F-Pnm NAF 4379 (Seville Chansonnier (part))

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris, France

manuscript of polyphony: Part I: ca. 1470-85; Part II: early 15th century; Part III: ca. 1433; Part IV: late 15th century

Archive Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris, France (F-Pnm)
Shelfmark NAF 4379 (Seville Chansonnier (part))
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 207 x 154; 210 x 143; 210 x 143; 220 x 150 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ParisBNN 4379
  • Other catalogues/source: PC
  • olim (Former shelfmark): F-Pn nouvelles acquisitions françaises 4379
  • Alternative names: SevC 5-1-43
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • black void mensural
  • coloration in black full
Copyists
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Napoli (Naples)? Italy
Contents 99 pieces from 22 composers
General Description

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Composite of four separate and unrelated manuscripts first bound together in 1885: Part I = new ff. 1-42 (originally part of same manuscript as SevC 5-1-43); Part II = ff. 43-60; Part III = ff. 61-68; Part IV = ff. 69-92.

Part I copied by two main scribes and two additional scribes, all of whose hands also appear in SevC 5-1-43. Part II copied by a single scribe. Part III (tenor only of each composition) copied mostly by two scribes, one of whom (the copyist of ff. 61-64) also wrote OxfBC 213 (SchoopO); piece in black notation at top of f. 64' is later addition by a third scribe. Part IV copied by two main scribes and two additional scribes.

Part I probably copied in Naples, but Roman origin also possible (AtlCG); Part II copied in Italy (DufayO); Part III probably copied in Venice or vicinity (see SchoopO for discussion of relationship of Parts II-III to OxfBC 213); Part IV copied in Italy (DufayO) or Spain (MME).

Part I and SevC 5-1-43 once formed single manuscript, purchased in Rome in 1515 by Fernando Colón (1488-1539), son of the navigator; manuscript listed as #2526 in surviving catalogue ('Registrum B') of Colón's books. A virtual reconstruction of this complete manuscript is here. Parts II-IV also possibly owned by Colón, who bequeathed his library (the so-called 'Fernandina' or 'Colombina') to his nephew Luis. Collection passed to chapter of Seville Cathedral in 1552.

Part I of present manuscript (and probably Parts II-IV) removed from Colombina in 1884, and taken to Paris; all four items acquired by Bibliothèque Nationale in 1885, and rebound in present arrangement.

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Physical Description

Some folios damaged by ink corrosion, but music still legible. Later trimming of many folios obliterated some attributions and most of a Roman numeral foliation in Part I

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Binding

Rebound in modern covers of green morocco leather, with inscription 'CHANSONS A TROIS VOIX' stamped in gold on spine

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Watermark

Only fragments of watermarks visible-Part I: (1) resembles Briquet #3387; (2) generally resembles Briquet #4413. Part II: three-peaked mountain. Part III: (1) generally resembles Briquet #6296; (2) bow and arrow. Part IV: (1) extended hand with six-petalled flower; (2) crown(?).

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Notation

black full mensural, with black full black void coloration; black void mensural with black full black full coloration

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Ruling

Staff height 14.5 in Part I, Part II, and ff. 65'-68' of Part III; 13.5 on ff. 61-65 of Part III; 16.0 in Part IV.

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Foliation

Part 1: Remnants of Roman numeral foliation; modern ink foliation, 1-92 on upper right rectos. Two additional numbering systems in original manuscript to which Part I once belonged: (1) Original ink foliation on lower right rectos uses letters to designate gatherings, Arabic numbers to designate folios within gatherings. Foliation extended from 'a1' through 'r8' in original manuscript of 188 folios; (2) Original ink numbering of pieces on upper right rectos, 1-164 (numbers sometimes mistakenly construed as foliation).

Original folios now in Part I of ParisBNN 4379 include e2-e11, f4-f12, g1, h2-h11, n2-n12, o1; eight original folios (a10, b6-b10, f3, g2) lost at an unknown time; remaining folios now SevC 5-1-43.

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Decoration

Part I has inked calligraphic initials coloured with a light yellow wash and decorated with faces, flower and leaf designs. No initials or decoration in Parts II-III. Part IV has inked calligraphic initials, less elaborate than those in Part I.

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Index

No index in ParisBNN 4379, but incomplete alphabetical index of Part I found at beginning of SevC 5-1-43.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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PARIS. Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Manuscrits. Nouvelles Acquisitions Françaises. MS 4379 [see also SevC 5-1-43]

Part I: 35 French secular pieces, 3 Italian secular pieces, 1 Dutch secular piece, 1 piece with mixed text incorporating many transliterations of Hebrew words, 4 quodlibets = 44 (7 incomplete, but missing parts for 6 of these are found in SevC 5-1-43). Part II: 13 French secular pieces, 3 Italian secular pieces = 16. Part III: 3 motets (T only), 12 French secular pieces (T only), 5 Italian secular pieces (2 with T only, 1 with fragmentary D only) = 20. Part IV: 1 Gloria, 1 Magnificat, 2 motets, 1 Benedicamus domino, 8 French secular pieces (1 with D only), 2 Spanish secular pieces, 1 textless piece (D only) = 16. Total for manuscript = 96

Part I: (Bedingham)-1, (Bedingham/Dufay)-1, (Bedingham/ Dufay-anon)-1, (Bedingham/Dunstable)-1, (Bedingham/Dunstable-anon)-1, (Binchois)-2, (Binchois-anon)-1, (Binchois-anon-Bedingham/Dunstable)-1, (Binchois/Frye)-1, (Busnois-anon)-1, (Busnois/Caron)-1, (Caron/Morton)-1, (Dufay)-3, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-2, (Molinet)-1, Morton-1, (Ockeghem)-2, Phillipet de Pres-1, anon-21. Part II: (Binchois)-2, (Ciconia)-3, (Dufay)-2, (Fontaine)-1, (Franchois)-1, (Grossin)-1, (A. Lantins)-2, anon-4. Part III: (Binchois)-4, (Ciconia)-1, (Dufay)-4, (Grossin)-1, (A. Lantins)-4, (Vide)-1, anon-5. Part IV: (Basiron)-1, (Busnois)-1, (Dufay)-1, Madrid-2, Wreede-2, anon-9

iii + 92 + iii paper folios, of varying sizes (see below). Composite of four separate and unrelated manuscripts first bound together in 1885: Part I = new ff. 1-42, measuring ca. 207 x 154 (originally part of same manuscript as SevC 5-1-43); Part II = ff. 43-60, 210 x 143; Part III = ff. 61-68, 210 x 143; Part IV = ff. 69-92, 220 x 150. Some folios damaged by ink corrosion, but music still legible. Later trimming of many folios obliterated some attributions and most of a Roman numeral foliation in Part I. Modern ink foliation, 1-92, on upper right rectos.

Two additional numbering systems in original manuscript to which Part I once belonged-(1) Original ink foliation on lower right rectos uses letters to designate gatherings, Arabic numbers to designate folios within gatherings. Foliation extended from "a1" through "r8" in original manuscript of 188 folios. Original folios now in Part I of ParisBNN 4379 include e2-e11, f4-f12, g1, h2-h11, n2-n12, o1; eight original folios (a10, b6-b10, f3, g2) lost at an unknown time; remaining folios now SevC 5-1-43. (2) Original ink numbering of pieces on upper right rectos, 1-164 (numbers sometimes mistakenly construed as foliation).

New ff. 20, 67-68, 69, and 84 have blank staves only. Rebound in modern covers of green morocco leather, with inscription "CHANSONS A TROIS VOIX" stamped in gold on spine. No index in ParisBNN 4379, but incomplete alphabetical index of Part I found at beginning of SevC 5-1-43.

All of Part II and one piece in Part III (f. 64') copied in black mensural notation, with black void coloration; all other music in white mensural notation, with black full coloration. Part I copied by two main scribes and two additional scribes, all of whose hands also appear in SevC 5-1-43. Part II copied by a single scribe. Part III copied mostly by two scribes, one of whom also wrote OxfBC 213 (SchoopO); piece in black notation at top of f. 64' is later addition by a third scribe. Part IV copied by two main scribes and two additional scribes. Staff height 14.5 in Part I, Part II, and ff. 65'-68' of Part III; 13.5 on ff. 61-65 of Part III; 16.0 in Part IV.

Part I has inked calligraphic initials colored with a light yellow wash and decorated with faces, flower and leaf designs. No initials or decoration in Parts II-III. Part IV has inked calligraphic initials, less elaborate than those in Part I. Only fragments of watermarks visible-Part I: (1) resembles Briquet #3387; (2) generally resembles Briquet #4413. Part II: three-peaked mountain. Part III: (1) generally resembles Briquet #6296; (2) bow and arrow. Part IV: (1) extended hand with six-petalled flower; (2) crown(?).

Part I: ca. 1470-85 (see discussion in AtlCG, SchavP). Part II: early 15th century. Part III: ca. 1433 (SchoopO). Part IV: late 15th century. Part I probably copied in Naples, but Roman origin also possible (AtlCG); Part II copied in Italy (DufayO); Part III probably copied in Venice or vicinity (see SchoopO for discussion of relationship of Parts II-III to OxfBC 213); Part IV copied in Italy (DufayO) or Spain (MME). Part I and SevC 5-1-43 once formed single manuscript, purchased in Rome in 1515 by Fernando Colón (1488-1539), son of the navigator; manuscript listed as #2526 in surviving catalogue ("Registrum B") of Colón's books. Parts II-IV also possibly owned by Colón, who bequeathed his library (the so-called "Fernandina" or "Colombina") to his nephew Luis. Collection passed to chapter of Seville Cathedral in 1552. Part I of present manuscript (and probably Parts II-IV) removed from Colombina in 1884, and taken to Paris; all four items acquired by Bibliothèque Nationale in 1885, and rebound in present arrangement.

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Contents: In Part IV, change "8 French secular pieces" to "9 French secular pieces"; change "2 Spanish secular pieces" to "1 Spanish secular piece."

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

57v-58r

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1r Pour prison ne pour maladie (S) / Passio Domini nostri (T) - Anonymous
Appears on: 1r
Genres: Quodlibet
Layout

The S of this piece is on f35v of Seville 5-1-43 (from which the folios making up the first section of this MS were torn)

1v–2r O rosa bella (S) / In pace, Veni creator spiritus (T) - Anonymous
Appears on: 1v–2r
Genres: Quodlibet
2v–3r Seule esgaree, Le maleuruex habandonne (S) / O rosa bella (T) - Anonymous
Appears on: 2v–3r
Genres: Quodlibet
3v–4r Mon seuil plaisir (S) / La dolour que je rechoy, Leal en amours (T) - Anonymous
Appears on: 3v–4r
Genres: Quodlibet
4v–6r Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure -
Appears on: 4v–6r
Genres: Chanson
6v–7r Et deusse morir en servant ma dame - Anonymous
Appears on: 6v–7r
Genres: Chanson
7v–8r Tart ara mon coeur sa plaisance -
Appears on: 7v–8r
Genres: Chanson
8v–9r Cados cados adonay cherubin - Anonymous
Appears on: 8v–9r
Genres: Chanson
9v–10r Vostre rigeur trop importune - Anonymous
Appears on: 9v–10r
Genres: Chanson
10v Se une fois puis recouvrir joie -
Appears on: 10v
Genres: Chanson
Layout

S & residuum of Ct only; T & beginning of Ct are on the other half of the opening, now f36r in Seville 5-1-43

11r L'a je bien frique / Galoises de Savoie / J'ayme une dame - Anonymous
Appears on: 11r
Genres: Rondeau
Layout

T & Ct only

11v–13r He Robinet - Trigalore - Par ung vert pré - Anonymous
Appears on: 11v–13r
Genres: Chanson
13v–14r Comme femme desconfortée -
Appears on: 13v–14r
Genres: Chanson
14v–15r N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai Morton
Appears on: 14v–15r
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Morton
15v–16r Pour quelque paine que j'ensure - Anonymous
Appears on: 15v–16r
Genres: Chanson
16v–17r He fortune pourquoi suis fortunée - Anonymous
Appears on: 16v–17r
Genres: Chanson
17v–18r Amours amours trop me fiers de tes dars -
Appears on: 17v–18r
Genres: Chanson
18v–19r Tout a par moi -
Appears on: 18v–19r
Genres: Chanson
19v Fausse langue Dieu te mauldie - Anonymous
Appears on: 19v
Genres: Chanson
General Note

S only; remianing voices on folio missing when MS purchased by Colon.

20v Vostre bruit et vostre grant fame -
Appears on: 20v
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
General Note

S only; opposite page missing from both Paris 4379 & Seville 5-1-43

21r Par le regard de vos beaux yeux -
Appears on: 21r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
Layout

T & Ct only, Discantus is in the other part of the MS (Seville 5-1-43) at 49v

21v–22r Gentil madona de no me habandonare -
Appears on: 21v–22r
Genres: Italian secular
22v–23r Pour prison ne pour maladie -
Appears on: 22v–23r
Genres: Chanson
23v–24r Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie -
Appears on: 23v–24r
Genres: Chanson
24v–25r Je ne pourroye plus celer - Anonymous
Appears on: 24v–25r
Genres: Chanson
25v–26r Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy -
Appears on: 25v–26r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
26v–27r Terriblement suis fortunée - Anonymous
Appears on: 26v–27r
Genres: Chanson
27v–28r J'ai pris amours - Anonymous

J'ai pris amours

Anonymous
Appears on: 27v–28r
Genres: Chanson
28v–29r Si j'ai votre grace requise - Anonymous
Appears on: 28v–29r
Genres: Chanson
29v–30r Le malheureux abandonne - Anonymous
Appears on: 29v–30r
Genres: Chanson
30v O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) -
Appears on: 30v
Genres: Motet
Layout

Discantus only; Ct & T on Seville 5-1-43 f.50r

31r C'est temps perdu -
Appears on: 31r
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Ct & T here; S is in Seville 5-1-43, f.99v

31v–32r A ma premiere volente - Anonymous
Appears on: 31v–32r
Genres: Chanson
32v–33r Tousjours me vient de mal en pis - Anonymous
Appears on: 32v–33r
Genres: Chanson
33v–34r Qui ne le croit est il dampné - Anonymous
Appears on: 33v–34r
Genres: Chanson
34v–35r Je ne serai plus vert vestus -
Appears on: 34v–35r
Genres: Chanson
35v–36r Ten is niet leden heide lanck - Anonymous
Appears on: 35v–36r
Genres: Lied
36v–37r Tart ara mon coeur sa plaisance -
Appears on: 36v–37r
Genres: Chanson
37v–38r Prochain de deul, longain de joye - Anonymous
Appears on: 37v–38r
Genres: Chanson
38v–39r Se brief je puis voir ma dame. -
Appears on: 38v–39r
Genres: Chanson
39v–40r D'un bon du coeur sans autre amer - Anonymous
Appears on: 39v–40r
Genres: Chanson
40v–41r Fortuna desperata - 1a pars (of 2): Fortuna desperata -
Appears on: 40v–41r
Genres: Italian secular
40v–41r Fortuna desperata - 2a pars (of 2): -
Appears on: 40v–41r
Genres: Italian secular
41v–42r Esprouver my fault elamy - Anonymous
Appears on: 41v–42r
Genres: Chanson
42v Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie -
Appears on: 42v
Genres: Chanson
General Note

S only, CT & T (& whole of 2a pars) in Seville 5-1-43, f. 100v-101r

43r Belle vueilliés vostre mercy donner -
Appears on: 43r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Belle vueillés vostre mercy donner
General Note

T and Ct only as facing page missing

43v–44r Esse le mieux que puiseis fair - Anonymous
Appears on: 43v–44r
Genres: Chanson
44v–46r Leggiadra (lizadra) donna ch'el mio cor contenti -
Appears on: 44v–46r
Genres: Ballata
46v–47r O rosa bella / O dio d'amore - 1a pars (of 2): O rosa bella / O dio d'amore -
Appears on: 46v–47r
Genres: Italian secular
47v–48r O rosa bella / O dio d'amore - 2a pars (of 2): Ay lassa me -
Appears on: 47v–48r
Genres: Chanson
General Note

2p lacks Ct

48v–49r Dolçe fortuna -
Appears on: 48v–49r
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Voice Text: Dolçe fortuna
General Note

Used as music for the lauda Dolze Signiore de' in Chigi 266, f. 120.

49v–50r Benedicamus Domino = Va tent souspir je t'en supplie -
Appears on: 49v–50r
Genres: Chanson, Contrafactum, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Va t’ent souspier je t’en supplie
50v–51r Amours mercy - 1a pars (of 2): Amours mercy de trestout mon pooir -
Appears on: 50v–51r
Genres: Chanson
51v–52r Amours mercy - 2a pars (of 2): C'est une fois que je n'ay souvenir -
Appears on: 51v–52r
Genres: Chanson
52v–53r Bon jour bon mois bon an et bonne estraine -
Appears on: 52v–53r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
53v–54r Donnes confort a vostre amy - Anonymous
Appears on: 53v–54r
Genres: Chanson
54v–55r Se ne prenés de moi pité -
Appears on: 54v–55r
Genres: Chanson
55v–56r Quant je mire vos doulce portraiture -
Appears on: 55v–56r
Genres: Chanson
56v–57r Esse bien fait mon amy gratieux - Anonymous
Appears on: 56v–57r
Genres: Chanson
57v–58r Ce premier jour que commence l'année - Anonymous
Appears on: 57v–58r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
58v–59r Adieu m'amour [=ma dame] et ma maistresse -
Appears on: 58v–59r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
59v–60r Mon seul vouloir -
Appears on: 59v–60r
Genres: Rondeau, Song
60v De bien amer quand l'ai enpris -
Appears on: 60v
Genres: Rondeau, Song
General Note

Cantus only

61r La belle se siet au piet de la tour -
Appears on: 61r
Genres: Chanson
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: La belle
General Note

Tenor only

61r Je me recommande humblement -
Appears on: 61r
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Tenor only

61r Adieu m'amour [=ma dame] et ma maistresse -
Appears on: 61r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
General Note

Tenor only

61v Ave Regina caelorum (1) -
Appears on: 61v
Genres: BVM, Motet
General Note

Tenor only

61v Je ne suy plus tel que soloye -
Appears on: 61v
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Tenor only

62r Bien viengnant, ma tresredoubtée - -
Appears on: 62r
Genres: Rondeau
General Note

Tenor only

62v Con lagrime bagnandome el viso -
Appears on: 62v
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Voice Text: Con lagrime bagnandome
General Note

Tenor only

63r Fugir non posso dal tuo dolze volto -
Appears on: 63r
Genres: Italian secular
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Italian
Voice Text: Fugir non posso dal tuo dolze volto
General Note

T only

63v Imera dat hodierno -
Appears on: 63v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Imera dat hodierno
General Note

Tenor only

64r Espoir m'est venu conforter -
Appears on: 64r
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Tenor only

64r Amours servir et honnourer -
Appears on: 64r
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Tenor only

64r Bon jour bon mois bon an et bonne estraine -
Appears on: 64r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
General Note

Tenor only

64v Adieu Adieu, mon joyeux souvenir -
Appears on: 64v
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Tenor only

64v Esclave a deuil et forain de liesse -
Appears on: 64v
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Tenor only

65 Rendre me vieng a vous sauve la vie -
Appears on: 65
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Tenor only

65 Tota pulchra es amica mea et macula II: Flores apparuerunt -
Appears on: 65
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Tota pulchra es amica mea et macula
General Note

Tenor only

65v–66 O luce - Anonymous

O luce

Anonymous
Appears on: 65v–66
Genres: Italian secular
General Note

Tenor only

66v Per la mia cara o dolze amor - Anonymous
Appears on: 66v
Genres: Italian secular
General Note

Tenor only

68v Merce per dio - Anonymous

Merce per dio

Anonymous
Appears on: 68v
Genres: Italian secular
General Note

Tenor only

69v–70r Jamays per amors (= La la veudehô de muger ?) - Anonymous
Appears on: 69v–70r
Genres: Chanson
70v–71r Bien le conoys - Anonymous

Bien le conoys

Anonymous
Appears on: 70v–71r
Genres: Chanson
71v–72r Se n'ay secours de vous, ma dame - Anonymous
Appears on: 71v–72r
Genres: Chanson
72v–73r On sele set - Anonymous

On sele set

Anonymous
Appears on: 72v–73r
Genres: Chanson
73v–74r Tant fort me tarde -
Appears on: 73v–74r
Genres: Chanson
Concordances

Concordance with Mureau's setting in I-Fn MS Magl. XIX.176? not checked.

74v–75r Mille bonjours -
Appears on: 74v–75r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
75v–76r Au retour de maladie - Anonymous
Appears on: 75v–76r
Genres: Chanson
76v–77r Se je ne vous voye ma gente maistresse - Anonymous
Appears on: 76v–77r
Genres: Chanson
77v–78r Que je puisse sans votre grace - Anonymous
Appears on: 77v–78r
Genres: Chanson
78v–79r Domine non secundum peccata nostra -
Appears on: 78v–79r
Genres: Tract
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Domine non secundum peccata nostra
79v–80r Domine ne memineris - Anonymous
Appears on: 79v–80r
Genres: Motet
80v–81r Quia pauperis - Anonymous

Quia pauperis

Anonymous
Appears on: 80v–81r
Genres: Motet
81v–83r [Gloria] Et in terra pax - Anonymous
Appears on: 81v–83r
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
83v–84r Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous

Benedicamus Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 83v–84r
Genres: Benedicamus Domino, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Benedicamus domino
84v–85r Secundum verbum tuum Vaede
Appears on: 84v–85r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Vaede
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Secundum verbum tuum
85v–86r Et gloriam plebis tue Israel - Anonymous
Appears on: 85v–86r
Genres: Motet
86v–92r Magnificat 6 toni: Et exultavit -
Appears on: 86v–92r
Genres: Magnificat
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)
Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460)
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)
Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475)
Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412)
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Fontaine, Pierre
Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475)
Gemblaco (Gembloux), Johannes Franchois de
Ghizeghem, Hayne van (ca. 1445–ca. 1497)
Grossin, Estienne
Lantins, Arnold de (–1432)
Madrid, Juan Fernandez de
Molinet, Jehan
Morton, Robert
Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Pres, Philipert de
Urrede (Wrede), Juan de (fl. 1451-c1482)
Vide, Jacobus
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[Gloria] Et in terra pax Anonymous 81v–83r
A ma premiere volente Anonymous 31v–32r
Adieu Adieu, mon joyeux souvenir 64v
Adieu m'amour [=ma dame] et ma maistresse 58v–59r
Adieu m'amour [=ma dame] et ma maistresse 61r
Amours amours trop me fiers de tes dars 17v–18r
Amours mercy - 1a pars (of 2): Amours mercy de trestout mon pooir 50v–51r
Amours mercy - 2a pars (of 2): C'est une fois que je n'ay souvenir 51v–52r
Amours servir et honnourer 64r
Au retour de maladie Anonymous 75v–76r
Ave Regina caelorum (1) 61v
Belle vueilliés vostre mercy donner 43r
Benedicamus Domino Anonymous 83v–84r
Benedicamus Domino = Va tent souspir je t'en supplie 49v–50r
Bien le conoys Anonymous 70v–71r
Bien viengnant, ma tresredoubtée - 62r
Bon jour bon mois bon an et bonne estraine 52v–53r
Bon jour bon mois bon an et bonne estraine 64r
C'est temps perdu 31r
Cados cados adonay cherubin Anonymous 8v–9r
Ce premier jour que commence l'année Anonymous 57v–58r
Comme femme desconfortée 13v–14r
Con lagrime bagnandome el viso 62v
D'un bon du coeur sans autre amer Anonymous 39v–40r
De bien amer quand l'ai enpris 60v
Dolçe fortuna 48v–49r
Domine ne memineris Anonymous 79v–80r
Domine non secundum peccata nostra 78v–79r
Donnes confort a vostre amy Anonymous 53v–54r
Esclave a deuil et forain de liesse 64v
Espoir m'est venu conforter 64r
Esprouver my fault elamy Anonymous 41v–42r
Esse bien fait mon amy gratieux Anonymous 56v–57r
Esse le mieux que puiseis fair Anonymous 43v–44r
Et deusse morir en servant ma dame Anonymous 6v–7r
Et gloriam plebis tue Israel Anonymous 85v–86r
Fausse langue Dieu te mauldie Anonymous 19v
Fortuna desperata - 1a pars (of 2): Fortuna desperata 40v–41r
Fortuna desperata - 2a pars (of 2): 40v–41r
Fugir non posso dal tuo dolze volto 63r
Gentil madona de no me habandonare 21v–22r
He fortune pourquoi suis fortunée Anonymous 16v–17r
He Robinet - Trigalore - Par ung vert pré Anonymous 11v–13r
Imera dat hodierno 63v
J'ai pris amours Anonymous 27v–28r
Jamays per amors (= La la veudehô de muger ?) Anonymous 69v–70r
Je me recommande humblement 61r
Je ne pourroye plus celer Anonymous 24v–25r
Je ne serai plus vert vestus 34v–35r
Je ne suy plus tel que soloye 61v
L'a je bien frique / Galoises de Savoie / J'ayme une dame Anonymous 11r
La belle se siet au piet de la tour 61r
Le malheureux abandonne Anonymous 29v–30r
Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy 25v–26r
Leggiadra (lizadra) donna ch'el mio cor contenti 44v–46r
Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure 4v–6r
Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie 42v
Magnificat 6 toni: Et exultavit 86v–92r
Merce per dio Anonymous 68v
Mille bonjours 74v–75r
Mon seuil plaisir (S) / La dolour que je rechoy, Leal en amours (T) Anonymous 3v–4r
Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie 23v–24r
Mon seul vouloir 59v–60r
N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai 14v–15r
O luce Anonymous 65v–66
O rosa bella (S) / In pace, Veni creator spiritus (T) Anonymous 1v–2r
O rosa bella / O dio d'amore - 1a pars (of 2): O rosa bella / O dio d'amore 46v–47r
O rosa bella / O dio d'amore - 2a pars (of 2): Ay lassa me 47v–48r
O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) 30v
On sele set Anonymous 72v–73r
Par le regard de vos beaux yeux 21r
Per la mia cara o dolze amor Anonymous 66v
Pour prison ne pour maladie 22v–23r
Pour prison ne pour maladie (S) / Passio Domini nostri (T) Anonymous 1r
Pour quelque paine que j'ensure Anonymous 15v–16r
Prochain de deul, longain de joye Anonymous 37v–38r
Quant je mire vos doulce portraiture 55v–56r
Que je puisse sans votre grace Anonymous 77v–78r
Qui ne le croit est il dampné Anonymous 33v–34r
Quia pauperis Anonymous 80v–81r
Rendre me vieng a vous sauve la vie 65
Se brief je puis voir ma dame. 38v–39r
Se je ne vous voye ma gente maistresse Anonymous 76v–77r
Se n'ay secours de vous, ma dame Anonymous 71v–72r
Se ne prenés de moi pité 54v–55r
Se une fois puis recouvrir joie 10v
Secundum verbum tuum 84v–85r
Seule esgaree, Le maleuruex habandonne (S) / O rosa bella (T) Anonymous 2v–3r
Si j'ai votre grace requise Anonymous 28v–29r
Tant fort me tarde 73v–74r
Tart ara mon coeur sa plaisance 7v–8r
Tart ara mon coeur sa plaisance 36v–37r
Ten is niet leden heide lanck Anonymous 35v–36r
Terriblement suis fortunée Anonymous 26v–27r
Tota pulchra es amica mea et macula II: Flores apparuerunt 65
Tousjours me vient de mal en pis Anonymous 32v–33r
Tout a par moi 18v–19r
Vostre bruit et vostre grant fame 20v
Vostre rigeur trop importune Anonymous 9v–10r

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Bent, Margaret, and Anne Hallmark (editors). 1985. Complete Works of Johannes Ciconia. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century.  Monaco: Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre. Pages: XXIV, 144-6,210-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Baumann, Dorothea. 1984. Silben- und Wortwiederholungen im italienischen Liedrepertoire des späten Trecento und frühen Quattrocento. Musik und Text in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts: Vorträge des Gastsymposiums in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 8. bis 12. September 198, Göttinger Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten. edited by Dorothea Baumann, 77-91. Kassel: Bärenreiter. Pages: 77-92.

Brown, Howard Mayer (editor). 1983. A Florentine Chansonnier from the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent: Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale MS Banco Rari 229. Monuments of Renaissance Music.  Chicago and London. Pages: 191,210,212ff,224, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hanen, Martha Knight. 1983. The Chansonnier El Escorial IV.a.24: Commentary and Edition. Musicological Studies. 3 vols. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen. Pages: I, 30, 36-8, 163-70; II1,442-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Staehelin, Martin. 1983. Bemerkungen zum Verhältnis von Werkcharacter und Filiation in der Musik der Renaissance. Datierung und Filiation von Musikhandschriften der Josquin-Zeit, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen. 199-215. Wiesbaden. Pages: 202,211. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W. 1981. Review of Perkins, Leeman L: and Garey, Howard (eds.): "The Mellon Chansonnier" (New Haven and London, 1979). Journal of the American Musicological Society, 132ff. Pages: 139-40. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W. 1981. Conflicting Attributions in Italian Sources of the Franco-Netherlandish Chanson, c. 1465-c. 1505: A Progress Report on a New Hypothesis. Music in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Patronage, Sources and Texts,  Cambridge. Pages: 260-2,269-71,278,281,283. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W (editor). 1981. Robert Morton: The Collected Works. Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance.  New York. Pages: xxiii,xxvi-xxvii,xxxi,xxxvi,3-4,62-4,77-85,89-92. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Boorman, Stanley. 1981. Limitations and Extensions of Filiation Technique. Music in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Patronage, Sources and Texts, edited by Stanley Boorman, 319-46. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pages: 326-39. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1980. French Duos in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century. Studies in Musicology in Honor of Otto E. Albrecht, , 43-87. Kassel, Basel, and London. Pages: 48-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Sadie, Stanley (editor). 1980. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.  London. Pages: IX,627-8. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: III, 29; IV, 43.

Davis, Dennis Michael. 1979. The Structure and Contents of Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Codex Lat. Mon. 5023. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Pages: 92, 94, 133-4, 150-1. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier.  New Haven and London. Pages: I,15; II,169,176-7, 254ff, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Fallows, David. 1978. Robert Morton's Songs: A Study in Styles in the Mid-Fifteenth Century. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 76,433-4,458,497. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gore, Glenn Leon. 1978. The Works of Philippe Basiron (Philippon?): Transcription and Commentary. West Virginia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,27-8, 108-11; Il, xviii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hoppin, Richard H. 1978. Medieval Music.  New York: W. W. Norton. Pages: 495.

Pope, Isabel, and Masakata Kanazawa (editors). 1978. The Musical Manuscript Montecassino 871: A Neapolitan Repertory of Sacred and Secular Musk of the Late Fifteenth Century.  Oxford. Pages: 489,547ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kemp, Walter H. 1976. The Manuscript Escorial V.III.24. Musica Disciplina, 97-129. Pages: 112,118. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Thompson, James (editor). 1976. Les Oeuvres Completes de Philippe (?) Caron. Transcription et Notes Critiques de James Thomson.  Brooklyn: Institute of Mediaeval Music. Pages: II, iv, 170,194-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies.  Brooklyn. Pages: I,164,178,180,183-5,192-6,212-3,257. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Pirrotta, Nino. 1972. Ricercare e variazioni su "O rosa bella". Studi Musicali, 59-77.

Moerk, Alice Anne. 1971. The Seville Chansonnier: An Edition of Seville 5-1-43 and Paris N.A.FR. 4379 (Pt 1). West Virginia University, Ph.D. Dissertation. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; texts; discussion.

Schoop, Hans. 1971. Entstehung und Verwendung der Handschrift Oxford Bodleian Library, Canonici misc. 213. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Series II.  Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: 72-85, Taf. 1-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1969. Cantus Firmus in the French Chanson for Two and Three Voices, 1500-1550. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 129-30. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II,86-7,182-3. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Günther, Ursula. 1966. Die 'anonymen' Kompositionen des Manuskripts Paris, B.N., fonds it. 568 (Pit). Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 73-92.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 155. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Plamenac, Dragan. 1965. The Two-Part Quodlibets in the Seville Chansonnier. The Commonwealth of Music, 163-81. London and New York. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Plamenac, Dragan. 1962. Facsimile Reproduction of the Manuscripts Sevilla 5-1-43 & Paris N. A. Fr. 4379 (Pt. 1). Publications of Medieval Musical Manuscripts.  Brooklyn. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile.

Clercx-Lejeune, Suzanne, and Suzanne Clercx. 1960. Johannes Ciconia, un musicien liégois et son temps. Académie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Beaux-Arts: Mémoires: Collection in-4, II série, vol. X, fasc. 1a/1b. 2 vols. Brussels: Palais des Académies. Pages: I,54-7,79; II,11-2,15-8, 63-7,73-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler.  Mainz. Pages: II,13*,55,62ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Reaney, Gilbert. 1955. The Manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library, Canonici Misc. 213. Musica Disciplina, 73-104. Pages: 88ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Plamenac, Dragan. 1953. New light on the Codex Faenza 117. Bericht über den internationalen Kongress für Kirchenmusik in Bern, 1952, Publikationen der schweizerischen musikforschenden Gesellschaft. 310–326. Bern: Paul Haupt. Pages: 310-326.

Pirrotta, Nino. 1952. Paolo Tenorista, fiorentino 'extra moenia'. Estudios Dedicados a Menéndez Pidal III, edited by Nino Pirrotta, 577-606. Madrid: Consejo superior de investigaciones scientificas. Pages: 577-606.

Plamenac, Dragan. 1951-1952. A Reconstruction of the French Chansonnier in the Biblioteca Colombina, Seville. The Musical Quarterly, (37) 501-542, (38) 85-117, 245-77. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: X,800-1; XII,984. Notes: physical description (partial).

de Van, Guillaume, and Heinrich Besseler (editors). 1948-66. Guillaume Dufay: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V.xli; VI, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Plamenac, Dragan (editor). 1947-. Johannes Ockeghem: Collected Works.  American Musicological Society. Pages: II,xxxvii,116. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).

Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola.  Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: I, 107-10,118; X,19-20,23. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk.  Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: XIX,4; XLV,13-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1927. New York, 1965 (reprint, with new remarks by the editor). Der Kopenhagener Chansonnier: Das Manuskript Thott 291s der Königlichen Bibliothek Kopenhagen. Copenhagen and Leipzig.  Copenhagen and Leipzig. Pages: lxxi,lxxviii-lxxix. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Besseler, Heinrich. 1925. Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters: I. Neue Quellen des 14. und beginnenden 15. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 167-252. Pages: 232-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht.  Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: XV/XVI,xix-xx,92-4. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Wolf, Johannes. 1904; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1965. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen. 3 vols. Leipzig. Pages: I,211-3. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich.  Graz and Vienna. Pages: XIV/XV,30; XXVIII, 190-1,196-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Delisle, Leopold. 1891. Bibliothèque Nationale. Manuscrits Latins et Français Ajoutés aux Fonds des Nouvelles Acquisitions pendant les Années 1875-1891.  Paris. Pages: 127-30. Notes: physical description; contents list.

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Michael Cuthbert

Monday, 21 December, 2020

The music on f 45v/46r "Tu say che honesto" is the second half of the previous piece "Lizadra donna" by Ciconia; separate composition "Tu say che.." deleted, extent of & images for Lizadra donna extended to include 45v/46r

Scott Metcalfe

Thursday, 6 August, 2020

"Rendre me vieng" moved from f. 65v to f. 65.

Scott Metcalfe

Thursday, 6 August, 2020

"Merce per dio" moved to 68v, not 67v. (67v-68 are blank.) Basiron added as composer of "Tan fort me tarde" on 73v-74 – it is ascribed to “Phelippon” in RCas (see Fallows, Catalogue, p. 380).

François-Pierre Goy

Tuesday, 3 March, 2020

Archive name updated (belatedly!!) to ' Bibliothèque nationale de France'; siglum altered to that of the manuscript dept, F-Pnm. Shelfmarks for items in the Manuscripts department changed to read F-Pn fond français -> F-Pnm Français F-Pn fonds italien -> F-Pnm Italien F-Pn fonds latin -> F-Pnm Latin F-Pn nouvelles acquisitions françaises -> F-Pnm NAF F-Pn nouvelles acquisitions latines -> F-Pnm NAL F-Pn collection de Picardie -> F-Pnm Picardie F-Pn Coll. Roths. MS 2973 -> F-Pnm Rothschild 2973

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description