Laudario di Cortona explained

The Laudario di Cortona (Cortona, Biblioteca del Comune e dell'Accademia Etrusca, Ms. 91) is a musical codex from the second half of the 13th century containing a collection of laude.^[1]

Works

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Foglio	Lauda	Concordanze	Registrazioni
1	1–3v	Venite a laudare	ARE, MIL	MIC, LAU, CCP, QPI, PRE, SCS, OBS, MED, WYT, ARM2
2	3v–5v	Lauda novella sia cantata	ARE	MIC, SPE, DOL, CCP, QPI, PRE, EMI, MED, CAC, WYT, EMS, ARM, WOL, NEK, ARM2
3	5v–8v	Ave, donna santissima	ARE, M18, M19, MIL	MIC, LAU, DOL, QPI, PRE, DIA, MED, EMS, ARM, EST, OWY, LOM, ARM2
4	8v–10	Madonna santa Maria	ARE, MIL	MIC, DOL, QPI, PRE, QVG, ARM2
5	12v–14v	Ave, regina gloriosa		MIC, LAU, DOL, QPI, PRE, ARM2
6	14v–17	Da ciel venne messo novello	ARE, M18, M19	MIC, ORG, LUG, QPI, PRE, SCS, OBS, AME, TRE, ALB, LOM, NEK, ARM2
7	17–19v	Altissima luce col grande splendore	ARE, M18, M19, MIL	MIC, DOL, LUG, QPI, PRE, ARM, LOM, NEK, ARM2
8	19v–22	Fami cantar l'amor di la beata	ARE, M19	MIC, CHO, QPI, PRE, ALT, WYT, NEK, ARM2
9	22–24	O Maria, d'omelia	ARE	MIC, QPI, PRE, WYT, ARM2
10	24–25v	Regina sovrana de gram pietade	ARE, M18, M19	MIC, QPI, PRE, HIL, ARM2
11	25v–27	Ave, Dei genitrix		MIC, QPI, PRE, ARM2
12	27–29	O Maria, Dei cella		MIC, QPI, PRE, ARM2
13	29–32v	Ave, vergene gaudente	MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, NEK, ARM2
14	32v–34v	O divina virgo, flore		MIC, DOL, QPI, PRE, HIL, QVG, LUC, NEK, ARM2
15	34v–36v	Salve, salve, virgo pia	MIL	MIC, DOL, QPI, PRE, HIL, LOM, ARM2
16	36v–38	Vergene donçella da Dio amata	ARE, M18, M19, MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, ARM2
17	38v–39v	Peccatrice, nominata	ARE, M19	MIC, DOL, QPI, PRE, EMI, ARM2
18	39v–43v	Cristo è nato et humanato	M18 (Incompleto), W15	MIC, ORG, LUG, QPI, PRE, SCS, ALT, POU, ALB, NEK, ARM2
19	43v–44v	Gloria 'n cielo e pace 'n terra	ARE, MIL	MIC, DOL, LUG, QPI, PRE, CAC, ALB, ORI, NEK, ARM2
20	45–46	Stella nuova 'n fra la gente	ARE, M19, MIL	MIC, ORG, LUG, QPI, PRE, SCS, AME, TRE, MCL, ALB, ORI, NEK, ARM2
21	46v–47v	Plangiamo quel crudel basciar[e]		MIC, LUG, QPI, PRE, EMI, SCS, WYT, NEK, ARM2
22	47v–51	Ben è crudele e spietoso	M18 (Solo testo)	MIC, ORG, LUG, QPI, PRE, SCS, NEK, ARM2
23	51–53	De la crudel morte de Cristo	ARE, MIL	MIC, ORG, DOL, LUG, CCP, QPI, PRE, WYT, ONI, ALB, NEK, ARM2
24	53–55	Dami conforto, Dio, et alegrança	ARE, MIL	MIC, LUG, QPI, PRE, QVG, LUC, NEK, ARM2
25	55–57v	Onne homo ad alta voce	ARE, M18, CBC, MIL	MIC, ORG, LAU, DOL, LUG, CCP, QPI, PRE, SCS, ALB, NEK, ARM2
26	57v–60	Jesù Cristo glorioso	M18	MIC, ORG, CHO, LUG, QPI, PRE, ALB, NEK, ARM2
27	60–63	Laudamo la resurrectione	ARE, MIL, NY	MIC, LUG, QPI, PRE, SCS, ARM2
28	63–64v	Spiritu sancto, dolçe amore	M19, MIL	MIC, REV, QPI, PRE, ARM2
29	64v–68	Spirito Sancto glorioso	ANT, M19, MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, SCS, ARM2
30	68–69v	Spirito sancto, dà servire	ARE, MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, ALT, ARM2
31	70–72	Alta Trinità beata	M19, MIL	MIC, DOL, CCP, QPI, PRE, ARM2
32	72–82v	Troppo perde 'l tempo ki ben non t'ama	ARE, MIL	MIC, LAU, CCP, QPI, PRE, ARM2
33	82v–85	Stomme allegro et latioso	MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, OBS, ARM2
34	85v–88v	Oimè lasso e freddo lo mio core		MIC, QPI, PRE, MED, HIL, ARM2
35	88v–90	Chi vol(e) lo mondo desprecçare	ARE, M19, MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, QVG, ARM2
36	90v–93	Laudar vollio per amore	MIL	MIC, CHO, DOL, CCP, QPI, PRE, ALT, EMS, IOC, ARM2
37	93–96	Sia laudato san Francesco	ARE, M18, M19, MIL	MIC, CHO, DOL, QPI, PRE, ALT, MAN, ARM2
38	96–100v	Ciascun ke fede sente	ARE, M18, M19, MIL	MIC, REV, DOL, QPI, PRE, ARM2
39	100v–110v	Magdalena degna da laudare	ARE, MIL	MIC, CHO, REV, DOL, LUG, QPI, PRE, DIA, EMS, NEK, ARM2
40	110v–112v	L'alto prençe archangelo lucente	MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, ARM2
41	112v–114v	Faciamo laude a tutt'i sancti	ARE, M18, M19, MIL, W22	MIC, QPI, PRE, ARM2
42	114v–116	San Jovanni al mond'è nato		MIC, QPI, PRE, ARM2
43	116–117v	Ogn'om canti novel canto	M19	MIC, CHO, QPI, PRE, ARM2
44	117v–120	Amor dolçe sença pare	ARE, MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, SCS, OBS, EMS, FAE, SIX, ARM2
45	123–131v	Benedicti et llaudati	MIL	MIC, REV, QPI, PRE, EMS, RES, ARM2
46	131v–132v	Salutiam divotamente	ARE, MIL	MIC, QPI, PRE, EMS, ALB, LOM, ARM2
47	136	Alleluya. Alleluya, alto re di gloria (Senza musica. Solo testo)	ARE, M18, M19
48	137	Salutiam divotamente (Senza musica. Solo testo)	ARE, MIL
49	143	A voi gente facciam prego (Senza musica. Solo testo)	ARE, M18, M19

Works found in other manuscripts

ANT – Antwerp, Museum Mayer van den Bergh 303 (Solo testo)
ARE – Laudario di Arezzo (Arezzo, Biblioteca Comunale 180 della Fraternità dei Laici) (Solo testo)
M18 – Laudario Magliabechiano 18 (Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Magliabechiano II I 122, Banco Rari 18) (con notazione musicale)
M19 – Laudario Magliabechiano 19 (Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Magliabechiano II I 212, Banco Rari 19) (Solo testo)
CBC – Firenze, Carlo Bruscoli Collection (Solo testo)
MIL – Laudario di Milano (Milano, Biblioteca Trivulziana 535) (Solo testo)
NY – New York, Robert Lehman Collection (anticamente Smith Collection, Worcester, Mass.) (Solo testo)
W15 – Washington, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection B-15, 393 (Solo testo)
W22 – Washington, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection B-22, 128 (Solo testo)

Notes and References

Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia 1135948801 Christopher Kleinhenz 2004 "The most famous collection is the Laudario di Cortona (1260-1270), which, typically, contains texts dedicated to the Virgin, the Trinity, and Saint John, as well as meditations on death and judgment."