P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 025
P-Cug MM 0025
27 Tenebrae Responsories
Scribe added black ink initials, some calligraphic, but mostly simple Roman majuscules. Red & green intials, fols 07v-08r, possibly in a later hand
Inscriptions appear on various folios next to the bass part, indicating modal position (cues for organist)
Good
Choirbook format; 424 x 280 mm
35 + i
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)
Old (posibly original) soft cover of beige leather, with remains of leather ties
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
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
Musical Items
| Folio | Seq | Incipit | Genre | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 026v-027r | 020 | Hierusalem luge | R | Anonymous |
| 027v-028r | 021 | Plange quasi virgo | R | Anonymous |
| 028v-029r | 022 | Recessit pastor noster | R | Anonymous |
| 029v-030r | 023 | O vos omnes | R | Anonymous |
| 030v-032r | 024 | Ecce quomodo moritur | R | Anonymous |
| 032v-033r | 025 | Astiterunt reges terrae | R | Anonymous |
| 033v-034r | 026 | Aestimatus sum | R | Anonymous |
| 034v-035r | 027 | Sepulto domino | R | Anonymous |