PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530

Manuscript: Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 66 (olim H.C. 63; = MaiM 11)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: D-Mbs 66

DIAMM Source Key: 2208

Image repositories: Digitale Bibliothek (BSB Munich)

Basis for description: high-quality image

Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 66 (olim H.C. 63; = MaiM 11)

Provenance:

Possibly copied in Vienna, for use by the imperial court chapel of Maximilian I (1459-1519), and brought to Munich by Ludwig Senfl c. 1523, when he began serving at the court chapel of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). Or copied in Munich for use of the Hofkapelle. Kept in Hofkapelle library until end of 18th century, then transferred to ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

Bindings:

c. 1525, Munich, Germany
white leather over wood
Decoration: stamped with ornamental designs
Endpapers: front and back: 1 endpaper with pastedown
Attributed to Schinnagl, Hans

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