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.
| Archive | Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence, Italy (I-Fl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Ashb. 1085 |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 135 x 200 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 19 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Modern leather covers
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
New pencil foliation
Decoration
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
Surface
Parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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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).
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Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 251. Notes: concordances (partial).
Rubsamen, Walter H. 1951. Music Research in Italian Libraries: An Anecdotal Account of Obstacles and Discoveries. Los Angeles. Pages: 27. Notes: mention of MS.
Becherini, Bianca. 1949. Poesie e Musica nel codice Laurenziana Ashb. 1085. La Bibliofilia, 51: 166-84. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list (partial); texts (partial); facsimile (partial).
Becherini, Bianca. 1948. Mostre Italiane: Cimeli musicali alla 'Mostra d'arte Fiamminga e Olandese' in Firenze. La Bibliofilia, 50: 219-35. Pages: 231-2. Notes: contents list.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description