Copied by one main scribe, whose hand also appears in BrusBR IV.90 and TourBV 94 (Rifkin); last two pieces are additions in different hands. Perhaps copied in Bruges (scribal concordance with BrusBR IV.90/TourBV 94). Compiled for Jérôme Lauweryn (d. 1509) of Watervliet, an official at the Netherlands court during reigns of Maximilian I, Philip the Fair, and Margaret of Austria (inscription on f. 1: 'Hieronymus Laurinus est meus herus'). Two English inscriptions (ff. 37', 75') apparently in 16th-century hands; manuscript probably came to England through connections between Lauweryn family and English humanists. Subsequent owners unknown until 19th century. Presented to British Museum by Herbert Thompson in 1897.
GB-Lbl Add. MS 35087 (Chansonnier of Jérôme Lauweryn of Watervliet)
British Library, London, England
manuscript of polyphony: Early 16th century
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 35087 (Chansonnier of Jérôme Lauweryn of Watervliet) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 293 x 198-203 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 78 compositions, 31 from 20 composers, 47 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of red cloth on boards, with white spine.
Notation
not indicated
Date
1505-6 (McmuB).
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-95 (one folio torn out between new ff. 3/4, leaving stub; one folio missing at end, making last piece incomplete). Original ink foliation, ii-xciiii, begins on new f. 3, counts stub as 'iii,' and runs congruently with new foliation until end (except that two consecutive folios are numbered 'lxxxxiii').
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials, in red or blue, but these are sporadic after f. 28
Surface
iv paper + 95 parchment + iii paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 hymn, 13 motets, 1 motet-chanson, 36 French secular pieces, 25 Dutch secular pieces, 2 Italian secular pieces = 78
A. Agricola-2, Appenzeller-2, (Brumel/Josquin)-1, (Busnois)-1, Compère-2, (Compère/Obrecht)-1, (Compère/Pietrequin)-1, A. Févin-3, (A. Févin/Josquin)-1, Ghiselin [Verbonnet]-2, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, (Isaac/Japart/Obrecht)-1, (Janequin/Ninot le Petit/Willaert)-1, (Josquin)-4, Mouton-4, (Obrecht)-1, (Prioris)-2, Vorda? [Laurentius d.a.?]-1, Vyzeto-1, anon-46
iv paper + 95 parchment + iii paper folios, 293 x 198-203. New pencil foliation, 1-95 (one folio torn out between new ff. 3/4, leaving stub; one folio missing at end, making last piece incomplete). Original ink foliation, ii-xciiii, begins on new f. 3, counts stub as "iii," and runs congruently with new foliation until end (except that two consecutive folios are numbered "lxxxxiii"). Modern covers of red cloth on boards, with white spine. No index. Copied by one main scribe, whose hand also appears in BrusBR IV.90 and TourBV 94 (Rifkin); last two pieces are additions in different hands. Inked calligraphic initials, in red or blue, through f. 28; sporadically thereafter.
1505-6 (McmuB). Perhaps copied in Bruges (scribal concordance with BrusBR IV.90/TourBV 94). Compiled for Jérôme Lauweryn (d. 1509) of Watervliet, an official at the Netherlands court during reigns of Maximilian I, Philip the Fair, and Margaret of Austria (inscription on f. 1: "Hieronymus Laurinus est meus herus"). Two English inscriptions (ff. 37', 75') apparently in 16th-century hands; manuscript probably came to England through connections between Lauweryn family and English humanists. Subsequent owners unknown until 19th century. Presented to British Museum by Herbert Thompson in 1897.
Vol 4
Contents: 1 hymn, 12 motets (3 incomplete), 2 motet-chansons, 36 French secular pieces, 25 Dutch secular pieces, 2 Italian secular pieces = 78
Composers: Change "(Brumel/Josquin)-1" to "(Brumel)-1."
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Maes, Francis. 1999. The Dutch song and the Chansonnier of Hieronymus Lauweryn van Watervliet. The Empire resounds: music in the days of Charles V, Leuven University Press.
Boorman, Stanley. 1983. Notational Spelling and Scribal Habit. Datierung und Filiation von Musikhandschriften der Josquin-Zeit, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 26. Wiesbaden. Pages: 76,86-9,95-6,101-3. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 90. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,xi-xii, xix-xx, 126-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Adams, Courtney S. 1977. Some Aspects of the Chanson for Three Voices during the Sixteenth Century. Acta Musicologica, 49: 227ff. Pages: 229-32, 241. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Benthem, Jaap van. 1976. Josquin's Three-part 'Chansons rustiques': A Critique of the Readings in Manuscripts and Prints. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 422ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies, vol. 27. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 111ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Thompson, Glenda Goss. 1975. Benedictus Appenzeller: Maître de la Chapelle to Mary of Hungary and Chansonnier. University of North Carolina, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 12-3, 70-1, 297-301, 498, 537. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1974-. Henrici Isaac (ca. 1450-1517): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 65. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VII,xliv, 138-9. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial).
Adams, Courtney S. 1974. The Three-Part Chanson during the Sixteenth Century: Changes in Its Style and Importance. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 368ff, 548-9, 633-6, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Wexler, Richard. 1974. The Complete Works of Johannes Prioris. . Pages: 227-8, 373, 377. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1973. La Courone et fleur des chansons a troys; A Mirror of the French Chanson in Italy in the Years between Ottaviano Petrucci and Antonio Gardano. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 26: 1-68. Pages: 9-13, 16, 59, 63,66. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1969-72. Antoine Brumel: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 5. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI, 110-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial).
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1969. Cantus Firmus in the French Chanson for Two and Three Voices, 1500-1550. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 219-21, 228-9, 345ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Swing, Peter Gram. 1969. Parody and Form in Five Polyphonic Masses by Mathieu Gascongne. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 630-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, 67, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Braithwaite, James Roland. 1967. The Introduction of Franco-Netherlandish Manuscripts to Early Tudor England: The Motet Repertory. Boston University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I-II, passim; V, 199-254. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1967. Ottaviano Petrucci: Canti B Numero Cinquanta Venice, 1502. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. II. Chicago and London. Pages: 13, 37, 45-8. Notes: contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
McMurtry, William M. 1967. The British Museum Manuscript Additional 35087: A Transcription of the French, Italian, and Latin Compositions with Concordance and Commentary. North Texas State University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Clinkscale, Edward Henry. 1965. The Complete Works of Antoine de Févin. New York University, Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,229-31; II,460-1. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: II, 170, 174, 279, 283, 371. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus (editor). 1961-68. Johannes Ghiselin- Verbonnet: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 23. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, 13-4. Notes: transcription (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 361-2. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bruning, Elisens (editor). 1959-. Monumenta Musica Neerlandica. Amsterdam. Pages: XIV,vii,x,xii,1. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial).
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 262; II, 128-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1942. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. Studies and Documents, vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 59, 133ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: XLV, 14-7; XCII, iii. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1925-68. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Wereldlijke Werken. Amsterdam. Pages: IV, xv, xviii, 25-7; V, xii, xv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1910. 25 Driestemmige Oud-Nederlandsche Liederen uil het einde der vijftiende eeuw naar den Codex London British Museum Add. Mss. 35087. Amsterdam and Leipzig. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: IV, v-vi, x; XXX, vi, ix. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Priebsch, Robert. 1896-1901. Deutsche Handschriften in England. Erlangen. Pages: II, 289-93. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXXII, 203-4, 238. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); transcription (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1894-9], 146. Notes: physical description (partial).
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