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P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 007
Shelf-mark:
MM 007
Siglum:
P-Cug MM 007
Subcategory of book:
Polyphonic choirbook
Category:
polyphony
Completeness:
complete or nearly complete
Document type:
manuscript
Origin:
Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra
Main place of use:
Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra
Provenance:
Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra
Date:
mid 16th century
Cursus:
unknown
Contents:
1 Benedicamus domino; 3 Hymns; 1 Mass; 3 Marian antiphons (1 frag.); 1 Psalm + 3 [fabordão]; 11 motets (1 frag.); 1 Responsory (=24)
Material:
paper
Condition of document:
Damaged. Original order of pieces disrupted with modern re-binding.
Bindings:
Old, but not original, light-brown tooled leather over boards added in c. 1937-1941.
Foliation/Pagination:
ii + 50 + ii. Omission of fols 6 and 28 is an error. One folio (f. 4B) restored to manuscript. Manuscript consists of two distinct sections: ff.1-35 and 36-49, possibly belonging to originally different manuscripts. Book represents only a portion of original.
Gathering structure:
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).
Page layout:
Choirbook format. 545 x 390 mm.
Type of script:
Late Gothic
Type of notation:
Mensural (white)
Decoration:
A few calligraphic initials in black or red ink.
Inscriptions and marks:
Voice parts named on ff.1v, 2v, 32v, 33v. 'Duo' f.17v.
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 MM 6, 9, 12 and 32 can be seen (cf Rees 1995: 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.
Completed on:
2012-06-15
Submitted by Zuelma Duarte Chaves — Tue, 2011-11-22 15:53
Monophonic items
| Fol | Feast | Incipit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 008v | Mo | Maria Magdalene (in... | |
| 032v | ABV | (textless) (Salve r... |
