D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Collective manuscript with the well-tempered Clavier I, BWV 846 - 869

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  Ms. Varia
Extent 56 leaves
Measurement, in cm 20 x 33,5
Rastrology, in cm 0,8
Paper/Watermark a) 'Axmann 1'
b) coat of arms
Cleffing violin clef, bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation originally not paged [now there is a library's paging]
Scribe J. G. Weigand
unsteady writing, several corrections

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: title page
f. 1v: blank (not ruled)
f. 2r: blank (not ruled)
f. 2v: BWV 846/1, mm. 1 - 19
f. 3r: BWV 846/1, mm. 20 - end
f. 3v: BWV 846/2, mm. 1 - 14
f. 4r: BWV 846/2, mm. 4 - end
f. 4v: BWV 847/1, mm. 1 - 19
f. 5r: BWV 847/1, mm. 20 - end
f. 5v: BWV 847/2, mm. 1 - 15
f. 6r: BWV 847/2, mm. 16 - end
f. 6v: BWV 848/1, mm. 1 - 55
f. 7r: BWV 848/1, mm. 56 - end
f. 7v: BWV 848/2, mm. 1 - 16
f. 8r: BWV 848/2, mm. 17 - 29
f. 8v: BWV 848/2, mm. 30 - 43a
f. 9r: BWV 848/2, mm. 43b - end
f. 9v: BWV 849/1, mm. 1 - 20
f. 10r: BWV 849/1, mm. 21 - end
f. 10v: BWV 849/2, mm. 93 - end
f. 11r: ruled but otherwise blank
f. 11v: BWV 849/2, mm. 1 - 54
f. 12r: BWV 849/2, mm. 55 - end
f. 12v: BWV 850/1, mm. 1 - 16
f. 13r: BWV 850/1, mm. 17 - end
f. 13v: BWV 850/2, mm. 1 - 13a
f. 14r: BWV 850/2, mm. 13b - end
f. 14v: BWV 851/1, mm. 1 - 12
f. 15r: BWV 851/1, mm. 13 - end
f. 15v: BWV 851/2, mm. 1 - 21
f. 16r: BWV 851/2, mm. 22 - end
f. 16v: BWV 852/1, mm. 1 - 18
f. 17r: BWV 852/1, mm. 19 - 37
f. 17v: BWV 852/1, mm. 38 - 53
f. 18r: BWV 852/1, mm. 54 - end
f. 18v: BWV 852/2, mm. 1 - 18
f. 19r: BWV 852/2, mm. 19 - end
f. 19v: BWV 853/1, mm. 1 - 18
f. 20r: BWV 853/1, mm. 19 - end
f. 20v: BWV 853/2, mm. 1 - 17
f. 21r: BWV 853/2, mm. 18 - 33
f. 21v: BWV 853/2, mm. 34 - 49
f. 22r: BWV 853/2, mm. 50 - 66
f. 22v: BWV 853/2, mm. 67 - 79
f. 23r: BWV 853/2, mm. 80 - end
f. 23v: BWV 854/1, mm. 1 - 12
f. 24r: BWV 854/1, mm. 13 - end
f. 24v: BWV 854/2, mm. 1 - 13
f. 25r: BWV 854/2, mm. 14 - end
f. 25v: BWV 855/1, mm. 1 - 17
f. 26r: BWV 855/1, mm. 18 - end
f. 26v: BWV 855/2, mm. 1 - 23
f. 27r: BWV 855/2, mm. 24 - end
f. 27v: BWV 856/1
f. 28r: BWV 856/2
f. 28v: BWV 857/1
f. 29r: BWV 857/2, mm. 1 - 23
f. 29v: BWV 857/2, mm. 24 - 41a
f. 30r: BWV 857/2, mm. 41b - end
f. 30v: BWV 858/1
f. 31r: BWV 858/2, mm. 1 - 17
f. 31v: BWV 858/2, mm. 18 - end
f. 32r: BWV 859/1, mm. 1 - 24
f. 32v: BWV 859/1, mm. 25 - end
f. 33r: BWV 859/2, mm. 1 - 20
f. 33v: BWV 859/2, mm. 21 - end
f. 34r: BWV 860/1
f. 34v: BWV 860/2, mm. 1 - 34
f. 35r: BWV 860/2, mm. 35 - 58
f. 35v: BWV 861/1, mm. 1 - 11
f. 36r: BWV 861/1, mm. 12 - end
f. 36v: BWV 861/2, mm. 1 - 18
f. 37r: BWV 861/2, mm. 19 - end
f. 37v: BWV 862/1, mm. 1 - 22
f. 38r: BWV 862/1, mm. 23 - end
f. 38v: BWV 862/2, mm. 1 - 16a
f. 39r: BWV 862/2, mm. 16b - end
f. 39v: BWV 863/1, mm. 1 - 14
f. 40r: BWV 863/1, mm. 15 - end
f. 40v: BWV 863/2, mm. 1 - 20
f. 41r: BWV 863/2, mm. 21 - end
f. 41v: BWV 864/1
f. 42r: BWV 864/2, mm. 1 - 24
f. 42v: BWV 864/2, mm. 25 - 40
f. 43r: BWV 864/2, mm. 41 - 54
f. 43v: BWV 865/1, mm. 1 - 16
f. 44r: BWV 865/1, mm. 17 - end
f. 44v: BWV 865/2, mm. 1 - 15
f. 45r: BWV 865/2, mm. 16 - 31
f. 45v: BWV 865/2, mm. 32 - 47
f. 46r: BWV 865/2, mm. 48 - 63
f. 46v: BWV 865/2, mm. 64 - 75
f. 47r: BWV 865/2, mm. 76 - end
f. 47v: BWV 866/1, mm. 1 - 10
f. 48r: BWV 866/1, mm. 11 - end
f. 48v: BWV 866/2, mm. 1 - 24
f. 49r: BWV 866/2, mm. 25 - end
f. 49v: BWV 867/1, mm. 1 - 12
f. 50r: BWV 867/1, mm. 13 - end
f. 50v: BWV 867/2, mm. 1 - 35
f. 51r: BWV 867/2, mm. 36 - end
f. 51v: BWV 868/1
f. 52r: BWV 868/2, mm. 1 - 17
f. 52v: BWV 868/2, mm. 18 - 29
f. 53r: BWV 868/2, mm. 30 - end
f. 53v: BWV 869/1, mm. 1 - 23
f. 54r: BWV 869/1, mm. 24 - end
f. 54v: BWV 869/2, mm. 1 - 21
f. 55r: BWV 869/2, mm. 22 - 41
f. 55v: BWV 869/2, mm. 42 - 60
f. 56r: BWV 869/2, mm. 61 - end
f. 56v: blank (not ruled)
Title page "Das wohltemperirte Clavier / oder Präludien und Fugen / durch alle Töne / von / Johann Sebastian Bach. / Erster Theil."
Title-heading BWV 847/2: "Fuga 2. a 3 Voci"; BWV 848/2: "Fuga 3."; "BWV 849/2: "Fuga in Cis moll fünfstimmig"; BWV 867/2: "Fuga fünfstimmig in B moll"; BWV 869/2: "Fuga Largo."
alle Praeludien: "Praeludium"; alle anderen Fugen: "Fuga"
Model edition by Nägeli and edition by Hoffmeister & Kühnel

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                owner's mark on the title page: "AQuantz"
Condition of source good (little bleed-through, corners abraded)
Provenance J. G. Weigand - Albert Quantz (1837-1920) - museum of Göttingen - Göttingen, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut (1967)
Remarks There is no cover, the manuscript is (stitched only) m. 21a in BWV 847/2, m. 5 in BWV 848/1 and m. 39b in BWV 855/1 are missing.


12.05.06