P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 007
P-Cug MM 0007
Benedicamus domino (1), Fabordões (3), Hymns (3), Mass (1), Marian antiphons (3+1 frag.), Psalm (1), motets (11+1 frag.), Responsory (1) (=24)
A few calligraphic initials in black or red ink
Voice parts named on fols 1v, 2v, 32v, 33v. 'Duo' fol. 17v
Damaged. Original order of pieces disrupted with modern re-binding.
Choirbook format. 545 x 390 mm
ii + 50 + ii fols. Omission of fols 6 and 28 is an error. One folio (fol. 4B) restored to manuscript. Manuscript consists of two distinct sections: fols. 1-35 and 36-49, possibly belonging to originally different manuscripts. Book represents only a portion of original
Details of gathering structure unclear; disruption of foliation
3 paper types; 2 watermarks. Mark on paper 3 almost identical to Briquet #5264 (cf Rees 1995: 164, 370 & 387)
Old, but not original, light-brown tooled leather over boards added in c. 1937-1941
Upper edges of folios trimmed. Modern pencil foliation probably added at re-binding of manuscript for fols 1-3, 5, 7-19, 19A, 20-26, 27B (pasted-in slip), 27A, 29-32, 32-38, 40-49. Some folios bound out of sequence. Manuscript consists of two distinct sections: fols 1-35 and fols 36-49 (possibly belonging to originally different manuscripts). First section is the work of 12 scribes, with later additions. The copying process shows collaboration between the different scribes. A few scribal links with P-Cug MM 6, 9, 12 and 32 can be seen (cf Rees 1995: pp. 164-66)
REES, Owen, Polyphony in Portugal c. 1530 – c. 1620. Sources from the Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra, New York & London / Garland, 1995, pp. 161-66, 370 & 387
REES, Owen, “Printed Music, Portuguese Musicians, Roman Patronage: Two Case Studies”, in Early Music Printing and Publishing in the Iberian World, ed. by Iain Fenlon and Tess Knighton, Kassel/ Reichenberger, 2006, pp. 275-98