Manuscript: Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: E-Sc 5-1-43

DIAMM Source Key: 741

Folio(s): All folios

Date: c. 1470-85

see Atlas 1975-6, Schavran 1978

Location of origin: Naples, Italy ; Rome, Italy

Provenance

1. Fernando Colón (Ferdinand Columbus) (b. 1488, d. 1539), bibliographer and cosmographer, son of Christopher Columbus, purchased by him in Rome in 1515 when it formed a single manuscript with Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, nafr 4379, ff. 1-42: listed as no. 2526 in the surviving catalogue, 'Registrum B' of Colón's books; 2. bequeathed by Colón with his entire library, the so-called 'Fernandina' or 'Colombina', to his nephew Luis; 3. Biblioteca Colombina passed in 1544, to the Convent of St. Paul in Seville and in 1552 to the chapter of Seville Cathedral: included in the 1684 catalogue of the library by Juan de Loaysa with a mention of existing 181 leaves; old shelfmark 'tab. 135 No. 33' (inside front cover).

Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), All folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: i + 138 + i

Format: upright

Page dimensions: 209 x 157

Quire structure: Text version

Index / Table of Contents: Incomplete alphabetical index, ff. 1r-2r:
Lo jorno mi consumo 4
la morte che spavento
adame faites me savoir
on sent plaisir
Ma bouche rijt 33
Mon seul plaisir 61
ma votre [ceur - depicted] nus en oubly 78
ma tres souveraine
Moro per che
m...hert lut sinertz
Ma maistresse 132
[N]iet laes
[N]aray jamais mieulx
Nostre dame 90
rosa bella 72?
pulcerrima
O hertzen trost 60
O rosa bella
O fortune tu es trop dure
O gloriosa 109
Due ... 162
[p]our prison 64
[p]our fort amer 3
Jdour quelque paine
Par le regart 62
Pour prison
Puis que vis
Poure por necessite 100
Pour tant se mon
Prouchin
Pelegrino son tot na...
[Q]ui poroit
[Q]uelquel part 96
Quel poure homo
Quant viendra la foy
Que ville
Qui ne le croit
[S?]e regarde
Se nay secours
Seul es garee
Se une fois
Se trouver joie
Se iay vostre grace requise
Seul en amours 76
Sil coument
[in a different hand:]
salvator mundi
...samblant 4
Vostre bruit amaicter? 50

Non-musical texts: Musical treatise on ff. 2v-5v

Other devices: 1. Quire/leaf signatures recto bottom right, a1-r8 in original manuscript of 188 folios, with six quinios (a b c d p q), ten senios (signatures e f g h j k l m n o), and one quaternio (r). Original folios now in Part I of F-Pn n.a.fr. 4379 include e2-e11, f4-f12, g1, h2-h11, n2-n12, and o1
2 Original numbering of pieces, ink recto top right, 1-164 (including several inconsistencies; numbers sometimes misconstrued as foliation).
3. Modern pencil foliation (Higini Anglès), 1-138.

Page details (zoom):

Preparation and Copying

All folios

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	normally, very faint
Ruling pattern	fairly regular
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
hard point and lead point	normally		very faint, hardly visible usually
brown ink	rarely	112r-119v
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
dark brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always		numerous rastra used, of differing heights
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	sometimes	63v-99v, 111r-v, 120r-v, 131v, 137v	staves and notation indented for first stave of page. Notation sometimes indented on staves for first line of each voice part where no indentation of staves.
Extra space between voice parts	Frequency	Folios	Note
empty ruled staves on grid	often
Space provided for separate text	Frequency	Folios	Note
not in dedicated space	always	42r, 49v, 72v, 116v-120r, 133v-134r
Adhoc adaptation	Frequency	Folios	Note
notation extended into margin	sometimes
staves extended into margin	rarely	64v
made for complete additional staves	rarely	124v
partial additional staves	rarely	33v, 103r, 131v-132r
notation and staves extended into margin	rarely	35v, 41r, 43v, 109v, 125r, 128r

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin
Order of Copying	music first normally

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios
provided with one or two incipits	all voice parts	sometimes
fully texted with one text	all voice parts	rarely	15v-16r, 71v-72r, 133v-134r
untexted	all voice parts	rarely	43v-44r, 80v-81r, 95v-96r, 113v-115r, 121v-122v, 126v-127r
fully texted with one or two texts	discantus	sometimes
provided with one or two incipits	all except discantus	sometimes
partially texted with one text	all except discantus	rarely	73v-74r
untexted	all except discantus	rarely	35v-36v, 96v-97r, 106v-107r, 115v-116r, 119v, 127v-128r, 129v-130v, 135v-136r, 138v
provided with single incipit	discantus	rarely	96v-97r, 115v-116r, 119v, 127v-128r, 129v-130v, 135v-136r, 138v
untexted	altus	rarely	29v-30r, 32v-34r
provided with single incipit	all except altus	rarely	29v-30r
fully texted with one text	all except altus	rarely	32v-34r
untexted	all except tenor	rarely	124v-125r
provided with single incipit	all except tenor	rarely	31v-32r, 52v-53r, 130v-132r
partially texted with one text	tenor	rarely	40v-41r
fully texted with one text	all except tenor	rarely	40v-41r
partially texted with one text	bassus	rarely	34v-35r
fully texted with one text	all except bassus	rarely	34v-35r, 72v-73r, 101v-102r, 104v-105r
untexted	bassus	rarely	39v-40r, 104v-105r
provided with single incipit	all except bassus	rarely	39v-40r
untexted	tenor	rarely	31v-32r, 52v-53r, 120r
fully texted with one or two texts	altus	rarely	103v-104r,
partially texted with one or two texts	discantus	rarely	92v-93r, 97v-98r, 99v, 103v-104r
fully texted with one or two texts	tenor	rarely	103v-104r, 130v-132r
provided with single incipit	bassus	rarely	72v-73r, 101v-102r, 103v-104r, 120r
fully texted with one or two texts	discantus and tenor	rarely	16v-17r, 111v-113r, 128v-129r, 134v-135r
provided with single incipit	all except discantus and tenor	rarely	16v-17r, 111v-113r, 134v-135r
partially texted with one text	all except discantus and tenor	rarely	128v-129r
provided with single incipit	tenor	rarely	37v-38r, 105v-106r, 108v-109r, 124v-125r
untexted	all except discantus and tenor	rarely	37v-38r, 105v-106r, 108v-109r

Music

Colour(s) of notation	black brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair

Non verbal performance instructions	Folios	Note
repeat signs	15v-17r, 22v-23r, 32v-33r, 48r, 59v-60r, 100v-101r, 103v-105r, 115v-115r, 121v-122r, 130v, 131v
signes-de-renvoi	12v-14r, 34v-35r, 55v-56r, 57v-58r, 60v-61r, 67v-68r, 80v-81r, 88v-92r, 93v-94r, 97v-98r, 127v-128r
signa congruentiae		may indicate a corona
end symbol		omnipresent ff. 36r-38r, 49r-50v, 63r-111r (where red is used in initials and voice names): double barline filled with red, faded yellow decoration added to right of second barline.

Text 1

Types of script	display script
Types of script folios	63r-74r
Types of script note	majuscules used for voice names
Level of calligraphy	high
Colour(s) of text	red dark brown yellow Brown majuscules, touched with red, on a faded yellow background
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	some
Non underlaid vocal text	none

Text 2

Types of script	hybrida
Types of script note	various different hands, writing with varying degrees of cursivity
Level of calligraphy	fair
Colour(s) of text	black red brown 36r-38r, 49r-50v, 63r-111r on these folios (where red is used in the display text), certain majuscules of the underlaid and liminary text are touched with red.
Multiple texts	yes 16v, 54v, 55v-56r, 59v, 76v-77r, 103v-105r, 131v
Text repetitions	fairly few
Abbreviations	some
Non underlaid vocal text	additional 42r, 49v, 72v, 116v-120r, 133v-134r, in blank staves
Liminary text	verte (folium) (cito): 11r, 37v-38r, 100r, 105v-106r, 108r, 125v-126r residuum: 11v, 93v, 100v, 109v composer named: 98v, 103v, 122v, 123v, 135v canon: 108v, 113v cannon instructions: 107v, 108v, 109v, 113v ut supra: 121v-122r duo: 132v-133r

Text 3

Types of script	display script
Types of script folios	36r-38r, 49v-50v, 75r-111r
Types of script note	enlarged rotonda script used for voice names
Level of calligraphy	high
Colour(s) of text	red
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	some
Non underlaid vocal text	none

Decoration

Level of Decoration	fair

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
initials planned	rarely	111v, 120r-v, 131v			Staves indented: initials planned at page ruling stave, but text scribe copied full words, i.e. initials no longer planned at text copying stage.
penned initials	often	35v-36v, 49r-50v, 57v, 63r-111r, 123v-124r, 133v-138v	calligraphic , calligraphic with decoration, calligraphic with grotesque heads	one stave tall, start of each voice part. Notation and/or stave often indented on first line of page, initials further down the page are often placed in margin.	In brown ink, decorated with some red and yellow, now faded.	some initials missing, e.g. ff. 77v, 80v, 96r etc.
initials planned	sometimes	10v-35r, 37v-38v, 41v-45v, 51v-56v, 58v-62v, 116v-119r, 125v, 128v	Guide letters only		Cue letter in margin for discantus part, and/or first letter missing; no indentation (except 37v-38v).	37v-38v: notation indented on stave for each voice
Other decoration frequency		Folios	Other decoration type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
often			decorative final long

PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources