F-Pnm NAF 4917

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

manuscript of polyphony: 1st quarter of 15th century

Archive Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris, France (F-Pnm)
Shelfmark NAF 4917
Image Availability The images on this record are linked using IIIF.
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 218 x 148 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ParisBNN 4917
  • Other catalogues/source: Pz
  • olim (Former shelfmark): F-Pn nouvelles acquisitions françaises 4917
Notations
  • black full mensural
External Links
Provenance
  • France
Contents Contains 32 compositions, 16 from 11 composers, 16 are anonymous.
General Description

Copied by a single scribe.

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Binding

New cardboard covers

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Notation

black full mensural with red coloration

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Ruling

red staves

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Foliation

1-28

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-28

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Decoration

Small inked initials in blue and red.

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Surface

ii paper + 28 parchment + ii paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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PARIS. Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Manuscrits. Nouvelles Acquisitions Françaises. MS 4917

25 French secular pieces, 9 Italian secular pieces = 34

(Bartolino da Padua)-1, (Binchois)-4, (Brolo)-1, (Césaris)-1, (Ciconia)-2 + 1?, (Fontaine)-2, (Grenon)-1, (Landini)-1, (Villeroye)-1, (Zachara da Teramo)-1, anon-18

ii paper + 28 parchment + ii paper folios, 218 x 148. New pencil foliation, 1-28. Ff. 25 and 27-28' have blank staves only. New cardboard covers. No index. Black mensural notation with red coloration on red staves. Copied by a single scribe. Small inked initials in blue and red.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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‡ denotes primary source study

‡ Berger, Christian. 2016. Ein Venezianisches Liederbuch aus dem Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts. Die Handschrift Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, nouv. acq. frç. 4917 (Edition und Kommentar). Musikalische Denkmäler 12. xxv+153. Mainz: Schott. Notes: contents list; edition; concordances; commentary.

Fallows, David. 1999. A Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Caraci Vela, Maria. 1997. Una nuova attribuzione a Zacara da un trattato musicale del primo quattrocento. Acta Musicologica, 69: 182-4.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Marrocco, W. Thomas (editor). 1975. Italian Secular Music (IV): Bartolino da Padova, Egidius de Francia, Guilielmus de Francia, Don Paolo da Firenze. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century, vol. 9.  Monaco: Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre. Pages: IX,200; X,112-4,152; XI, 89-90,109-10,124-5,170,173-5 XXIV, 138,160-4,211,213-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Hagopian, Viola L. 1973. Italian Ars Nova Musik: A Bibliographic Guide to Modem Editions and Related Literature. 2nd ed.  Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London. Pages: 64. Notes: additional bibliography.

Pirrotta, Nino. 1971. Zacharus Musicus. Quadrivium, 12: 153-75. Pages: 156-7,167-71. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kemp, Walter H. 1966. A Chanson for Two Voices by Cesaris, Mon Seul Voloir. Musica Disciplina, 20: 47-56. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gennrich, Friedrich. 1965. Abriss der Mensuralnotation des XIV. und der ersten Hälfie des XV. Jahrhunderts. Musikwissenschaftliche Studien-Bibliothek, vol. 3-4.  Langen bei Frankfurt. Pages: 56-64. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Reaney, Gilbert. 1964-77. Music in the Late Medieval Entremets. Annales Musicologiques, 7: 51-65. Pages: 63. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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,56-7, 78-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Fischer, Kurt von. 1956. Studien zur italienischen Musik des Trecento und frühen Quattrocento. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft, vol. Serie II, Vol. 5.  Bern: Paul Haupt. Pages: 44ff,98,103,108,110,120. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Reaney, Gilbert (editor). 1955-83. Early Fifteenth-Century Music. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 11, 1-6.  Rome: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II,xv; V,xxii,78; Vl,xviii,xxxv,1-l; VII,xiv,xxii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).

Gotti, Ettore Li, and Nino Pirrotta. 1949-1951. II codice di Lucca. Musica Disciplina, 3-4-5: III, 119-38; IV, 111-52; V, 115-42. Pages: III, 134-5; IV,113,123; V, 136. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: II,1051 [misidentified as ParisBNN 4379]. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Möller, Philipp. 1944. Die französischen Lieder der Handschrift Paris, Bibl. nat. nouv. acq. fr. 4917. Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität (Frankfurt am Main), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Ellinwood, Leonard (editor). 1939. The Works of Francesco Landini.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 188-90,311. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Omont, Henri (editor). 1868-1902. Bibliothèque Nationale: Catalogue Général des Manuscrits Français.  Paris. Pages: XVI,262. Notes: physical description.

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Christian Berger

Wednesday, 3 June, 2020

Inventory completed, based on "Ein Venezianisches Liederbuch aus dem Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts. Die Handschrift Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, nouv. acq. frç. 4917 "

DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note; DIAMM Note

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