Johannes [Jean, Johann] Celst [Zelst] {Paul IV}
Tenor; Flanders; formerly in the Cappella Giulia (June-November 1547); admitted 5 October 1555 by a vote of 27 to 0; mandati : October 1555-February 1556; on 7 December 1555, Celst was given a leave of absence of 20 days to go to Naples; on 8 January 1556, the singers were informed that he was not going to return (interestingly, he had pulled exactly the same trick on the Cappella Giulia in 1547--see FREY ).
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DS 4
96v: entry dated 5 October 1555 [CASIMIRI (1937), p. 29]
Eodem die fuit examinatus Jo. Cest et escotrinnatus et habuit in suum favorem XXVII fabas que et nemini diescrepanti eum approvaverunt.
102v: entry dated 7 December 1555 [CASIMIRI (1937), p. 33]
Eodem die Joannes Celst habuit licenciam eundi Napoles per spacium XX diebus.
DS 5
5r: entry dated 8 January 1556 [CASIMIRI (1937), p. 75]
Eodem die R.dus dominus episcopus Castrensis magister capelle et domini cantores habuerunt certa nova quod dominus Johannes Zelt cantor tenor non reverteretur amplius ad inserviendum capelle domini nostri etc. etc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: CASIMIRI; FREY, Die Diarien, pp. 141-142.