P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 007

Archive
P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade
Shelfmark
MM 007
Siglum

P-Cug MM 0007

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
mid 16th century
Cursus
unknown
Contents

Benedicamus domino (1), Fabordões (3), Hymns (3), Mass (1), Marian antiphons (3+1 frag.), Psalm (1), motets (11+1 frag.), Responsory (1) (=24)

Type of script
Late Gothic
Type of notation
Mensural (white)
Decoration

A few calligraphic initials in black or red ink

Inscriptions

Voice parts named on fols 1v, 2v, 32v, 33v. 'Duo' fol. 17v

Material
Paper
Condition of document

Damaged. Original order of pieces disrupted with modern re-binding.

Page layout

Choirbook format. 545 x 390 mm

Foliation/Pagination

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

Gathering

Details of gathering structure unclear; disruption of foliation

Watermarks

3 paper types; 2 watermarks. Mark on paper 3 almost identical to Briquet #5264 (cf Rees 1995: 164, 370 & 387)

Bindings

Old, but not original, light-brown tooled leather over boards added in c. 1937-1941

Remarks

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)

References

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

 

Description author/s
Bernadette Nelson
Indexed by
Bernadette Nelson
Completed on
Reviewed by
Bernadette Nelson