Copyists
Anonymous 1
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 1 inserted a 4-part setting of the De profundis after Croce’s mass in Choirbook 1 (fols 19v–20r). |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 1, sheets 19v–20r (18th century) |
Anonymous 2
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 2 inserted the text (without music) of the responsory Libera me Domine with associated verses (used at the Absolution of the Dead) on the back endpaper of Choirbook 1. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 1, back endpaper (18th century) |
Anonymous 3
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 3 copied Choirbook 5. The verso of the final sheet contains the following sigla and date: ‘F.L.P.C.V.S. Anno D[omi]ni | 1678’. It is thus possible that Anonymous 3 was P. Leonardo del Carmine, active as a copyist at St Mark’s in 1678 (see article ‘Leonardo del Carmine’ > LINK). |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 5 (copied in 1678) |
Anonymous 4
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 4 copied Choirbook 7. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 7 (copied in 1715) |
Anonymous 5
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 5 copied the Choirbooks 9 and 10. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 9 (copied in 1720) Choirbook 10 (copied before 1736, maybe in 1720?) |
Anonymous 6
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 6 copied Choirbook 11. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 11 (copied before 1671) |
Anonymous 7
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 7 copied Choirbook 12 and the first two sections of Choirbook 13. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 12 (copied before 1690) Choirbook 13, sheets 1v–18r (copied before 1720) |
Anonymous 8
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 8 copied section 3 of Choirbook 13. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 13, sheets 19–22 (copied before 1755) |
Anonymous 9
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 9 copied section 4 of Choirbook 13. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 13, sheets 23–27 (copied before 1755) |
Anonymous 10
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 10 copied section 5 of Choirbook 13. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 13, sheets 28–32 (copied before 1755) |
Anonymous 11
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 11 is the principal copyist of Choirbook 14. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 14, pp. 1–123 and 126–160 (copied before 1720?) |
Anonymous 12
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 12 copied two pages of Choirbook 14 (pp. 124–125). |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 14, pp. 124–125 (after 1720) |
Anonymous 13
| Activities at St Mark’s | Anonymous 13 copied the last section of Choirbook 14 (pp. 161–172). |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 14, pp. 161–172 (after 1720) |
de' Rossi, Lorenzo (De Rubeis, Laurentius)
| Activities at St Mark’s | Employed as a ‘viola’ player from January 1649, Lorenzo de’ Rossi was also active in the Ducal Chapel as a copyist until 1678 (Collarile: Monferrato, Collarile: Suono dell’eterno). Lorenzo de’ Rossi is the copyist of the Choirbooks 3, 4 and 6. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 3 (copied in 1670/1671) Choirbook 4 (copied in 1672) Choirbook 6 (copied in 1677) |
de Sartis, Giovanni Francesco
| Activities at St Mark’s | Giovanni Francesco de Sartis was active as a copyist in the Ducal Chapel from the end of 1682 to the early months of 1692. On 13 April 1683, he was paid for having copied the ‘[…] Messa; Magnificat, Motetti, et Inni del già Maestro di Capella Roeti [=Rovetta]’. His regular employment in the Ducal Chapel was formalized on 4 October 1685 in the double role of bass singer and copyist: '[…] e per dover copiar tutto quello [che] li sarà comandato dal Sig.r Maestro [Giovanni Legrenzi]' (Collarile: Suono dell’eterno). His last appearance in the documents of the Ducal Chapel dates to 19 January 1692 (1691 more veneto), when he was paid as «coppista di musica p[er] carta e ligattura de libri di musica, giusto la polizza di mons[igno]r [Giovanni Domenico] Partenio V[ice] maestro di capella». Giovanni Francesco de Sartis is the copyist of the Choirbooks 1, 2, 8 and 18. |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 1 (copied between 1683 and 1691) Choirbook 2 (copied between 1682 and 1686) Choirbook 8 (copied in 1682/1683) Choirbook 18 (copied in 1682/1683) |
Leonardo del Carmine (Padre)
| Activities at St Mark’s | P. Leonardo del Carmine was paid in 1678 as copyist in the Ducal Chapel. Anonymous 3, copyist of Choirbook 5, can perhaps be identified with P. Leonardo. The verso of the final sheet of Choirbook 5 contains the following sigla and date: ‘F.L.P.C.V.S. Anno D[omi]ni | 1678’ (Collarile: Monferrato, Collarile: Suono dell’eterno). |
| Choirbooks | Choirbook 5 (copied in 1678) |