P-Pm 714

Biblioteca Pública Municipale, Oporto, Portugal

manuscript of polyphony theory treatise: c. 1454-60

Archive	Biblioteca Pública Municipale, Oporto, Portugal (P-Pm)
Shelfmark	714
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	None
Measurements	193 x 135 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: OpBP 714
Notations	black full mensural coloration in red
Copyists	Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74) Music
Relationships	D. Pedro da Encarnacao (1729–1808) (owner) Ugolino of Orvieto (ca. 1380–ca. 1452) (author (of treatise)) Rinaldo Maria d'Este (–1503) (commissioned/made for)
Provenance	Italy
Contents	19 pieces from 8 composers

General Description

Polyphonic pieces on ff. 51'-79; manuscript also contains two music treatises by Ugolino of Orvieto (one incorporates Libellus cantus mensurabilis of Jean de Muris). Copied by a single scribe. Probably copied in Ferrara (PirrTA, LockDF) or Bologna (FallowsRA); compilation probably connected with the theorist and composer Robertus de Anglia (FallowsRA). Inscription on back flyleaf ('Paoli 250 lire in Venezia a di 3 Xbre 1712') indicates manuscript was still in Italy in early 18th century. Transferred to Portugal later in same century; inscription on first folio indicates ownership by choirmaster (probably D. Pedro da Encarnaçâo [1729-1808]) of Santa Cruz Augustinian monastery in Coimbra. Acquired by Biblioteca Pública Municipale in Oporto from Santa Cruz monastery between 1833 and 1836.

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Binding

Original covers of tooled leather over wooden boards, with two metal clasps on back cover.

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Notation

black mensural with red coloration

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Date

Previously dated c. 1445; FallowsRA proposed the early 1460s, hearing Du Fay's "En triumphant' as a lament for Binchois's death in 1460. LockRF (pp. 122-5) most recently re-dates it to c. 1454-60.

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Ruling

red staves

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Foliation

Original ink numbering of gatherings, 1-9. Original ink foliation on f. 50 and f. 80; other folios have later pencil numbering: 1, 01, 1-48, 51-79 ('49' omitted).

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Decoration

Illuminated floral initials (except in final gathering, which is without initials), in gold, red, blue, and green, with yellow-brown wash.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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13 French secular pieces, 6 Italian secular pieces = 19

Bedingham/(Dufay)-1, Bedingham/(Dunstable)-2, Dufay-8, Galfridus de Anglia-2, Joye-1, (J. Legrant)-1, Robertus de Anglia -2, anon-2

i + 81 + i parchment folios, 193 x 135. Front and back flyleaves pasted to covers. Original ink numbering of gatherings, 1-9. Original ink foliation on f. 50 and f. 80; other folios have later pencil numbering: 1, 01, 1-48, 51-79 ("49" omitted). Original covers of tooled leather over wooden boards, with two metal clasps on back cover. No index. Polyphonic pieces on ff. 51'-79; manuscript also contains two music treatises by Ugolino of Orvieto (one incorporates Libellus cantus mensurabilis of Jean de Muris). Polyphony in black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Copied by a single scribe. Illuminated floral initials (except in final gathering, which is without initials), in gold, red, blue, and green, with yellow-brown wash.

Ca. 1460-7 (FallowsRA); possibly ca. 1449-50 (LockDF). Probably copied in Ferrara (PirrTA, LockDF) or Bologna (FallowsRA); compilation probably connected with the theorist and composer Robertus de Anglia (FallowsRA). Inscription on back flyleaf ("Paoli 250 lire in Venezia a di 3 Xbre 1712") indicates manuscript was still in Italy in early 18th century. Transferred to Portugal later in same century; inscription on first folio indicates ownership by choirmaster (probably D. Pedro da Encarnaçâo [1729-1808]) of Santa Cruz Augustinian monastery in Coimbra. Acquired by Biblioteca Pública Municipale in Oporto from Santa Cruz monastery between 1833 and 1836.

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Physical: Probably copied by Robertus de Anglia (LockRF).

Date/provenance: Ca. 1454-60 (LockRF). Copied in Ferrara; compiled for Rinaldo Maria d'Esté (d. 1503) (LockRF).ug

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
[1]	O fallazze e ria fortuna	Ro. de Anglia	Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74)
O fallazze e ria fortuna Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74) Appears on: [1] Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Ro. de Anglia
[2]	O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina)	Bedyngham	Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?)
O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Appears on: [2] Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Bedyngham
[3]	Che faro io?	Galfridus de Anglia	Anglia, Galfridus de (fl. c1444)
Che faro io? Anglia, Galfridus de (fl. c1444) Appears on: [3] Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Galfridus de Anglia General Note Text for this & the following setting are from a Ferrarese poem in honour of Isotta d'Este (1444/46) Item Bibliography Pirrotta, Nino. 1970. Two Anglo-Italian Pieces in the Manuscript Porto 714. Speculum Musicae Artis: Festgabe für Heinrich Husmann zum 60. Geburtstag, 253-61. Munich. Pages: 258-260.
[4]	Io zemo, suspiro	Galfridus de Anglia	Anglia, Galfridus de (fl. c1444)
Io zemo, suspiro Anglia, Galfridus de (fl. c1444) Appears on: [4] Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Galfridus de Anglia General Note Text for this & the preceding setting are from a Ferrarese poem in honour of Isotta d'Este (1444/46) Item Bibliography Pirrotta, Nino. 1970. Two Anglo-Italian Pieces in the Manuscript Porto 714. Speculum Musicae Artis: Festgabe für Heinrich Husmann zum 60. Geburtstag, 253-61. Munich. Pages: 258-260.
[5]	Durer ne puis	Bedyngham de Anglia	Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?)
Durer ne puis Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Appears on: [5] Genres: Rondeau Source Attribution: Bedyngham de Anglia
[6]	Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie	Idem [ie Bedyngham de Anglia]	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460)
Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) Appears on: [6] Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Idem [ie Bedyngham de Anglia]
[7]	Va t'en mon cuer	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Va t'en mon cuer Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [7] Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Dufay
[8]	Par le regard de vos beaux yeux	Idem [ie Dufay]	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Par le regard de vos beaux yeux Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [8] Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Idem [ie Dufay]
[9]	Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx	-	Anonymous
Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx Anonymous Appears on: [9] Genres: Chanson
[10]	Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [10] Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
[11]	Poy che crudel fortuna	Joye	Joye, Gilles
Poy che crudel fortuna Joye, Gilles Appears on: [11] Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Joye
[12]	Helas, n'aray je jamais mieux?	-	Anonymous
Helas, n'aray je jamais mieux? Anonymous Appears on: [12] Genres: Chanson
[13]	Las je ne puis oir nouvelle = Unicus Dei filius	-	Legrant, Johannes
Las je ne puis oir nouvelle = Unicus Dei filius Legrant, Johannes Appears on: [13]
[14]	Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joie	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joie Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [14] Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Dufay
[15]	Qu'est devenue leaulté	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Qu'est devenue leaulté Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [15] Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Dufay
[16]	Entre les plus plaines d'anoy	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Entre les plus plaines d'anoy Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [16] Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Dufay
[17]	Helas mon dueil	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Helas mon dueil Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [17] Genres: Chanson, Virelai Source Attribution: Dufay
[18]	Je triumphe [En triumphant] de crudel dueil	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Je triumphe [En triumphant] de crudel dueil Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: [18] Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Dufay
[19]	El mal foco arda	Ro. de Anglia	Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74)
El mal foco arda Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74) Appears on: [19] Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Ro. de Anglia

Composer	Compositions
Anglia, Galfridus de (fl. c1444)	Che faro io? – [3] Io zemo, suspiro – [4]
Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74)	El mal foco arda – [19] O fallazze e ria fortuna – [1]
Anonymous	Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx – [9] Helas, n'aray je jamais mieux? – [12]
Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460)	(?) Durer ne puis – [5] Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie – [6] (?) O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) – [2]
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joie – [14] Entre les plus plaines d'anoy – [16] Helas mon dueil – [17] Je triumphe [En triumphant] de crudel dueil – [18] Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy – [10] (?) Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie – [6] Par le regard de vos beaux yeux – [8] Qu'est devenue leaulté – [15] Va t'en mon cuer – [7]
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)	(?) Durer ne puis – [5] (?) O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) – [2]
Joye, Gilles	Poy che crudel fortuna – [11]
Legrant, Johannes	Las je ne puis oir nouvelle = Unicus Dei filius – [13]

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joie	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[14]
Che faro io?	Anglia, Galfridus de (fl. c1444)	[3]
Durer ne puis	Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?)	[5]
El mal foco arda	Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74)	[19]
Entre les plus plaines d'anoy	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[16]
Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx	Anonymous	[9]
Helas mon dueil	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[17]
Helas, n'aray je jamais mieux?	Anonymous	[12]
Io zemo, suspiro	Anglia, Galfridus de (fl. c1444)	[4]
Je triumphe [En triumphant] de crudel dueil	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[18]
Las je ne puis oir nouvelle = Unicus Dei filius	Legrant, Johannes	[13]
Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[10]
Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460)	[6]
O fallazze e ria fortuna	Anglia, Robertus de (fl. 1454-74)	[1]
O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina)	Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?)	[2]
Par le regard de vos beaux yeux	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[8]
Poy che crudel fortuna	Joye, Gilles	[11]
Qu'est devenue leaulté	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[15]
Va t'en mon cuer	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	[7]

‡ denotes primary source study

Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1984. Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 109-18. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W (editor). 1981. Robert Morton: The Collected Works. Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance. New York. Pages: xxii, xxxv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

‡ Fallows, David. 1981. Robertus de Anglia and the Oporto Song Collection. Source Materials and the Interpretation of Music: A Memorial Volume to Thurston Dart, 99-128. London.

Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier. New Haven and London. Pages: II,173-4,399-400.

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: 49,59,310-2,333-5,549,556ff.

Schavran, Henrietta. 1978. The Manuscript Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria, Codice Aldini 362: A Study of Song Tradition in Italy Circa 1440-1480. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,49,60-4,82ff,332-4.

Fallows, David (editor). 1977. Galfridus and Robertus de Anglia: Four Italian Songs. North Harton, Lustleigh, and Newton Abbot (Devonshire).

Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1976. Dufay and Ferrara. Papers read at the Dufay Quincentenary Conference, Brooklyn College, December 6-7, 1974, 1-25. Brooklyn.

Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies. Brooklyn. Pages: I,178,255.

Fallows, David. 1975. Two more Dufay Songs reconstructed. Early Music, 358-60.

Dartus, Edmond. 1974. Un grand musicien cambrésien: Guillaume Du Fay. Cambrai. Pages: 20.

Pirrotta, Nino. 1972. Ricercare e variazioni su "O rosa bella". Studi Musicali, 59-77. Pages: 65ff.

Bent, Margaret, Ian D Bent, and Brian Trowell (editors). 1970. John Dunstable complete works. Musica Britannica. London. Pages: VIII [rev. ed.],xxvi,156,200,207.

Pirrotta, Nino. 1970. Two Anglo-Italian Pieces in the Manuscript Porto 714. Speculum Musicae Artis: Festgabe für Heinrich Husmann zum 60. Geburtstag, 253-61. Munich.

Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II,90, passim.

Kultzen, Brigitte. 1956. Der Codex Escorial IV.a.24: Übertragung, Katalog, Historische Einordnung einer Chansonsammlung aus der zweiten Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts. University of Hamburg, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 72, 78ff.

Meier, Bernhard. 1953. Die Handschrift Porto 714 als Quelle zur Tonartenlehre des 15. Jahrhunderts. Musica Disciplina, 175-97.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: III, 897-8.

de Van, Guillaume, and Heinrich Besseler (editors). 1948-66. Guillaume Dufay: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI.

Moldenhauer, Gerhard. 1927. Nachweis älterer französ. Handschriften in portugiesischen Bibliotheken. Archiv für das Studium der Neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, 69-76. Pages: 75-6.

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

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P-Pm 714

Biblioteca Pública Municipale, Oporto, Portugal

manuscript of polyphony theory treatise: c. 1454-60

General Description

Binding

Notation

Date

Ruling

Foliation

Decoration

Surface

Census Catalogue of Music Description

General Note

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General Note

Item Bibliography

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017