I-Rama-A-Ms. 4912.

Accessed 10 - 11 July 2018

Since the 1960s, the manuscript I-Rama-A-Ms. 4912 has been

in the Biblioteca of the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Before, it was in the estate of conductor Vincenzo Bellezza
(1888 – 1964). It is not known when and where Bellezza
acquired it.
The manuscript, in very fragile condition, was restored c.
2015. As can be seen on the Pdf, which was made prior to
the restoration, parts of the paper were missing, and there
were holes in some of the pages. The paper has been
cleaned with some sort of chemical process. The Pdf (see the
link below) gives invaluable information on the state of the
manuscript before it was restored. On the Pdf it can be seen
that part of the information (the tablature) is washed away
from some of the pages, while other pages are well readable.

Manuscript I-Rama-A-Ms. 4912.

The manuscript counts 238 pages. During the restoration the last section was split in two parts, and
one of these smaller sections was moved to the beginning of the manuscript, probably because the
restorer thought that it would have been like that originally. The problem is that it is unknown
whether that is true or not. Therefore, it would have been better to keep the order as it was before
the restoration. No documentation seems to have been made, describing the restroration process.
The Pdf has only 230 pages, and in the list below it can be seen that 8 pages are missing. All the
missing pages do not contain any music, but only empty tablature staves. On 11 July 2018, Annalisa
Bini, then the director of the Biblioteca of the Accademia Santa Cecilia, has corrected the foliation
with pencil on the right-hand pages of the manuscript in its current state. This numbering is based on
the Pdf of the manuscript.
 I-Rama-A-Ms. 4912. The new ‘paper’, added at the restoration, can be seen at the top and the bottom.

I-Rama-A-Ms. 4912, page 8 (fol. 4v) with holes and repairs.

The tablatures are written in two different hands. Scribe A mainly copied works from printed books
by Bartolotti (c. 1655), and Corbetta (1643, 1648, and 1671), probably in the last quarter of the
seventeenth century. Scribe B has written in (copied?) works, some of which, or all, may have been
composed at a later date. At some of these works the name of composer (Domenico) Rainer appears.
To avoid confusion with referring in future research, it would be advisable to either use the page
numbering from the Pdf (from which 8 ‘empty’ pages are missing), or, perhaps even better, to use
the foliation as it is since July 2018 (‘current foliation’). Until now, no copies (on Pdf) of the
manuscript in its current state seem to have been made available by the Bibliomediateca. The list
below can at least serve to determine the correct page (or folio) numbers.
The manuscript should be accessible on the site of the Biliomediateca Santa Cecilia:
http://bibliomediateca.santacecilia.it/bibliomediateca/cms.view?munu_str=0_1_0_4&numDoc=20&
physDoc=14398&pflag=personalizationFindBiblioteca. It seems, however, that for a longer time the
Biblomediateca is having problems with their online viewer. Therefore Renato Meucci, now the
director of the library, has allowed me to temporarily make the Pdf available on my website for free
download (but not for any commercial use): http://www.lexeisenhardt.com/file/A-Ms-4912.pdf

After my visit to the Bibliomediateca (on 10 and 11 July 2018) I made the following list. The remarks
concern the manuscript as it is now, after restoration.

Foliation Ms. Page in PDF, remarks, scribe (A or B) Current foliation, based

after restoration on the Pdf (written in
(c. 2015-16) the ms. July 11, 2018, by
Ms. Annalisa Bini)

1r p. 223, empty or vanished, A? 116r

1v p. 224, only little parts legible, A? 116v
2r p. 225, id., A? 117r
2v p. 226, id., A 117v
3r p. 227, illegible, A 118r
3v p. 228, id., hardly anything legible, A 118v
4r p. 229, illegible, A 119r
4v p. 230, illegible, A 119v

Then follows the first page of the manuscript (as before restoration):

5r p. 1, illegible, A? 1r
5v p. 2, id., A? 1v
6r p. 3, id., A? 2r
6v p. 4, id., A? 2v
7r p. 5, id., A? 3r
7v p. 6, id., A? 3v
8r p. 7, small bits legible, B 4r
8v p. 8, small bits legible, B 4v
9r p. 9, id., B 5r
9v p. 10, illegible, B? 5v
10r p. 11, id., A 6r
10v p. 12, ‘Alemanda’, Corbetta (1643), p.47, A 6v
11r p. 13, ‘Alemanda’ continued, A 7r
11v p. 14, ‘Sarabanda’, Corbetta (1643), p. 49, A 7v
12r p. 15, ‘Alemanda d’ Rainer, B 8r
12v p. 16, ‘Sarabanda’, B 8v
13r p. 17, ‘Capriccio’, B 9r
13v, p. 18, Capriccio continued, B 9v
14r p. 19, Capriccio continued, B 10r
14v p. 20, [Alemanda], B 10v
15r p. 21, ‘Presto – Grave assai – Allegro’, B 11r
15v p. 22, [Giga, Sarabande], B 11v
16r p. 23, [Gavotta], unnamed sketchy notes, B 12r
16v p. 24, ‘Giga del Rainer’, B 12v
17r p. 25, Giga continued, Minuet, B 13r
17v p. 26, ‘Preludio’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 54, A 13v
18r p. 27, ‘Preludio’ continued, A 14r
18v p. 28, ‘Alemanda’, A, page marked with a sticker which reads D
(alfabeto for A minor) 14v
19r p. 29, Alemanda continued, A 15r
19v p. 30, barely legible, A 15v
20r p. 31, id., A 16r
20v p. 32, partly legible, ‘Corrente’, A 16v
21r p. 33, id., Corrente continued,
‘Alemanda’, A 17r
21v p. 34, clearly legible, ‘Toccata’, A 17v
22r p. 35, Toccata continued, A 18r
22v p. 36, Toccata continued, A 18v
23r p. 37, Toccata continued, A 19r
23v p. 38, ‘Alemanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 55, A 19v
24r p. 39, Alemanda continued, A 20r
24v p. 40, ‘Gigue’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 57, A 20v
25r p. 41, Gigue continued, A 21r
25v p. 42, [Prelude], or [Fantasia], B 21v
26r p. 43, [Prelude] continued, ‘Corrente del Rainer’, B 22r
26v p. 46(!), empty (22r shines through) 22v
27r p. 47(!), empty 23r
27v p. 44(!), empty 23v
28r p. 45(!), sticker reading + (alfabeto for E minor) (24v shines through) 24r
28v p. 48, ‘Preludio’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 1, A 24v
29r p. 49, Preludio continued, A 25r
29v p. 50, ‘Gavotta’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 2, A 25v
30r p. 51, ‘Sarabanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 3, A 26r
30v p. 52, ‘Alemanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 2, A 26v
31r p. 53, Alemanda continued, A 27r
31v. p. 54, ‘Corrente’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 3, A 27v
32r p. 55, Corrente continued, A 28r
32v p. 56, Gigue, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 7, A 28v
33r p. 57, Gigue continued, A 29r
33v p. 58, empty 29v
34r p. 59, empty 30r
34v p. 60, empty 30v
35r p. 61, empty 31r
35v p. missing from Pdf 31v
36r p. missing from Pdf 32r
36v p. 62, empty 32v
37r p. 63, empty 33r
37v p. 64, empty 33v
38r p. 65, empty. Backside of sticker with B (alfabeto for C major) 34r
38v p. 66, ‘Preludio’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 26, A 34v
39r p. 67, Preludio continued, A 35r
39v p. 68, Preludio concluded, A 35v
40r p. 69, ‘Minuette’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 37, A 36r
40v p. 70, ‘Alemanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 32 (engraved as p. 33), A 36v
41r p. 71, ‘Sarabanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 35, A 37r
41v p. 72, ‘Capriccio’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 32 (engraved as p. 33), A 37v
42r p. 73, Capriccio continued, A 38r
42v p. 74, ‘Alemanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 34, A 38v
43r p. 75, Alemanda continued, A 39r
43v p. 76, ‘Gigue’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 38, A 39v
44r p. 77, Gigue continued, A 40r
44v p. 78, ‘Alemanda del Rainer’, B 40v
45r p. 79, Alemanda continued,
‘Corrente dell’istesso’. B 41r
45v p. 80, ‘4 Minuetti del Rainer’, B 41v
46r p. 81, Minuetti continued, B 42r
46v p. 82, Minuet, ‘Sarab. In tempo di Minuet’, B 42v
47r p, 83, [Alemanda], B 43r
47v p. 84, empty but 47r shines through, 43v
48r p. 85, empty (?) but 48v shines through.
Backside of sticker G (alfabeto F major) 44r
48v p. 86, ‘Alemanda’, Corbetta (1648), p. 48, A 44v
49r p. 87, Alemanda continued, A 45r
49v p. 88, ‘Corrente’, A 45v
50r p. 89, Corrente continued, A 46r
50v p. 90, ‘Sarabande’, Corbetta (1648), p. 50, A 46v
51r p. 91, Sarabande continued, A 47r
51v p. 92, ‘Preludio’, Corbetta (1671), p. 22, A 47v
52r p. 93, empty 48r
52v p. 94, ‘Alemanda’, Corbetta (1671), p. 22, A 48v
53r p. 95, Alemanda continued, A 49r
53v p. 96, empty 49v
54r p. 97, empty 50r
54v p. 98, empty 50v
55r p. 99, empty 51r
55v p. 100, empty 51v
56r p. 101, empty 52r
56v p. 102, empty 52v
57r p. 103, empty 53r
57v p. 104, empty 53v
58r p. 105, empty 54r
58v p. 106, ‘Preludio’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 42,
Sticker with C (alfabeto for D major), A 54v
59r p. 107, Preludio continued, A 55r
59v p. 108, Preludio continued, A 55v
60r p. 109, Preludio continued, A 56r
60v p. 110, ‘Alemanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 49, A 56v
61r p. 111, Alemanda continued, A 57r
61v p. 112, Alemanda continued,
‘Corrente’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 46, A 57v
62r p. 113, Corrente continued, A 58r
62v p. 114, Corrente end (A),
[Giga], B 58v
63r p. 115, [Giga] continued, [Allegro], B 59r
63v p. 116, short piece, partly legible, B 59v
64r p. 117, empty 60r
64v p. 118, empty 60v
65r p. 119, empty 61r
65v p. 120, empty 61v
66r p. 121, empty 62r
66v p. 122, empty 62v
67r p. 123, empty 63r
67v p. missing from Pdf 63v
68r p. missing from Pdf 64r
68v p. 124, ‘Preludio’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 10, A 64v
69r p. 125, Preludio continued, A 65r
69v p. 126, Preludio continued, A 65v
70r p. 127, ‘Sarabanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 13, A 66r
70v p. 128, ‘Alemanda’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 15, A 66v
71r p. 129, Alemanda end, A 67r
71v p. 130, ‘Sarabanda’, (Bartolotti?), A 67v
72r p. 131, empty 68r
72v p. 132, ‘Gigue’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 15, A 68v
73r p. 133, Gigue end, A 69r
73v p. 134, ‘Sarabanda tuono trasportato’, A 69v
74r p. 135, ‘Preludio’, B 70r
74v p. 136, ‘Alemanda’, A 70v
75r p. 137, Alemanda end, A
‘del Rainer Sarab.a’, B 71r
75v p. 138, first bars (again) of the Preludio of 70r,
‘Alemanda del Rainer’ (only the first part, rest missing),
‘Giga del Rainer’, B 71v
76r p. 139, Giga del Rainer end, B 72r
76v p. 140 ‘Passagalli’ (shortened version), Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 78, A 72v
77r p. 141 Passagalli continued, A 73r
77v p. 142 Passagalli continued, A 73v
78r p. 143 Passagalli continued, A 74r
78v p. 144 Passagalli continued, A 74v
79r p. 145 Passagalli continued, A 75r
79v p. 146 Passagalli end, A 75v
80r p. 147 empty 76r
80v p. 148 ‘Passagalli’, Bartolotti (c. 1655), p. 62, A 76v
81r p. 149 Passagalli continued, A 77r
81v p. 150 Passagalli continued, A 77v
82r p. 151 Passagalli continued, A 78r
82v p. 152 Passagalli continued, A 78v
83r p. 153 Passagalli continued, A 79r
83v p. 154 Passagalli end, A 79v
84r p. 155 ‘Fuga’ (‘Q e del Preludio, che sta nel principio d’ q.s? E??o’, B 80r
84v p. 156 Fuga end, B 80v
85r p. 157, ‘Passagalli’, B 81r
85v p. 158, Passagalli continued, B 81v
86r p. 159, Passagalli end, B 82r
86v p. 160, illegible, B 82v
87r p. 161, empty 83r
87v p. 162, empty 83v
88r p. 163, empty 84r
88v p. 164, empty 84v
89r p. 165, empty 85r
89v p. 166, empty 85v
90r p. 167, empty 86r
90v p. 168, empty 86v
91r p. 169, empty 87r
91v p. 170, ‘Preludio’, B 87v
92r p. 171, Preludio end, B 88r
92v p. 172, ‘Minuet’?, partly legible, B 88v
93r p. 173, empty 89r
93v p. 174, empty 89v
94r p. 175, empty 90r
94v p. 176, empty 90v
95r p. 177, empty 91r
95v p. 178, empty 91v
96r p. 179, empty 92r
96v p. 180, empty 92v
97r p. 181, empty 93r
97v p. 182, empty 93v
98r p. 183, empty 94r
98v p. missing from Pdf 94v
99r p. missing from Pdf 95r
99v p. missing from Pdf 95v
100r p. missing from Pdf 96r
100v p. 184, empty 96v
101r p. 185, empty 97r
101v p. 186, ‘Alemanda, che si chiamo il Pentim.to
[?] d Dom.co Rainer, da cui si fece’, B 97v
102r p. 187, Alemanda end, B 98r
102v p. 188, illegible piece, B 98v
103r p. 189, empty 99r
103v p. 190, empty 99v
104r p. 191, empty 100r
104v p. 192, empty 100v
105r p. 193, empty 101r
105v p. 194, empty 101v
106r p. 195, empty 102r
106v p. 196, ‘Alemanda’, B 102v
107r p. 197, Alemanda continued, ‘Alemanda del Rainer, B 103r
107v p. 198, Alemanda del Rainer end, B 103v
108r p. 199, ‘Altr’ Alemanda dell’ istesso Rainer’, B 104r
108v p. 200, Alemanda dell’ istesso Rainer end, B 104v
109r p. 201, ‘Giga dell’ istesso Rainer’, B 105r
109v p. 202, illegible piece, B 105v
110r p. 203, empty 106r
110v p. 204, empty 106v
111r p. 205, empty 107r
111v p. 206, empty 107v
112r p. 207, empty 108r
112v p. 208, empty 108v
113r p. 209, empty 109r
113v p. 210, empty 109v
114r p. 211, empty 110r
114v p. 212, illegible, B? 110v
115r p. 213, ‘Minuet’ (?) illegible, B 111r
115v p. 214, empty 111v
116r p. 215, empty 112r
116v p. 216, empty 112v
117r p. 217, empty 113r
117v p. 218, empty 113v
118r p. 219, empty 114r
118v p. 220, empty 114v
119r p. 221, empty 115r
119v p. 222, tablature chart (almost illegible), B? Originally final page? 115v

Lex Eisenhardt
Amsterdam, May 2019