P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 031

Shelfmark
MM 031
Siglum

P-Cug MM 0031

Source type
Subcategory of source
Category
Completeness
Document type
Date
[c.1575-c.1580]
Contents

Canticles (2), Psalms (5), Responsory (1) (=8)

Type of script
Type of notation
Decoration

Red calligraphic initials added by main scribe

Inscriptions

Sequence of psalms headed (fol. 01v) 'Insole(m)nitate virginis Mariae' in red ink

Material
Condition of document

Good

Page layout

Choirbook format. 436 x 288 mm

Foliation/Pagination

18 fols

Gathering

2 gatherings of 6 and 3 bifolios (fragments of larger choirbook)

Watermarks

5 paper types; 5 watermarks. Watermark 1 (paper 1) very similar to Briquet #1131

Bindings

Preserved in modern binding made of cardboard

Remarks

No foliation. MS copied by main scribe of P-Cug MM 3 (possibly Dom Francisco de Santa Maria)

References

REES, Owen (1995), Polyphony in Portugal c. 1530 – c. 1620. Sources from the Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra (New York & London, Garland, 1995), pp. 213-14, 374 & 397-98

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