Textmanuscripts

2 manuscripts

		Processional (Use of the Cistercians) In Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment with later paper additions Germany, Lower Rhineland (?), c. 1475-1500 [after 1476]

		Typical Cistercian Processional from the area of the Lower Rhine, small in size, attractively illuminated with opening gold initials, and with neatly transcribed hofnagel notation, the latter regional and not Cistercian in origin. Internally conflicting evidence--text addressed to monks and an ownership inscription by a nun--suggests a possible provenance within a double or a multiple monastery. Further research on the choice of antiphons and comparison with other Germanic and Netherlandish Cistercian Processionals could yield a more precise localization to a specific abbey. Some vernacular notes in German and Dutch add to its interest.

		SCHENCKENBERG, MATTAEUS [compiler]. Hübscher Lustiger newer Deutscher und Lateinischer Stücklein... In Latin and German, manuscript on paper with music Germany, Saxony [Dresden?], 1599

		Interesting compilation of Protestant and secular hymns and motets by some of the most renowned German and Flemish composers of the late sixteenth century, including Jakob Regnart, Philippe de Monte, Antonio Scandellus (Kapellmeister in Dresden from 1568 until his death in 1580), and Orlando de Lassus. Many are unpublished, most are rare in manuscript form.