A single Altus partbook; ParisBNC 255 is the tenor book from the same set. Two main scribes; four additional hands. Probably compiled after 1570 from previously separate fascicles (Call, based on repertory and fascicle structure). The oldest gatherings (ff. 1-7' and ff. 32-39', in the hand of scribe I) were probably copied in the late 1520's or early 1530's for Jacques Daillon, a courtier and soldier of Francis I (Rifkin, based on heraldic evidence in ParisBNC 255). Much of the repertory in the remaining gatherings appears in Le Roy et Ballard prints from c. 1545 to 1570.

Modern leather covers

black void mensural

New pencil foliation

Ornamental initials on fields of blue or gold for the pieces copied by scribe I (ff. 1-7' and ff. 32-39'); space was left for initials in other pieces, but never used

Parchment

82 French secular pieces

(Arcadelt)-14, (Cadéac/Lupus)-1, (Certon)-1, (Costeley)-2, (Gentien)-2, (Hesdin)-1, (Jacotin)-2, (Janequin)-2, (Lassus)-7, (A. LeRoy)-1, (Leschenet)-1, (Maillard/Janequin)-1, (Roquellay/Hesdin)-1, (Sandrin)-4, (Sermisy)-18, (Sermisy/Dulot)-1, (Sermisy/Peletier)-1, anon-22

1 parchment partbook (A-50 folios), 135 x 200. New pencil foliation. Modern leather covers. No index. Two main scribes; four additional hands. Ornamental initials on fields of blue or gold for the pieces copied by scribe I (ff. 1-7' and ff. 32-39'); space was left for initials in other pieces, but never used. ParisBNC 255 is the tenor book from the same set; the first piece in it (Sermisy's "Au pres de vous") is now missing from FlorL Ashbr. 1085.

Probably compiled after 1570 from previously separate fascicles (Call, based on repertory and fascicle structure). The oldest gatherings (ff. 1-7' and ff. 32-39', in the hand of scribe I) were probably copied in the late 1520's or early 1530's for Jacques Daillon, a courtier and soldier of Francis I (Rifkin, based on heraldic evidence in ParisBNC 255). Much of the repertory in the remaining gatherings appears in Le Roy et Ballard prints from ca. 1545 to 1570.

Vol 4

Composers: Add "(Besancourt)-1" and "(Mornable)-1"; change "(Sermisy)-18" to "(Sermisy)-19"; change "anon-22" to "anon-19."

Date/provenance: Ca. 1528-70. Copied in France; earliest layers (pp. 2-16 and pp. 65-80) probably compiled for Jacques Daillon, a courtier and soldier of Francis I (Rifkin, based on heraldic evidence in ParisBNC 255).