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Main scribe copied ff. l'-26; motet without text on ff. 31'-32 (= Prioris' 'Dulcis amica dei') is slightly later addition by a different hand. Copied in France; probably compiled for Louis d'Orléans prior to his becoming King Louis XII in 1498 (coat of arms on f. 1' is that of Louis as Duke of Orléans). The compiler and scribe might have been Jehan de Crespieres, one of Louis' court musicians (see LitteMR for further discussion).
F-Pnm Français 2245
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris, France
manuscript of polyphony: 1490-8
| Archive | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris, France (F-Pnm) |
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| Shelfmark | Français 2245 |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | ca. 178 x 122 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 26 compositions from 11 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in new board covers with leather spine; green velvet (possibly from original covers) pasted on front and back. Inscription 'CHANSONS NOTEES' stamped in gold on spine.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 10-11 (inconsistent)
Foliation
Modern ink foliation, 1-33
Decoration
Gold, blue, and red border on f. 1'; painted initials in mauve, blue, and brown. Coat of arms of Louis d'Orléans on f. 1': three gold fleurs-de-lis below silver bar with three pendants, all on blue ground
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 motet (without text), 24 French secular pieces, 1 Dutch secular piece = 26
A. Agricola-1, Compère-8, Compère/(A. Agricola)-1, Fresneau/(A. Agricola)-1, Hayne van Ghizeghem-5, Hayne van Ghizeghem/(A. Agricola)-1, Hayne van Ghizeghem/(Ockeghem)-1, Josquin-1, Lafoulerie-1, Mureau/(Busnois/Compère)-1, Ockeghem-1, Ockeghem/(Busnois)-1, Prioris-2, Verjeust-1
ii + 33 + ii parchment folios, ca. 178 x 122. Modern ink foliation, 1-33. Ff. 26'-31 and ff. 32'-33' have blank staves only. Rebound in new board covers with leather spine; green velvet (possibly from original covers) pasted on front and back. Inscription "CHANSONS NOTEES" stamped in gold on spine. No index. Main scribe copied ff. l'-26; motet without text on ff. 31'-32 (= Prioris' "Dulcis amica dei") is slightly later addition by a different hand. Staff height 10-11 (inconsistent). Gold, blue, and red border on f. 1'; painted initials in mauve, blue, and brown. Coat of arms of Louis d'Orléans on f. 1': three gold fleurs-de-lis below silver bar with three pendants, all on blue ground. Seventeenth-century library catalogue numbers on f. 1: "MMCXVI" (crossed out); "1496" (sometimes erroneously interpreted as a date); "8018."
1490-8. Copied in France; probably compiled for Louis d'Orléans prior to his becoming King Louis XII in 1498 (coat of arms on f. 1' is that of Louis as Duke of Orléans). The compiler and scribe might have been Jehan de Crespieres, one of Louis' court musicians (see LitteMR for further discussion).
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Wexler, Richard. 1997. Ockeghem and Politics. Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 47/1: 5-32. Notes: date of ms.
Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 90. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,xi-xii,xviii, 126-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
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: 251-2, 261, 266, 278-81, 283. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Litterick, Louise. 1980. Performing Franco-Netherlandish secular music of the late 15th century. Early Music, 8: 474-85. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1977. Hayne van Ghizeghem: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 74. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xvii-xx, xxvi, xxxiv-xxxvii, xliv-xlvii, 12-3, 38-40. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).
Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 205-6. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Litterick, Louise. 1976. The Manuscript Royal 20. A. XVI of the British Library. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 40ff, 196-202. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies, vol. 27. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 73ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Wexler, Richard. 1974. The Complete Works of Johannes Prioris. . Pages: 48-9, 217-8, 297, 304, 373, 376, 556-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Jones, George Morton. 1972. The "First" Chansonnier of the Biblioteca Riccardiana, Codex 2794: A Study in the Method of Editing l6th-Century Music. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 238 II, 20ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1969-72. Antoine Brumel: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 5. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, xix, 127. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Douglas, Conrad Edward Mary. 1969. The motets of Johannes Prioris with a prefatory bio-bibliographical study. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 49-50, 65-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V, liv, lxxxiv-xc, 63-4, 119-21. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 365. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Birmingham, Hugh Myers, Jr. 1955. A Transcription into Modern Notation of a Chansonnier (Fonds Français 2245) of the Duke of Orleans, with Commentary and Concordance. North Texas State College, Unpublished Master's thesis. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; texts; texts; mention of MS; discussion.
Marix, Jeanne. 1942. Hayne van Ghizeghem, Musician at the Court of the 15th-century Burgundian Dukes. The Musical Quarterly, 28: 276-87. Pages: 282. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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: xxxii, lxv, lxxi, c. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Omont, Henri (editor). 1868-1902. Bibliothèque Nationale: Catalogue Général des Manuscrits Français. Paris. Pages: (I, 390-l. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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