P-Lant PT-TT-FRA/20.01/02

Arquivo Nacional Da Torre do Tombo, Lisboa, Portugal

troubadour; fragment:

Archive	Arquivo Nacional Da Torre do Tombo, Lisboa, Portugal (P-Lant)
Shelfmark	PT-TT-FRA/20.01/02
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Parchment
Measurements	510 x 300 mm
Other Identifiers	olim (Former shelfmark): Cantigas de D. Dinis olim (Former shelfmark): Sharrer parchment / Pergaminho Sharrer
Notations	black full mensural
External Links	images catalogue record
Provenance	Portugal?
Contents	Contains 7 compositions from 1 composer.

General Description

One of two extant sources for Galaico-Portuguese troubador music. Contains 7 love songs with music, attributed to Denis I of Portugal; part of a songbook. Said to be the only known medieval document containing profane Portuguese melodies.

Contains 7 love songs: - Poys que vos Deus, amigo, quer guisar; - A tal estado me adusse, senhor; - O que vos nunca cuidei a dizer; - Que mui grão prazer que eu hei, senhor; - Senhor fremosa, no posso eu osmar; - Não sei como me salva a minha senhor; - Quis bem amigos, e quero e querrei;

Text and music (unusually) in 3 columns

Carlos Antunes

Physical Description

Fragment, formerly covering a book in the Lisbon Notary Office (Nº 7-A, box 1, piece 1, book 3).

DIAMM, 2020

Notation

black mensural, gothic minuscule lettering of 13th-14th century.

Carlos Antunes

Foliation

1-1v

Carlos Antunes

Surface

parchment

Carlos Antunes

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
recto	Pois que vos Deus, amigo, quer guisar	-	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)
Pois que vos Deus, amigo, quer guisar Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?) Appears on: recto Genres: Canción
recto	A tal estado m'adusse, senhor	-	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)
A tal estado m'adusse, senhor Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?) Appears on: recto Genres: Canción
recto	O que vos nunca cuidei a dizer	-	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)
O que vos nunca cuidei a dizer Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?) Appears on: recto Genres: Canción
recto–verso	Que mui gram prazer que eu hei, senhor	-	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)
Que mui gram prazer que eu hei, senhor Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?) Appears on: recto–verso Genres: Canción
verso	Senhor fremosa, nom poss'eu osmar	-	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)
Senhor fremosa, nom poss'eu osmar Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?) Appears on: verso Genres: Canción
verso	Nom sei como me salv'a mia senhor	-	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)
Nom sei como me salv'a mia senhor Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?) Appears on: verso Genres: Canción
verso	Quix bem, amigos, e quer'e querrei	-	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)
Quix bem, amigos, e quer'e querrei Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?) Appears on: verso Genres: Canción

Composer	Compositions
Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261-1325)	(?) A tal estado m'adusse, senhor – recto (?) Nom sei como me salv'a mia senhor – verso (?) O que vos nunca cuidei a dizer – recto (?) Pois que vos Deus, amigo, quer guisar – recto (?) Que mui gram prazer que eu hei, senhor – recto–verso (?) Quix bem, amigos, e quer'e querrei – verso (?) Senhor fremosa, nom poss'eu osmar – verso

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
A tal estado m'adusse, senhor	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)	recto
Nom sei como me salv'a mia senhor	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)	verso
O que vos nunca cuidei a dizer	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)	recto
Pois que vos Deus, amigo, quer guisar	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)	recto
Que mui gram prazer que eu hei, senhor	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)	recto–verso
Quix bem, amigos, e quer'e querrei	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)	verso
Senhor fremosa, nom poss'eu osmar	Denis (Dinis) I, King of Portugal (1261–1325) (?)	verso

‡ denotes primary source study

Massini-Cagliari, Gladis. 2009. A notação musical como fonte para o estudo do ritmo linguístico no período trovadoresco do português: as cantigas de amor de D. Dinis. .978-85-89760-03-4. https://www.academia.edu/22260382/(Accessed: 19-04-2020). Notes: transcriptions; facsimiles; discussion.

Dias, Aida Fernanda, and Harvey L Sharrer. 2002. Fragmentos de textos medievais portugueses da Torre do Tombo. 80. Lisbon: Inst. dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo. 972-8107-71-4.

Askins, Arthur L. None. Fragmentos de sete cantigas d'amor de D. Dinis, musicadas: uma descoberta. Literatura Medieval. Actas do IV Congresso da Associação Hispânica de Literatura Medieval, 13-29. Lisbon.

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