Music copied by a single scribe, probably a northerner working in Italy (PerkMC). Repertorial connections with FlorBN BR 229 and ParisBNF 15123. Copied in Naples. Repertory probably compiled by the theorist and composer Johannes Tinctoris, for Beatrice of Aragon, daughter of Ferrante I, King of Naples (PerkMC). (Reservations concerning Tinctoris' role in FallowsN). Probably taken to Buda in 1476, following Beatrice's marriage to Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. German inscription on f. 1, dated October 3, 1609, records transfer of collection from Matteus Rohn (or Roha) of Glatz to Johan Georg Trigbor, in city of Freudenthal (now Bruntál). Owned in late 19th century by Baron Joseph Vitta of Paris. Later sold by anonymous collector through London firm of A. Rosenthal, Ltd.; purchased in 1940 by Yale University with funds donated by Paul Mellon.

Original covers lost; rebound in late 19th century by Parisian bookbinder Marius Michel in new covers of brown leather stamped with decorative borders and monogram 'VITTA.

black void mensural

Modern pencil foliation, 1-81, erased before PerkMC reproductions were made, but later restored. Modern pencil pagination, 1-161, on lower right rectos (only odd-numbered pages bear numbers, but even-numbered pages included in enumeration).

Illuminated initials in gold leaf, puce, green, and blue. Initial letters framed by irregularly shaped outlines in black ink; decorative columns of stylized floral motifs extend from initials into margins. Style of decoration resembles that of Neapolitan illuminator Matteo Felice (PerkMC).

parchment

2 motets, 47 French secular pieces, 4 Italian secular pieces, 3 English secular pieces, 1 Spanish secular piece = 57

Barbingant/(Fedé)-1, Basin-1, (Bedingham)-2, Binchois-1, Busnois-14, (Busnois/Ockeghem)-1, Caron-3, Charvet [Petit Jan]-1, Dufay-4 +1?, (Frye)-1, Frye/(Bedingham)-1, Frye/(Binchois)-1, Hayne van Ghizeghem-1, Joye-3, Morton-3, Ockeghem-3, Regis-1, Ruby [G. le Rouge]-1, Tinctoris-2, Vincenet-4, anon-7

ii + 81 + ii parchment folios, 192 x 135. Modern pencil foliation, 1-81, erased before PerkMC reproductions were made, but later restored. Modern pencil pagination, 1-161, on lower right rectos (only odd-numbered pages bear numbers, but even-numbered pages included in enumeration). Original covers lost; rebound in late 19th century by Parisian bookbinder Marius Michel in new covers of brown leather stamped with decorative borders and monogram "VITTA." No index. Music copied by a single scribe, probably a northerner working in Italy (PerkMC). Illuminated initials in gold leaf, puce, green, and blue. Initial letters framed by irregularly shaped outlines in black ink; decorative columns of stylized floral motifs extend from initials into margins. Style of decoration resembles that of Neapolitan illuminator Matteo Felice (PerkMC). Repertorial connections with FlorBN BR 229 and ParisBNF 15123.

Ca. 1475-6 (PerkMC). Copied in Naples. Repertory probably compiled by the theorist and composer Johannes Tinctoris, for Beatrice of Aragon, daughter of Ferrante I, King of Naples (PerkMC). (Reservations concerning Tinctoris' role in FallowsN). Probably taken to Buda in 1476, following Beatrice's marriage to Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. German inscription on f. 1, dated October 3, 1609, records transfer of collection from Matteus Rohn (or Roha) of Glatz to Johan Georg Trigbor, in city of Freudenthal (now Bruntál). Owned in late 19th century by Baron Joseph Vitta of Paris. Later sold by anonymous collector through London firm of A. Rosenthal, Ltd.; purchased in 1940 by Yale University with funds donated by Paul Mellon.

Vol 4

Physical: Possibly copied by the composer Vincenet (AtlMA).