Jan Herlinger
(Louisiana State University)
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, MS Latini, Cl. VIII.85: A Preliminary Report
Appendix A. Critical editions of treatises based on Marciana, Latini, Cl. VIII.85.
Seay, Albert. “An Anonymous Treatise from St. Martial.” Annales musicologiques 5 (1957):7-42. Item 3 of the inventory (Appendix C).
Sachs, Klaus-Jürgen. “Die Contrapunctus-Lehre im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert,” in Die mittelalterliche Lehre von der Mehrstimmigkeit, 187-88. Geschichte der Musiktheorie, ed. Frieder Zaminer, 5. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1984. Item 10.
Marchetto of Padua. The “Lucidarium” of Marchetto of Padua: A Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary. Edited and translated by Jan Herlinger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Items 1a, b, c, and 17.
Johannes Ciconia. “Nova musica” and “De proportionibus”: New Critical Texts and Translations. Edited and translated by Oliver B. Ellsworth. Greek and Latin Music Theory, 9. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Item 11.
Ars practica mensurabilis cantus secundum Iohannem de Muris: Die Recensio maior des sogenannten “Libellus practice cantus mensurabilis”. Edited by Christian Berktold. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Veröffentlichungen der Musikhistorischen Kommission, 14. München: Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1999. Item 2.
Appendix B. References to Marciana, Latini, Cl. VIII.85.
not included: introductions to editions listed in Appendix A.
Valentinelli, Giuseppe. Bibliotheca Manuscripta ad S. Marci Venetiarum. 6 vols. Venezia: Commercio, 1868-73 (Volume 5, 1872).
Wolf, Johannes. “Der niederländische Einfluß in der mehrstimmigen gemessenen Musik bis zum Jahre 1480: Eine bibliographische Skizze.” Tijdschrift der Vereeniging voor Noord-Nederlands Muziekgeschiedenis 6 (1900):197-217.
Handschin, Jacques. “Aus der alten Musiktheorie, 2: Orgel und Organum.” Acta Musicologica 14 (1942):19-27.
Clercx, Suzanne. “Johannes Ciconia théoricien.” Annales musicologiques 3 (1955):39-75.
Gallo, F. Alberto. La teoria della notazione in Italia dalla fine del XIII all’inizio del XV secolo. Bologna: Tamari, 1966.
Fischer, Pieter, ed. The Theory of Music from the Carolingian Era up to 1400, Volume 2: Italy. Répertoire international des sources musicales, B III2. München and Duisburg: Henle, 1968.
Michels, Ulrich. Die Musiktraktate des Johannes de Muris. Beihefte zum Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 8. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1970.
Huglo, Michel. Les Tonaires: inventaire, analyse, comparaison. Paris: Société Française de Musicologie, Heugel, 1971.
Sachs, Klaus-Jürgen. Der Contrapunctus im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert: Untersuchungen zum Terminus, zur Lehre und zu den Quellen. Beihefte zum Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 13. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1974.
Fuller, Sarah. “An Anonymous Treatise dictus de Sancto Martiale.” Musica Disciplina 31 (1977):5-30.
Herlinger, Jan. “A Fifteenth-Century Italian Compilation of Music Theory.” Acta Musicologica 53 (1981):90-105.
Eggebrecht, Hans Heinrich. “Die Mehrstimmigkeitslehre von ihren Anfängen bis zum 12. Jahrhundert.” In Die mittelalterliche Lehre von der Mehrstimmigkeit, 9-87. Geschichte der Musiktheorie, ed. Frieder Zaminer, 5. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1984.
Gallo, F. Alberto. “Die Notationslehre im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert.” In Die mittelalterliche Lehre von der Mehrstimmigkeit, 257-356.
Sachs, Klaus-Jürgen. “Die Contrapunctus-Lehre im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert. In Die mittelalterliche Lehre von der Mehrstimmigkeit, 161-256.
Berger, Karol. Musica Ficta: Theories of Accidental Inflections in Vocal Polyphony from Marchetto da Padova to Gioseffo Zarlino. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Katz, Daniel Seth. “The Earliest Sources for the Libellus cantus mensurabilis secundum Johannem de Muris.” Ph. D. dissertation, Duke University, 1989.
Herlinger, Jan. “Marchetto’s Influence: The Manuscript Evidence.” In Music Theory and its Sources: Antiquity and the Middle Ages, ed. André Barbera, 235-58. Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies, 1. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.
Blackburn, Bonnie J. “Buccellanito, Nicolaus de.” In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., ed. Stanley Sadie, vol. 4, 529
Meyer, Christian, ed. The Theory of Music, Volume 6: Manuscripts from the Carolingian Era up to c. 1500 (Addenda, Corrigenda). Répertoire international des sources musicales, B III6. München: Henle, 2003.
Appendix C. Marciana, Latini, Cl. VIII.85: Structure and Contents.
| Items in shaded fields were copied by hands other than the main scribe’s. | ||
| Libellus 1 (copied Mantova, November 1464) | ||
| Fascicle 1 (V), ff. 1-10 | ||
| 1v-10r | 1a. | Marchetto, Lucidarium, opening through 2.9.4 (breaking off) |
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caption: In festo virginis katherine et matris sanctissime principiaui Mantue hunc tractatum. In nouembrio 25 currente die. Anno domini 1464 |
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| 10v | 1b. | Marchetto, Lucidarium, 2.9.4-2.10.2 |
| 1c. | Note stating that most of the Lucidarium text is missing | |
| Libellus 2 (copied Bozzolo, May-June 1464) | ||
| Fascicles 2 (VI), ff. 11-22; 3 (VI), 23-34; 4 (VI), 35-46; 5 (VII), 47-60 | ||
| 11r-23v | 2. | Ars practica mensurabilis cantus secundum Iohannem de Muris (=Libellus cantus mensurabilis) |
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inscription at beginning: Michi Resera. B.I.V. |
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inscription at end: B.I.V. Ex actis pensa futura |
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colophon: In bozolo. 12. mensis madij |
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| 24r-47v | 3. | Tractatus dictus de Sancto Martiale |
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inscription: Michi Resera |
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colophon: Finis peractus est huius operis bozoli .19. die mensis Junij. currente festo Sanctorum Geruasij e prothasij. Anno domini. 1464. hora quasi 23. |
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| 47v | 4. | Greek note names, Latin note names |
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inscription: B.V.I. Ex actis pensa futura |
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| 48r-56v | 5. | Texts on counterpoint and coniunctae |
| a. Pair of counterpoint treatises Notandum est quod duodecim (48r) Sequitur primo contrapunctus nature basse (48r-49v) b. Ut unisonus dat (49v-50r) c. Incipiunt coniuncte secundum artem et praticam cum plano cantu mixte (50r-56v) |
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| 57r-60v | Blank | |
| Libellus 3 | ||
| Fascicle 6 (VI-1), ff. 61-71 | ||
| 61r | 6. | Sidonius Apollinaris, letter 8 [of Book 2] to Candidianus |
| 61v-67v | 7. | Nicolaus Auritus de Buccellanito, Introductiones artis musice |
| 68r-v | Blank | |
| 69r | 8. | Regule proportionum in quantum pertinent ad musicam |
| 69v-70r | Blank | |
| 70v-71r | 9. | Proportio est habitudo duorum terminorum ad inuicem |
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inscription: Michi Resera |
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| 71v | 10. | Sciendum est quod novem sunt species contrapuncti |
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inscription: I.H.S. |
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| Libellus 4 (copied Mantua, September-October 1463) | ||
| Fascicle 7 (VI), ff. 72-83 | ||
| 72r-77r | 11. | Ciconia, Liber de proportionibus |
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inscription at beginning: Michi resera |
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colophon: Scriptum mantue in domo strennui militis illustrisque uiri domini baltasaris de castello leonis hora quasi 20 die proxima martis precurrente festum sancti michaeli archangeli. Anno domini Mo cccc lxiijo |
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inscription at end: Michi Resera |
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| 77v-78r | 12. | De vi et laudibus musice |
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colophon: Hec ex libro francisci de robertis cuntis mantuani |
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| 78r-80v | 13a. | Isidore, Etymologiae 3.15-23 |
| 13b. | Note on the muses (78r, u.r. margin) | |
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colophon: Hec Ysydorus sanctissimus ubi supra sabbato primo mensis octobris anno ut supra. hec collecta perfici |
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| 80v-82r | 14. | Nota quod a gamaut |
| 82v | Blank | |
| 83r | 15. | Illustration of hand, with Greek note names |
| 83v | 16. | Notes on classical subjects |
| Libellus 5 | ||
| Fascicle 8 (III), ff. 84-89; 9 (I), 90-91 | ||
| 84r | 17. | Marchetto, Lucidarium 16 |
| 84v-88v | 18. | Tercius liber musice |
| 89r-90v | 19. | Prolationes sunt due |
| 91r-v | 20. | Diagram of hexachords; miscellaneous notes |
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