Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS minus VM 140 .C25

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS18266

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS minus VM 140 .C25

Title:

Compositione /

Compositione

Author:

Capirola, Vincenzo, 1474-

Vincenzo Capirola WIKIDATA

Artist:

Vidal, active 16th century

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

approximately 1517

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, color illustrations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 score (74 unnumbered leaves) : paper, color illustrations ; 16 x 23 cm

Note:

Manuscript on paper.
Script: Written in a humanistic hand.
Collation: Paper, fol. 74; 14 2-98 106.
42 compositions (sacred and secular) for lute solo.
Includes introduction on how to play the lute.
Origin: Written in Italy in approximately 1517 by Vidal, a painter and pupil of Vincenzo Capirola, who is responsible for transcribing and illuminating the manuscript with floral and animal drawings.
Music: Staff notation and Italian lute tablature.
For detailed description, see edition published by Otto Gombosi "Compositions. Lute-book (circa 1517)" (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1955).
Formerly in pocket at back but now missing: a manuscript description by J.P.N. Land.

Keyword:

humanistic scripts

Calf bindings

Gold tooled bindings

Intabulations

manuscripts (documents)

illuminated manuscripts

Intabulations (Lute)

Early works

Music

Manuscripts

Lute music

Manuscripts, Italian

Sixteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma992795738805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSBJGF0M

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library