Barbireau_illum.jpg
Summary
Description Barbireau illum.jpg |
Manuscript page with the five-voice "Kyrie" of the Missa Virgo Parens Christi by Jacques Barbireau (ca.1420-1491). Early 16th century manuscript (Capp. Sist. 160 fols. 2 verso-3 recto music25 NB.06), now held in the Vatican, probably produced at the court of Margaret of Austria in Flanders, dedicated as a gift to Pope Leo X (whose coat of arms is pictured in the middle of the right-hand page.) |
Date | late 15th century composition/early 16th c copy. |
Source | from Library of Congress exhibition [1] (Mirror: [2] , accessed 12 February 2013) Originally uploaded 2007-01-01 at en.wikipedia ; description page is/was here . |
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- 2007-01-01 20:17 Antandrus 640×481×8 (48470 bytes) PD-art; from Library of Congress, in Vatican library, 2-dim reproduction; Jacobus Barbireau mass, late 15th century composition/early 16th c copy
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Superius (upper voice)
Tenor
"Virgo parens Christi | paritura deum genuisti" (text of the original cantus firmus after which this paraphrase mass is named)
Beginning of Bassus voice (continued on opposite page)
continuation of bassus voice (marked with red stars as continuation signs)
End of bassus voice that didn't fit in the bottom line, marked as continuation by the red trefoil symbol
Contratenor (second voice)
"Bassus tenor" (fourth voice)
Librarian's note giving the title ("Virgo parens")
Ligature cum opposita proprietate (S-S), with punctum additionis applying to the first note
C-clef on third line ("alto clef")
G-clef (treble clef)
C-clef on second line ("mezzosoprano clef")
Mensuration sign for "Kyrie" part: tempus perfectum cum prolatione imperfecta (modern 3/2 time)
Mensuration sign for second ("Christe") part: tempus diminutum (modern 2/2 time)
Coloration group: blackened longa (reduced from 6 to 4 semibreves), blackened brevis (reduced from 3 to 2 semibreves)