7 parts in 1. 358 (of 360) leaves. AA2, BB-OO4; AA-NN4; AA-RR4 (RR4 a blank); AA-II4, KK2; AA-OO4, PP2 (PP2 a blank); AA-PP4 (PP4 a blank); A-G4, H2. Musical scores, with words, throughout. Woodcut initials. (oblong 4to) 13.5x19 cm. (5½x7½"), period blindstamped vellum.
Rare liturgical music book containing songs and music scores spanning the church year. The Discantus Evangeliorum is in six parts, with no publisher or date; the final part is titled "Selectissimarum Cantiionum de Praecipuis Sanctorum Dei Domesticorum Festis...", with place and date on the title-page, publisher as above in the colophon. The composers include Heinricus Isaac, Valentinus Soir, Morales, N. Fourchier, Clemens Non Papa, Ionnes Mouton and others. OCLC/WorldCat lists a single copy of the final part, at Ulb Sachsen Anhalt, and no copies of the Discantus Evangeliorum, though there are a few similar works from Nuremburg, 1550, by Isaac Heinrich.
Condition:
Some rubbing and wear to covers, clasps lacking; some dampstaining within, old in ownership notations on title along with Jesuit rubberstamp, lacking leaves MM1-2 in the second part; very good.