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 Contains 25 compositions, 23 from 11 composers, 2 are anonymous.
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).

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Jonas, Luise. 1983. Das Augsburger Liederbuch: Die Musikhandschrift 2° Codex 142a der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Edition und Kommentar. Berliner Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten, vol. Band 21 (2 vols.) .  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, vol. 87.  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, vol. 74.  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, 27: 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, 21: 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, 21: 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, vol. 22.  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, 6: 75-117. Pages: 88ff. Notes: mention of MS.

Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1942. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. Studies and Documents, vol. 5.  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, 5 & 6: 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, 47: 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, 2: 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, vol. 17.  Brussels. Pages: 61-9. Notes: transcriptions.

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

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

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description