Apparently the only surviving remnants of a musical manuscript originally containing at least 36 folios. Apart from monophonic sacred music on ff. XXI-XXII (in chant notation) and the blank staves on f. XXII', there are discantus parts for polyphonic pieces on all remaining folios, copied by a single scribe. Probably copied in Maastricht, as personal collection of minstrel employed by the town (WaesM). Original manuscript disassembled c. 1500; some folios used as flyleaves for register of legal documents kept by the court of aldermen for the town of Breust (near Maastricht). Register later came to Rijksarchief in Maastricht, where it received call number '169/1.' Flyleaves with music removed in early 20th century; now preserved as separate item.
NL-M 18.A.301
Historisch Centrum Limburg, te Maastricht (formerly Rijksarchief), Maastricht, Netherlands
fragment: c. 1450-1480
| Archive | Historisch Centrum Limburg, te Maastricht (formerly Rijksarchief), Maastricht, Netherlands (NL-M) |
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| Shelfmark | 18.A.301 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 100 x 70 mm |
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| Inventory | This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
i + 8 + 1 folios.
Binding
Modern parchment covers.
Watermark
letter "A."
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1480 (WaesM).
Foliation
Original ink foliation, XXI-XXII; XXXIH-XXXV; XXV-XXVII (some folios now bound in incorrect order; some numbers obliterated by trimming or damage).
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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5 Dutch secular pieces, 3 French secular pieces, 2 motets (incomplete), 1 textless fragment = 11
(Brassart)-1, (Ghiselin)-1, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, anon-8
i + 8 + i paper folios, ca. 100 x 70. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a musical manuscript originally containing at least 36 folios. Original ink foliation, XXI-XXII; XXXIH-XXXV; XXV-XXVII (some folios now bound in incorrect order; some numbers obliterated by trimming or damage). Modern parchment covers. Monophonic sacred music on ff. XXI-XXII, in chant notation; blank staves on f. XXII'; discantus parts for polyphonic pieces on remaining folios, copied in white mensural notation by a single scribe. Unidentified watermark: letter "A."
Ca. 1480 (WaesM). Probably copied in Maastricht, as personal collection of minstrel employed by the town (WaesM). Original manuscript disassembled ca. 1500; some folios used as flyleaves for register of legal documents kept by the court of aldermen for the town of Breust (near Maastricht). Register later came to Rijksarchief in Maastricht, where it received call number "169/1." Flyleaves with music removed in early 20th century; now preserved as separate item.
The inventory could not be loaded.
‡ denotes primary source study
Smits van Waesberghe, Joseph. 1969. Een 15de Eeuws Muziekboek van de Stadsminstrelen van Maastricht? Renaissance-Muziek 1400-1600: Donum Natalicium René Bernard Lenaerts, 247-73. Louvain.
Newton, Paul G. 1968. Florence, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, Manuscript Baseai 2439: Critical Edition and Commentary. North Texas State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 81-4, 261-2.
Riemsdijk, J C M van. 1886-87. Oud-Nederlandsche Volksliederen. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2: 205-7.
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Jasper Teunen
Friday, 16 January, 2026
Updates shelfmark. Added image link. Modified date: the catalogue entry suggests c. 1450, vs earlier estimate of c. 1480. Updated archive name: formerly the Rijksarchief, now the Historisch Centrum Limburg, te Maastricht
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Surface 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