Squarcialupi Codex

Squarcialupi Codex

This manuscript is one of the most refined of the Italian music manuscripts copied during the first 20 years of the 15th century by the scriptorium of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. The Squarcialupi Codex is richly illuminated with gold leaf applied throughout. This manuscript is the largest source of music of the 14th century and contains the work of some of the greatest composers of the time, including Francesco Landini and Giovanni da Cascia.

The facsimile of the Squarcialupi Codex provides the contemporary viewer with not only a window into luxurious music compositions, but also the book-making process, as it is unfinished. The illuminations are brightly colored, mimicking the original, but the use of a reflective gold acts to hammer home to the viewer the abundant use of gold leaf employed in the Squarcialupi Codex. The facsimile and commentary are housed together in a large box measuring 320 x 460 mm, with a leather-covered spine with gold stamping.

Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence

Facsimile: UNT Willis Library Sandborn Reading Room, Call Number: ML96.4 .S8 1992
Original MS: Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Palatino 87

Florence: Giunti Barbera

Facsimile: 1992
Original MS: 1410-1415

Facsimile Editor: F. Alberto Gallo

Lucca: Libreria musicale italiana

12 hommages a Paul Sacher: pour violoncelle
The Douce Apoclaypse

2 v. (287 p; 216 leaves of music): ill; 43 cm

Facsimile: Italian
Commentary: Italian, English

Music Manuscript Facsimile

Owned by Florentine organist Antonio Squarcialupi

Italian, Renaissance, 15th century

Prepared by Carly Burdette