Composite of several originally separate fascicles. Copied by nine main scribes (CurtisEM), one of whom was also the secondary scribe of Naples VI E 40 (FerrariNF); Busnois motets probably autographs, except for music on f. 90 (WarmB); Dufay's Missa Ecce ancilla also possibly autograph (Haggh-Huglo, Planchart). Copied in Cambrai or the province of Hainaut (KennO). Probably copied mostly in Bruges; ff. 77-83 possibly copied in Paris (WegmanB). Compiled for Charles the Bold (KennO). Not owned by Charles the Bold; coat of arms may be that of one of Charles' illegitimate brothers (CurtisEM). Heraldic evidence confirms arms as those of Charles the Bold (WarmB).
B-Br MS 5557
KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium
manuscript of polyphony: Second half 15th century
| Archive | KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium (B-Br) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 5557 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 370 x 276 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 65 compositions, 59 from 8 composers, 6 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound and restored c. 1950.
Watermark
(1-3) resemble Briquet #1740, PiccardL 1567, and PiccardL 1589-1621; (4) resembles Briquet #5185; (5) resembles Briquet #393, Mosin #97-9, #101, and #109; (6) resembles PiccardH V, 81-4 and PiccardH X, 38-41 (see WegmanB for reproductions).
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-136, on upper right rectos
Decoration
Primary initials decorated with miniatures; secondary initials in Gothic style. Initial on f. 2' includes coat of arms
Surface
paper
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11 Masses, 3 Magnificats (1 fragmentary), 1 hymn, 7 motets = 22
Busnois-9, Cockx-1, (Dufay)-1, Frye-3, (Heyns)-1, (Ockeghem)-1, (Plummer)-1, (Regis)-1, anon-4
136 paper folios, 370 x 276. This manuscript had been poorly bound and some parts were destroyed or put in incorrect order; it has since been rebound, and Charles Van den Borren restored the original order. Five different scribes. Inscription on back: "Missae et hymni"; f. 1 has the coats of arms of Philip the Good and Charles the Bold. Four different kinds of paper, in 12 gatherings. On the basis of its layer construction and scribal accuracy, the manuscript was probably intended for practical use by the Burgundian Court Chapel (KennO).
1459-80 (KennO, on the basis of watermarks); additions to the manuscript were made throughout this period. Copied in Cambrai or the province of Hainaut, for Charles the Bold (KennO).
Vol. 4
11 Masses, 1 Kyrie (incomplete), 1 Agnus (incomplete), 2 Magnificats, 1 hymn, 8 motets (1 incomplete) = 24
Busnois-9 + 1?, Cockx-1, (Dufay)-3 + 1?, Frye-3, (Ockeghem)-1, Ockeghem/(Heyns)-1, (Plummer)-1, Regis-1, anon-2
136 paper folios, 370 x 276. Composite of several originally separate fascicles. Modern foliation, 1-136, on upper right rectos. Rebound and restored ca. 1950. No index. Copied by nine main scribes (CurtisEM); Busnois motets probably autographs, except for music on f. 90 (WarmB). Primary initials decorated with miniatures; secondary initials in Gothic style. Initial on f. 2' includes coat of arms (see below). Watermarks: (1-3) resemble Briquet #1740, PiccardL 1567, and PiccardL 1589-1621; (4) resembles Briquet #5185; (5) resembles Briquet #393, Mosin #97-9, #101, and #109; (6) resembles PiccardH V, 81-4 and PiccardH X, 38-41 (see WegmanB for reproductions).
1459-80 (KennO); ca. 1465-80 (WegmanB); ca. 1460-75 (CurtisEM); first five Masses 1468-71 (WarmB). Copied in Cambrai or the province of Hainaut (KennO). Probably copied mostly in Bruges; ff. 77-83 possibly copied in Paris (WegmanB). Compiled for Charles the Bold (KennO). Not owned by Charles the Bold; coat of arms may be that of one of Charles' illegitimate brothers (CurtisEM). Heraldic evidence confirms arms as those of Charles the Bold (WarmB).
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‡ denotes primary source study
Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.
‡ Wegman, Rob C (editor). 1989. Choirbook of the Burgundian Court Chapel, Brussel, Koninklijke Bibliotheek MS 5557. Peer. Notes: facsimile edition, with introduction.
Wegman, Rob C. 1987. The Twelfth Gathering of Brussels, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Manuscript 5557. Liber Amicorum Chris Maas: Essays in Musicology in Honour of Chris Maas on his 65th Anniversary, 15-25. University of Amsterdam: Music Department. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Eckert, Michael (editor). 1986. Antoine Busnois: Regina Caeli I & II. Antico Church Music. Notes: Editions of 2 works.
Wegman, Rob C. 1986. New Data Concerning the Origins and Chronology of Brussels, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Manuscript 5557. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 36: 5-25. Notes: physical description; contents list; discussion.
Strohm, Reinhard. 1985. Music in Late Medieval Bruges. Oxford. Pages: 125, 131,136,141, 196. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bowers, Roger, and Andrew B Wathey. 1984. New Sources of English Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 4: 299-349. Pages: 307-12. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Warmington, Flynn. 1984. 'A Very Fine Troop of Bastards?': Provenance, Date, and Busnois's Role in Brussels 5557. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, October, 1984, . Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Haggh, Barbara H. 1983. Music at the Court of Charles the Bold: Another Look at Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS 5557. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Louisville, Kentucky, October, 1983, . Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Roth, Adalbert. 1982. Studien zum frühen Repertoire der Päpstlichen Kapelle unter dem Pontifikat Sixtus' IV. (1471-1484). Die Chorbücher 14 und 51 des Fondo Cappella Sistina der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 208,272,347,370-1,381. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Curtis, Gareth R K. 1979. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale MS. 5557, and the Texting of Dufay's 'Ecce ancilla Domini' and 'Ave regina celorum' Masses. Acta Musicologica, 51: 73-86. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Curtis, Gareth R K. 1979. The English Masses of Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS. 5557. University of Manchester, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Wright, Craig M. 1975. Dufay at Cambrai: Discoveries and Revisions. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 28: 175-229. Pages: 198. Notes: mention of MS.
Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 79-91. Pages: I,81,447. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
Planchart, Alejandro Enrique. 1972. Guillaume Dufay's Masses: Notes and Revisions. The Musical Quarterly, 58: 1-23. Pages: 22. Notes: mention of MS.
Snow, Robert Joseph. 1969. The Mass-Motet Cycle: A Mid-Fifteenth-Century Experiment. Essays in Musicology in Honor of Dragan Plamenac on His 70th Birthday, 301-20. Pittsburgh. Pages: 310. Notes: mention of MS.
Hamm, Charles E. 1968. A Catalogue of Anonymous English Music in Fifteenth-Century Continental Manuscripts. Musica Disciplina, 22: 47-76. Pages: 56, 73. Notes: mention of MS.
Huys, Bernard. 1966. De Grégoire le Grand à Stockhausen: Douze siècles de notation musicale. Brussels. Pages: 29-30. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 127. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Kenney, Sylvia W. 1964. Walter Frye and the Contenance Angloise. New Haven and London. Pages: 35-61. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1961. Die Verbindung von Magnificat und Weihnachtsliedern im 16. Jahrhundert. Festschrift Helmuth Osthoff zum 65. Geburtstage, 61-74. Tutzing. Pages: 67. Notes: mention of MS.
Lindenburg, Cornells W H (editor). 1956. Johannis Regis: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 9. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, [ix]. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Sparks, Edgar H. 1953. The Motets of Antoine Busnois. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 6: 216-26. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Kenney, Sylvia W. 1952. Origins and Chronology of the Brussels Manuscript 5557 in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Revue Belge de Musicologie, 6: 75-100. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); discussion.
Plamenac, Dragan (editor). 1947-. Johannes Ockeghem: Collected Works. American Musicological Society. Pages: I,xvi, Plate 1; II,xxxiv,98-115, Plate XV. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Borren, Charles van den. 1941. Etudes sur le quinzième siècle musical. Antwerp. Pages: 144-251. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Doorslaer, G van. 1934. La Chapelle Musicale de Philippe le Beau. Revue Belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art, 4: 21-57,139-65. Pages: 38-9. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Borren, Charles van den. 1933-34. Inventaire des manuscrits de musique polyphonique qui se trouvent en Belgique. Acta Musicologica, 5 & 6: V:66-71,120-7,177-83;VI:23-9,65-73,116-21. Pages: V, 66-9. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 447. Notes: mention of MS.
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