B-Br MS 11239

KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium

Manuscript of polyphony: c. 1500

Archive KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium (B-Br)
Shelfmark MS 11239
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 200 x 145 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BrusBR 11239
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
  • Savoy, France
Contents 25 pieces from 12 composers
General Description

Copied in Savoy (PickM, based on coat of arms and French style of illuminations).

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Physical Description

Four compositions incomplete because two original folios are missing between f. 20' and f. 21, and eight original folios are missing between f. 23' and f. 24

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Binding

Original silk on wood covers; modern spine.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1500 (BayM); before 1501 (manuscript antedates Margaret of Austria's marriage to Philibert II of Savoy) —PickM.

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Foliation

Modern foliation.

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Decoration

Illuminated borders, painted initials and inked calligraphic initials; coat of arms of Savoy.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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3 motets, 3 motet-chansons, 18 French secular pieces = 24

A. Agricola-1, A. Agricola/(Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, (A. Agricola/Ghiselin)-1, (A. Agricola/Josquin)-1, Bruhier-1, Brumel-1, Compère-3, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, Isaac-1, (Josquin)-1, (Josquin/Ninot le Petit)-1, La Rue-6, (Obrecht)-1, (Ockeghem)-1, anon-3

63 parchment folios, 200 x 145. Modern foliation. Blank folios: 1-2, 35'-63'; four compositions incomplete because two original folios are missing between f. 20' and f. 21, and eight original folios are missing between f. 23' and f. 24. Original silk on wood covers; modern spine. No index. Illuminated borders, painted initials and inked calligraphic initials; coat of arms of Savoy.

Ca. 1500 (BayM); before 1501 (manuscript antedates Margaret of Austria's marriage to Philibert II of Savoy) —PickM. Copied in Savoy (PickM, based on coat of arms and French style of illuminations).

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
2v–4 Allez regrets vuides de ma présence -
Appears on: 2v–4
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
4v–6 Venes regrets venes il en est heure Compere
Appears on: 4v–6
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Compere
6v–7 Va t'en regrets celluy qui me convoyé Compere
Appears on: 6v–7
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Compere
7v–8 Les grands regrets que sans cesses je porte Agricola
Appears on: 7v–8
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Agricola
8v–9 Tous les regrets qu'oncques furent au monde Brumel
Appears on: 8v–9
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Brumel
9v–11 Tous les regrets qui les coeurs tormentés 28.34 de la Rue
Appears on: 9v–11
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: de la Rue
11v–13 Revenez tous regrets / Quis det Agricola
Appears on: 11v–13
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Agricola
13v–14 Belle pous l'amous 28.5 -
Appears on: 13v–14
Genres: Chanson
14v–15 Vexilla regis prodeunt / Passio Domini De La Rue
Appears on: 14v–15
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: De La Rue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Vexilla regis prodeunt/Passio domini
15v–17 Vrai dieu qui me confortera Bruhier
Appears on: 15v–17
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: Bruhier
17v–18 E qui la dira dira la douleur Isaac
Appears on: 17v–18
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Isaac
18v–20 Pourquoi non ne veuil je morir -
Appears on: 18v–20
Genres: Chanson
20v Petite camusette à la mort m'avez mis / S'elle m'aimera -
Appears on: 20v
Genres: Motet
General Note

incomplete - second half missing, folio torn out

21 Pourquoi tant me fault il attendre -
Appears on: 21
Genres: Italian secular
General Note

incomplete - first half missing, folio torn out

21v–23 II viendra le jour désiré -
Appears on: 21v–23
Genres: Secular
23v Ce n'est pas jeu de la Rue
Appears on: 23v
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: de la Rue
General Note

incomplete - second half missing, folio torn out

24–25 Fortune qu'as tu faict - Anonymous
Appears on: 24–25
Genres: Chanson
General Note

incomplete - first page missing, folio torn out

25v–27 Mon seul plaisir 28.26 - 1a pars (of 2): Mon seul plaisir -
Appears on: 25v–27
Genres: Italian secular
25v–27 Mon seul plaisir 28.26 - 2a pars (of 2): Mieux ne me pourroit -
Appears on: 25v–27
Genres: Chanson
27v–28 Plaine d'ennuy de longue main / Anima mea -
Appears on: 27v–28
Genres: Chanson
28v–29 Ne vous chaille mon cueur - Anonymous
Appears on: 28v–29
Genres: Chanson
29v–31 En douleur en tristesse - Anonymous
Appears on: 29v–31
Genres: Chanson
31v–32 Que vous madame / In pace in idipsum 27.33 -
Appears on: 31v–32
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: In pace in idipsum [= Que vous madame]
32v–33 Si dedero somnum oculis meis -
Appears on: 32v–33
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Si dedero somnum oculis meis
33v–35 Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo -
Appears on: 33v–35
Genres: Psalm motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo
Composer Compositions
Agricola, Alexander (ca. 1445–1506)
Anonymous
Bruhier, Antoine (–ca. 1521)
Brumel, Antoine (ca. 1460–ca. 1513)
Compère, Loyset (ca. 1445–1518)
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Ghizeghem, Hayne van (ca. 1445–ca. 1497)
Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)
Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)
Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Petit, Nino le (fl. c1500)
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Allez regrets vuides de ma présence 2v–4
Belle pous l'amous 28.5 13v–14
Ce n'est pas jeu 23v
E qui la dira dira la douleur 17v–18
En douleur en tristesse Anonymous 29v–31
Fortune qu'as tu faict Anonymous 24–25
II viendra le jour désiré 21v–23
Les grands regrets que sans cesses je porte 7v–8
Mon seul plaisir 28.26 - 1a pars (of 2): Mon seul plaisir 25v–27
Mon seul plaisir 28.26 - 2a pars (of 2): Mieux ne me pourroit 25v–27
Ne vous chaille mon cueur Anonymous 28v–29
Petite camusette à la mort m'avez mis / S'elle m'aimera 20v
Plaine d'ennuy de longue main / Anima mea 27v–28
Pourquoi non ne veuil je morir 18v–20
Pourquoi tant me fault il attendre 21
Que vous madame / In pace in idipsum 27.33 31v–32
Revenez tous regrets / Quis det 11v–13
Si dedero somnum oculis meis 32v–33
Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo 33v–35
Tous les regrets qu'oncques furent au monde 8v–9
Tous les regrets qui les coeurs tormentés 28.34 9v–11
Va t'en regrets celluy qui me convoyé 6v–7
Venes regrets venes il en est heure 4v–6
Vexilla regis prodeunt / Passio Domini 14v–15
Vrai dieu qui me confortera 15v–17

denotes primary source study

Marchai, J. None. Catalogue des manuscrits de La Bibliothèque Royale des ducs de Bourgogne. Pages: I, cx.225. Notes: mention of MS.

Jonas, Luise. 1983. Das Augsburger Liederbuch: Die Musikhandschrift 2° Codex 142a der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Edition und Kommentar. Berliner Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten.  Munich and Salzburg. Pages: II, 5,8, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier.  New Haven and London. Pages: II, 153-4,198-200. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hudson, Barton (editor). 1979. Ninot le Petit: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xiv,xxiii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Hudson, Barton (editor). 1977. Hayne van Ghizeghem: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xvii-xviii,xxi,xxxiv,xliv,i-li. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).

Atlas, Allan W. 1971. Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cappella Giulia XIII. 27, and the Dissemination of the Franco-Netherlandish Chanson in Italy, c. 1460-c. 1530. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 464. Notes: concordances (partial); mention of MS.

Staehelin, Martin. 1970. Pierre de la Rue in Italien. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 128-37. Pages: 128, 131, 133. Notes: concordances (partial).

Miller, Clement A. 1968. The Musical Source of Brumel's Missa Dringhs. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 200-4. Pages: 201. Notes: mention of MS.

Borren, Charles van den. 1967. A propos d'un album musical de Marguerite d'Autriche. Revue Belge de Musicologie, 99-106. Notes: physical description.

Huys, Bernard. 1966. De Grégoire le Grand à Stockhausen: Douze siècles de notation musicale.  Brussels. Pages: 36-7. Notes: physical description; additional bibliography (partial).

Picker, Martin. 1965. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria.  Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list; concordances; texts; transcription; efacsimile (partial); additional bibliography.

Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV.xxii; V.lxxxix.xcvi. Notes: concordances (partial).

Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie.  Brussels. Pages: 35, passim. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Closson, Ernest, and Charles van den Borren. 1950. La musique en Belgique du Moyen Age à nos jours.  Brussels. Pages: 96, passim. Notes: mention of MS.

Reese, Gustave. 1948-49. Maldeghem and His Buried Treasure: A Bibliographical Study. Notes, 75-117. Pages: 88ff. Notes: mention of MS.

Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1942. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. Studies and Documents.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 106. Notes: mention of MS.

Boom, Ghislaine de. 1935. Marguerite d'Autriche-Savoie et la Pre-Renaissance.  Paris and Brussels. Pages: 124, passim. Notes: mention of MS.

Françon, Marcel. 1934. Albums poétiques de Marguerite d'Autriche.  Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 32, passim. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; texts.

Borren, Charles van den. 1933-34. Inventaire des manuscrits de musique polyphonique qui se trouvent en Belgique. Acta Musicologica, V:66-71,120-7,177-83;VI:23-9,65-73,116-21. Pages: V, 125-7. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1925-68. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Wereldlijke Werken.  Amsterdam. Pages: IV,v. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde.  Leipzig. Pages: I,447. Notes: mention of MS.

Bayot, Alphonse. 1909. Les manuscrits de provenance savoisienne dans la Bibliothèque de Bourgogne. Mémoires et documents publiés par la Société savoisienne d'histoire et d'archéologie, 337ff. Pages: 337. Notes: physical description.

Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht.  Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: XXX,vii. Notes: physical description.

Verheyden, Prosper. 1904. Het Gezangboek van Margaretha van Oostenrijk. Tijdschrift voor Boek- en Bibliotheekwezen, 22-32,74-84. Pages: 79-80. Notes: mention of MS.

Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich.  Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXXII,237. Notes: physical description.

Maldeghem, R-J van. 1865-93. Tresor musical: collection authentique de musique sacrée & profane des anciens maîtres belges ... Musique profane.  Brussels. Pages: X, XI, XIII, XIV, XX, XVIII, XIX. Notes: transcription (partial).

Gachet, Emile Leonard Jean Baptiste. 1849. Albums et oeuvres poétiques de Marguerite d'Autriche ... publiés en entier ... d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Publications de la Société des Bibliophiles Belges séant à Mons.  Brussels. Pages: 61-9. Notes: transcriptions.

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