page (f. 1r): ‘Tractos y Motetes / Para todas las Festividades’. Title page (f. 28r): ‘Adviento / y / Cuaresma’. Each composition is headed with its festal designation (see individual entries). Modal designations (tones) added by a later hand at top of RH folios. Barlines and other annotations added to some compositions. Voice names added in margins of compositions. Original foliation top right

Remarks: 

Originally two separate books. The first (ff. 1-27r) contains the 26 antiphons. Title page (f. 1r): ‘Tractos y Motetes / Para todas las Festividades’. The second, originally also of 28 folios (now ff. 28-59), contains the remainder of the repertory of motets, mass sections, etc. Title page (f. 28r): ‘Adviento / y / Cuaresma’. This second book was trimmed. It originally had its own foliation sequence, now only partially visible

References: 

KASTNER, Macario Santiago (1958), 'Notas sobre la música de la catedral de Tuy', Anuario Musical 13, pp. 195-200

TRILLO, Joám & VILLANUEVA, Carlos (1987), La música en la catedral de Tui (Diputación de La Coruña)

External link: https://hispanicpolyphony.eu/source/13683

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