Manuscript: Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2442

Manuscript type: partbooks (incomplete set)

RISM siglum: I-Fc 2442

DIAMM Source Key: 246

Image repositories: Internet Culturale

Folio(s): Cantus partbook, all folios

Date: First half of the 16th century, probably c. 1527

1518-1528, probably c. 1527 (Brown 1966); c. 1510-1515 (Rifkin).

Location of origin: Italy

Provenance

1. Bernardo di Jacopo Rinuccini, perhaps prepared at his instigation for presentation to Filippo Strozzi (b. 1489, d. 1538), Florentine patrician and banker, in 1527, the year of Strozzi's triumphal entry to Florence or thereafter during his voluntary exile from the city: inscription E'x liberalitate Bernardi Renuccini' (16th century, Tenor partbook f. Iv); golden crescent on the covers perhaps refer to the Strozzi arms (see Brown 1966); 2. Abramo Basevi (b. 1818, d. 1885) Italian musicologist and composer: bequeathed in his last will with his entire collection of books and manuscripts to the library of the Regio Istituto Musicale di Firenze, now Conservatorio di Musica 'Luigi Cherubini'.

Bibliography

Gandolfi 1911, 246; Hewitt 1942, 108; Picker 1958–63, 196-259; Becherini 1964, 266-268; Clinkscale 1965, I, 231, II, 476-478; Hewitt 1966, 384; Plates 2a and 2b; Brown 1966, Plates 2a and 2b; Pannella 1968, 41-47; Brown 1968; Smijers/Antonowycz/Elders 1969, 61-62; Hudson 1969–72, VI, xxvi, xxviii, 70-73, 84-86, 101-102; Atlas 1971, I, 484-485; Bernstein 1973, 1-68, 17-178; Picker 1976, 253; Brown 1976, 675-679; Atlas 1976, I.2, 248; Winn 1979, 50-54; Hudson 1979, xi, xiv, xvii-xviii, xxi-xxiv, l-4, 8-10, 13-16, 26-27; Census-Catalogue 1979-1988, I, 235f; Brown 1981; Jonas 1983, II, 9 passim; Agee 1985; Meconi 2003, xvi, 75, 157, 359; Elders 2013, 198.

Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2442, Cantus partbook, all folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: iii + 96 + i

Format: oblong

Page dimensions: 140 x 200

Quire structure: Text version

Index / Table of Contents: Written by a 19th century hand (ff. [ii]r-[ii]v)
Catalogo dei Manoscritti antichi cartacei dell' 1500 come appresse - Collezione di Madrigali a 3 voci con parole francesi e nome dei Compositori - una Busta con entro 3 Volumi - vol. 1 Cantus - vol. 2o Altus - 3o Tenor
B.
-,,- 1. Bruhier a Pagine 57 a 78.
-,,- 2. Brumel -,,- 126 a 132.
-,,- 3. Beauvoys -,,- 189.
C. 4. Compere (Loyset) -,,- 112 a 123.
D. 5. De Orto -,,- 102.
F. 6. Fenuny (antony) -,,- 137. [added in a different hand] 'Fevin?'
G. 7. Gaspart -,,- 170 a 172.
H. 8. Holain -,,- 158 a 167.
J. 9. Josui[n] des pres -,,- 1-13.
segue
L. 10. Lourdault a Pagine 84
M. 11. Moriney (Henrich) -,,- 140 a 145
-,,- 12. Mouton -,,- 175 a 183
N. 13. Nonot le petit -,,- 14 a 52
O. 14. Obrecht -,,- 187.
R. 15. Rogier -,,- 89. 97.
-,,- 16. Rue -,,- 148. 150. 152
Y. 17 Yzac -,,- 155.
'Concordanze' (f. [iii]r).

Other devices: 1. Modern pagination, pencil bottom outer corners, 1-192.
2. Modern foliation, pencil bottom left on rectos, 1-96.
3. Piece numbering in Roman numerals, in pencil next to composer ascription above every piece.
4. Traces of original leaf signatures.

Page details (zoom):

Preparation and Copying

All folios

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	none visible
Ruled grid	always, single vertical bounding lines; no text lines
Ruling pattern	highly regular
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown ink	always		Justification lines only
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
double rastrum	always		stave height 15 mm, interspace 11.5 mm
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
none	always		Text and music indented on staves.
Extra space between voice parts	Frequency	Folios	Note
empty ruled staves on grid	occasionally		Extra space between pieces.
Space provided for separate text	Frequency	Folios	Note
no separate text	always
Adhoc adaptation	Frequency	Folios	Note
notation extended into margin	rarely	56r, 74r
staves extended into margin	rarely	76r

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	French
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
fully texted with one or two texts	discantus	always

Music

Colour(s) of notation	dark brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	high

Line fillers	Folios	Note
occasionally	2v, 4v, 5v, 10v, 96r	extended final longs

Text

Types of script	cursive (humanistic)
Level of calligraphy	high
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	yes 29r, 29v
Text repetitions	very many
Abbreviations	few
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	Composers' names: 'Josquin des pres' (ff. 1r, 2v, 4r, 5r, 5v, 6v); 'Ninot le petit' (ff. 7v, 9r, 10v, 12r, 14r, 15r, 16v, 17r, 19v, 23r, 23v, 25r, 26v); 'Bruhier' (ff. 29r, 31r, 33r, 36r, 37v, 39v); 'Lourdault' (f. 42v); 'Rogier' (ff. 45r, 49r); 'De orto' (ff. 51v, 52v); 'Loyset Comperez' or 'L. Compere' (f. 56v, 59v, 60v, 62r); 'Brumel' (ff. 63r, 65v, 66v); 'Anto[i]n[e] Fevin' (f. 69r); 'Henricus Morinen[sis]' (ff. 70v, 73r); 'P. de la Rue' (ff. 74v, 75v, 76v); 'Yzac' (f. 78r); 'Holain' (ff. 79v, 82v, 84r); 'Gaspart' (ff. 85v, 86v, 88r); 'Mouton' (ff. 89v, 90r, 92r); 'Obrecth' (f. 94r); 'N. Beauvoys' (f. 95r) 'Secunda pars' (f. 54v)., 1r, 2v, 4r, 5r, 5v, 6v, 7v, 9r, 10v, 12r, 14r, 15r, 16v, 17r, 19v, 23r, 23v, 25r, 26v, 29r, 31r, 33r, 36r, 37v, 39v, 42v, 45r, 49r, 51v, 52v, 54v, 56v, 59v, 60v, 62r, 63r, 65v, 66v, 69r, 70v, 73r, 74v, 75v, 76v, 78r, 79v, 82v, 84r, 85v, 86v, 88r, 89v,
Later changes	90r, 92r, 94r, 95r

Decoration

Level of Decoration	high

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
penned initials	normally		calligraphic with decoration, decorated with grotesque heads	Beginning of pieces.	Calligraphic initials with pen-flourished decoration, some with human heads (ff. 1r, 23r, 82v, 84r), often highlighted in yellow.
Other decoration frequency		Folios	Other decoration type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
occasionally		2v, 4v, 5v, 10v, 96r	decorative final long

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