D-W Cod. Guelf. 287 Extrav. (Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier)

Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1461-5

Archive	Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany (D-W)
Shelfmark	Cod. Guelf. 287 Extrav. (Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier)
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	148 x 104 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: WolfA 287
Notations	black void mensural
Copyists	scribal concordance [98], illuminator of initials Illuminator
Relationships	Philyppe St Symons (mentioned in liminary text)
External Links	images (complete MS in high resolution)
External Authorities	RISM Online (sources/451509099)
Provenance	Loire Valley? France
Contents	57 pieces from 20 composers

General Description

Copied by one main scribe (ff. 1-64) and three additional scribes (ff. 64'-66, 66'-67, and 67' respectively). Copied in France, possibly in Loire Valley region (GutiérrW). Originally 80 folios.

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Physical Description

Portions of new f. 1 torn away

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Binding

Rebound in 1957 in modern covers of white leather; remnants of original covers still preserved in separate envelope

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Liminary Note

Inscription 'Philyppe St. Symons'(?) on f. 69 may refer to 16th/17th-century owner.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1461-5, with one addition in 1480's (GutiérrW).

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Foliation

Modern ink foliation, 1-69, on upper right rectos (one folio between 6/7 not numbered).

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Decoration

Illuminated initials in gold, red, brown, blue, green, and yellow incorporate fanciful representations of human figures, grotesque faces, animals, etc. By the same hand as those in CopKB 291.

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Surface

i paper + 70 parchment

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DIAMM Note

Inventory supplied by Jane Alden, 2011

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 motet (incomplete), 54 French secular pieces (1 incomplete), 1 Italian secular piece = 56

(Barbingant/Ockeghem)-1, (Basiron)-3, (Bedingham/Dufay)-1, (Bedingham/Dunstable)-1, (Binchois)-1, (Binchois/Dufay)-1, (Binchois/Frye)-1, (Busnois)-3, (Busnois/Caron)-1, (Busnois/Ockeghem)-2, (Carón)-1, (Convert)-1, (Dufay)-5, (Dux Burgensis)-1, (Frye)-1, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, (Michelet)-1, (Morton)-2, (Ockeghem)-4, (Phillipet de Pres)-1, (Prioris)-1, anon-22

i paper + 70 parchment folios of an original 80, 148 x 104. Portions of new f. 1 torn away. Modern ink foliation, 1-69, on upper right rectos (one folio between 6/7 not numbered). Rebound in 1957 in modern covers of white leather; remnants of original covers still preserved in separate envelope. No index. Copied by one main scribe (ff. 1-64) and three additional scribes (ff. 64'-66, 66'-67, and 67' respectively). Illuminated initials in gold, red, brown, blue, green, and yellow incorporate fanciful representations of human figures, grotesque faces, animals, etc.

Ca. 1461-5, with one addition in 1480's (GutiérrW). Copied in France, possibly in Loire Valley region (GutiérrW). Inscription "Philyppe St. Symons"(?) on f. 69 may refer to 16th/17th-century owner.

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1r–2r	Ave regina caelorum I	Frye	Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475)
Ave regina caelorum I Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475) Appears on: 1r–2r Genres: BVM Source Attribution: Frye Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Ave regina caelorum
2v–3r	Est-il merci de quoy	Busnoys	Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)
Est-il merci de quoy Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) Appears on: 2v–3r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Busnoys Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Estil mercy
3v–4r	Se mieulx ne vient, d'amours peu me contente	Convert	Convert, P
Se mieulx ne vient, d'amours peu me contente Convert, P Appears on: 3v–4r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Convert Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Se mieulx ne vient
4v–5r	Tout a par moi	Frye	Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475) (?) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?)
Tout a par moi Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475) (?) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?) Appears on: 4v–5r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Frye Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Tout a par moy
5v–6r	Jaqueline si attende	Busnoys	Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)
Jaqueline si attende Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) Appears on: 5v–6r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Busnoys Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Ja que ly ne
6v–6ar	Et fusse ie duc de bourbon	-	Anonymous
Et fusse ie duc de bourbon Anonymous Appears on: 6v–6ar Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Et fusse ie duc de bourbon
6av–7r	N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai	Morton	Morton, Robert
N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai Morton, Robert Appears on: 6av–7r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Morton Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Naray ie iamaiz mieulx
7v–8r	Est-ce bien fait	-	Anonymous
Est-ce bien fait Anonymous Appears on: 7v–8r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Esse bien fait
8v–9r	Pour refraindre	-	Anonymous
Pour refraindre Anonymous Appears on: 8v–9r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Pour refraindre
9v–10r	En mesbatant / Gente fleur de / Gracieuse plaisante	-	Anonymous
En mesbatant / Gente fleur de / Gracieuse plaisante Anonymous Appears on: 9v–10r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: En mesbatant/Gente fleur de ../Gracieuse plaisante
10v–11r	Tant plus en ai	-	Anonymous
Tant plus en ai Anonymous Appears on: 10v–11r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Tant plus en ay
11v–12r	Jamais ne seray amoureux	-	Anonymous
Jamais ne seray amoureux Anonymous Appears on: 11v–12r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Jamais ne sceray amoureux
12v–13r	Tres noble et plaisant	-	Anonymous
Tres noble et plaisant Anonymous Appears on: 12v–13r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Tres noble et plaisant
13v–15r	De m'esjouir plus n'ai puissance	Baziron	Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)
De m'esjouir plus n'ai puissance Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491) Appears on: 13v–15r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Baziron Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Demesiouir
15v–17r	Nul ne l'a telle, sa maistresse	Baziron	Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)
Nul ne l'a telle, sa maistresse Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491) Appears on: 15v–17r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Baziron Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Nul ne la telle
17v–18r	Je ne requiers	-	Anonymous
Je ne requiers Anonymous Appears on: 17v–18r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Je ne requiers
18v–20r	Le joly tetin de ma dame	-	Anonymous
Le joly tetin de ma dame Anonymous Appears on: 18v–20r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Le joli tetin
20v–22r	Je le scay bien	Baziron	Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)
Je le scay bien Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491) Appears on: 20v–22r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Baziron Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Je le scay bien
22v–24r	Mon coeur et moi d'une alliance	Prioris?	Prioris, Johannes (Denis, Dionisius) (–1515) (?)
Mon coeur et moi d'une alliance Prioris, Johannes (Denis, Dionisius) (–1515) (?) Appears on: 22v–24r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Prioris? Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Mon cuer et moy
24v–25r	Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 24v–25r Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Le serviteur
25v–27r	Malheureux coeur	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Malheureux coeur Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 25v–27r Genres: Chanson, Virelai Source Attribution: Dufay Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Malheureux cueur
27v–28r	Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie	Ockeghem	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) Appears on: 27v–28r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Ockeghem Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Ma maistresse
28v–29r	Ma maitresse - 2a pars (of 2): Hellas, de vous	-	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Ma maitresse - 2a pars (of 2): Hellas, de vous Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) Appears on: 28v–29r Genres: Chanson
29v–31r	Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure	Ockeghem	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) Appears on: 29v–31r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Ockeghem Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Ma bouche rit
31v–32r	Comme femme desconfortée	Binchois?	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Comme femme desconfortée Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Appears on: 31v–32r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Binchois? Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Comme femme desconfortee
32v–33r	Quant ce viendra = Gaude mater misericordiae	Busnoys	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)
Quant ce viendra = Gaude mater misericordiae Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) Appears on: 32v–33r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Busnoys Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Quant ce vendra
33v–34r	D'un aultre aimer mon coeur s'abesseroit	Ockeghem	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?)
D'un aultre aimer mon coeur s'abesseroit Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?) Appears on: 33v–34r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Ockeghem Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Dung aultre aymer
34v–36r	O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina)	Dunstable	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?)
O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?) Appears on: 34v–36r Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Dunstable Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: O rosa bella
36v–37r	Par le regard de vos beaux yeux	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Par le regard de vos beaux yeux Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 36v–37r Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Dufay Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Par le regart
37v–38r	J'ai pris amours	-	Anonymous
J'ai pris amours Anonymous Appears on: 37v–38r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Jay prins amours
38v–39r	Je ne vis oncques la pareille de vous	Dufay/Binchois?	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?)
Je ne vis oncques la pareille de vous Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?) Appears on: 38v–39r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Dufay/Binchois? Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Je ne vis oncques
39v–40r	Las ay je tort	-	Anonymous
Las ay je tort Anonymous Appears on: 39v–40r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Las ay ie tort
40v–41r	Se la face ay pale	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Se la face ay pale Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 40v–41r Genres: Ballade, Chanson Source Attribution: Dufay Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: Se la face ay palle
41v–42r	Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie	Dufay/Bedingham?	Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)
Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Appears on: 41v–42r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Dufay/Bedingham? Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Mon seul plaisir
42v–43r	Non posso più tenere = Chargé de deul	-	Anonymous
Non posso più tenere = Chargé de deul Anonymous Appears on: 42v–43r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Charge de dueil
43v–45r	Fors seulement l'attente que je meure = Frayres y dexedes me	Ockeghem	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Fors seulement l'attente que je meure = Frayres y dexedes me Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) Appears on: 43v–45r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Ockeghem Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Fors seullement
45v–46r	Le corps s'en va	Busnoys	Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)
Le corps s'en va Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) Appears on: 45v–46r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Busnoys Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Le corps sen va
46v–47r	S'il advient que mon deul me tue	Michelin	von Fulda, Adam (ca. 1445–1505)
S'il advient que mon deul me tue von Fulda, Adam (ca. 1445–1505) Appears on: 46v–47r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Michelin Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Sil advient
47v–48r	Le souvenir de vous me tue mon seul bien	Morton	Morton, Robert
Le souvenir de vous me tue mon seul bien Morton, Robert Appears on: 47v–48r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Morton Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Le souvenir de vous
48v–49r	Ce quon fait a Catimini	-	Anonymous
Ce quon fait a Catimini Anonymous Appears on: 48v–49r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Ce quon fait a Catimini
49v–50r	Helas que pourra devenir	Caron	Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475)
Helas que pourra devenir Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475) Appears on: 49v–50r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Caron Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Helas que pourra devenir
50v–51r	Tant est mignonne ma pensee est cointe	-	Anonymous
Tant est mignonne ma pensee est cointe Anonymous Appears on: 50v–51r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Tant est mignonne
51v–52r	O infame deloyaulte	-	Anonymous
O infame deloyaulte Anonymous Appears on: 51v–52r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: O infame deloyaulte
52v–53r	De tous biens plaine est ma maîtresse	Hayne	Ghizeghem, Hayne van (ca. 1445–ca. 1497)
De tous biens plaine est ma maîtresse Ghizeghem, Hayne van (ca. 1445–ca. 1497) Appears on: 52v–53r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Hayne Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: De tous biens plaine
53v–54r	Ravi d'amours despourvu de bon sens	-	Anonymous
Ravi d'amours despourvu de bon sens Anonymous Appears on: 53v–54r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Ravi damours
54v–55r	Je ne serai plus vert vestus	Philipert de Pres	Pres, Philipert de
Je ne serai plus vert vestus Pres, Philipert de Appears on: 54v–55r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Philipert de Pres Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Je ne seray plus vert vestus
55v–56r	La plus mignonne	Dufay	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
La plus mignonne Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 55v–56r Genres: Chanson, Rondeau Source Attribution: Dufay Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: La plus mignonne
56v–57r	Pour le mal	-	Anonymous
Pour le mal Anonymous Appears on: 56v–57r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Pour le mal
57v–59r	Qu'ara d'amours	-	Anonymous
Qu'ara d'amours Anonymous Appears on: 57v–59r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Quara damours
59v–61r	Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx	-	Anonymous
Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx Anonymous Appears on: 59v–61r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Fortune laisse moy la vie
61v–62r	Petite camusette à la mort m'avez mis / S'elle m'aimera	Ockeghem	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Petite camusette à la mort m'avez mis / S'elle m'aimera Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) Appears on: 61v–62r Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Ockeghem Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Selle maymera/Petite camusette
62v–63r	Au travail suis	Barbingant/Ockeghem?	Barbingant, Pierre (fl. c1445-60) (?) Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?)
Au travail suis Barbingant, Pierre (fl. c1445-60) (?) Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?) Appears on: 62v–63r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Barbingant/Ockeghem? Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Au travail suis
63v	Cent mille escus quand je voldroie	Caron	Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?)
Cent mille escus quand je voldroie Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?) Appears on: 63v Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Caron Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Cent mille escuz
64v–65r	Jamais si bien	-	Anonymous
Jamais si bien Anonymous Appears on: 64v–65r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Jamais si bien
65v–66r	Madame trop vous m'esprenez	Dux Burgensis	Burgensis, Dux le Téméraire, Charles (1433–1477) (?)
Madame trop vous m'esprenez Burgensis, Dux le Téméraire, Charles (1433–1477) (?) Appears on: 65v–66r Genres: Chanson Source Attribution: Dux Burgensis Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Madame trop vous mesprenes
66v–67r	Belle de parler bien	-	Anonymous
Belle de parler bien Anonymous Appears on: 66v–67r Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Belle de parler bien
67v	Entre Peron et Saint Quentin	-	Robinet, F
Entre Peron et Saint Quentin Robinet, F Appears on: 67v Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Entre peronne et saint quentin

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Belle de parler bien – 66v–67r Ce quon fait a Catimini – 48v–49r En mesbatant / Gente fleur de / Gracieuse plaisante – 9v–10r Est-ce bien fait – 7v–8r Et fusse ie duc de bourbon – 6v–6ar Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx – 59v–61r J'ai pris amours – 37v–38r Jamais ne seray amoureux – 11v–12r Jamais si bien – 64v–65r Je ne requiers – 17v–18r Las ay je tort – 39v–40r Le joly tetin de ma dame – 18v–20r Non posso più tenere = Chargé de deul – 42v–43r O infame deloyaulte – 51v–52r Pour le mal – 56v–57r Pour refraindre – 8v–9r Qu'ara d'amours – 57v–59r Ravi d'amours despourvu de bon sens – 53v–54r Tant est mignonne ma pensee est cointe – 50v–51r Tant plus en ai – 10v–11r Tres noble et plaisant – 12v–13r
Barbingant, Pierre (fl. c1445-60)	(?) Au travail suis – 62v–63r
Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)	De m'esjouir plus n'ai puissance – 13v–15r Je le scay bien – 20v–22r Nul ne l'a telle, sa maistresse – 15v–17r
Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460)	Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie – 41v–42r (?) O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) – 34v–36r
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	Comme femme desconfortée – 31v–32r (?) Je ne vis oncques la pareille de vous – 38v–39r (?) Tout a par moi – 4v–5r
Burgensis, Dux	Madame trop vous m'esprenez – 65v–66r
Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)	(?) Cent mille escus quand je voldroie – 63v (?) D'un aultre aimer mon coeur s'abesseroit – 33v–34r Est-il merci de quoy – 2v–3r Jaqueline si attende – 5v–6r Le corps s'en va – 45v–46r Quant ce viendra = Gaude mater misericordiae – 32v–33r
Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475)	Cent mille escus quand je voldroie – 63v Helas que pourra devenir – 49v–50r
Convert, P	Se mieulx ne vient, d'amours peu me contente – 3v–4r
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	(?) Je ne vis oncques la pareille de vous – 38v–39r La plus mignonne – 55v–56r Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy – 24v–25r Malheureux coeur – 25v–27r (?) Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie – 41v–42r Par le regard de vos beaux yeux – 36v–37r Se la face ay pale – 40v–41r
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)	(?) O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) – 34v–36r
Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475)	Ave regina caelorum I – 1r–2r (?) Tout a par moi – 4v–5r
Ghizeghem, Hayne van (ca. 1445–ca. 1497)	De tous biens plaine est ma maîtresse – 52v–53r
Morton, Robert	Le souvenir de vous me tue mon seul bien – 47v–48r N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai – 6av–7r
Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)	(?) Au travail suis – 62v–63r (?) D'un aultre aimer mon coeur s'abesseroit – 33v–34r Fors seulement l'attente que je meure = Frayres y dexedes me – 43v–45r Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure – 29v–31r Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie – 27v–28r Ma maitresse - 2a pars (of 2): Hellas, de vous – 28v–29r Petite camusette à la mort m'avez mis / S'elle m'aimera – 61v–62r (?) Quant ce viendra = Gaude mater misericordiae – 32v–33r
Pres, Philipert de	Je ne serai plus vert vestus – 54v–55r
Prioris, Johannes (Denis, Dionisius) (–1515)	(?) Mon coeur et moi d'une alliance – 22v–24r
Robinet, F	Entre Peron et Saint Quentin – 67v
le Téméraire, Charles (1433–1477)	(?) Madame trop vous m'esprenez – 65v–66r
von Fulda, Adam (ca. 1445–1505)	S'il advient que mon deul me tue – 46v–47r

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Au travail suis	Barbingant, Pierre (fl. c1445-60) (?) Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?)	62v–63r
Ave regina caelorum I	Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475)	1r–2r
Belle de parler bien	Anonymous	66v–67r
Ce quon fait a Catimini	Anonymous	48v–49r
Cent mille escus quand je voldroie	Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?)	63v
Comme femme desconfortée	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	31v–32r
D'un aultre aimer mon coeur s'abesseroit	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?)	33v–34r
De m'esjouir plus n'ai puissance	Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)	13v–15r
De tous biens plaine est ma maîtresse	Ghizeghem, Hayne van (ca. 1445–ca. 1497)	52v–53r
En mesbatant / Gente fleur de / Gracieuse plaisante	Anonymous	9v–10r
Entre Peron et Saint Quentin	Robinet, F	67v
Est-ce bien fait	Anonymous	7v–8r
Est-il merci de quoy	Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)	2v–3r
Et fusse ie duc de bourbon	Anonymous	6v–6ar
Fors seulement l'attente que je meure = Frayres y dexedes me	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)	43v–45r
Fortune laissez moi la vie Puisque tu veulx	Anonymous	59v–61r
Helas que pourra devenir	Caron, Firminus (ca. 1460–ca. 1475)	49v–50r
J'ai pris amours	Anonymous	37v–38r
Jamais ne seray amoureux	Anonymous	11v–12r
Jamais si bien	Anonymous	64v–65r
Jaqueline si attende	Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)	5v–6r
Je le scay bien	Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)	20v–22r
Je ne requiers	Anonymous	17v–18r
Je ne serai plus vert vestus	Pres, Philipert de	54v–55r
Je ne vis oncques la pareille de vous	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?)	38v–39r
La plus mignonne	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	55v–56r
Las ay je tort	Anonymous	39v–40r
Le corps s'en va	Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)	45v–46r
Le joly tetin de ma dame	Anonymous	18v–20r
Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	24v–25r
Le souvenir de vous me tue mon seul bien	Morton, Robert	47v–48r
Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)	29v–31r
Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)	27v–28r
Ma maitresse - 2a pars (of 2): Hellas, de vous	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)	28v–29r
Madame trop vous m'esprenez	Burgensis, Dux le Téméraire, Charles (1433–1477) (?)	65v–66r
Malheureux coeur	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	25v–27r
Mon coeur et moi d'une alliance	Prioris, Johannes (Denis, Dionisius) (–1515) (?)	22v–24r
Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie	Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)	41v–42r
N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai	Morton, Robert	6av–7r
Non posso più tenere = Chargé de deul	Anonymous	42v–43r
Nul ne l'a telle, sa maistresse	Basiron, Philippe (ca. 1449–1491)	15v–17r
O infame deloyaulte	Anonymous	51v–52r
O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina)	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460) (?)	34v–36r
Par le regard de vos beaux yeux	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	36v–37r
Petite camusette à la mort m'avez mis / S'elle m'aimera	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)	61v–62r
Pour le mal	Anonymous	56v–57r
Pour refraindre	Anonymous	8v–9r
Qu'ara d'amours	Anonymous	57v–59r
Quant ce viendra = Gaude mater misericordiae	Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497) (?) Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)	32v–33r
Ravi d'amours despourvu de bon sens	Anonymous	53v–54r
S'il advient que mon deul me tue	von Fulda, Adam (ca. 1445–1505)	46v–47r
Se la face ay pale	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	40v–41r
Se mieulx ne vient, d'amours peu me contente	Convert, P	3v–4r
Tant est mignonne ma pensee est cointe	Anonymous	50v–51r
Tant plus en ai	Anonymous	10v–11r
Tout a par moi	Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475) (?) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?)	4v–5r
Tres noble et plaisant	Anonymous	12v–13r

Set: Loire Valley Chansonniers

Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

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B-AF MS 1 (Leuven chansonnier)

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D-Bkk MS 78.C.28 (Margherita Castellani's songbook, Niccolini chansonnier)

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D-W Cod. Guelf. 287 Extrav. (Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier)

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DK-Kk MS Thott 291, 8° (Copenhagen Chansonnier)

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F-Dm MS 517 (Dijon Chansonnier)

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F-Pn Rés. Vmc ms. 57 (Nivelle de la Chaussée Chansonnier)

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US-Wc M2.1.L25 Case (Chansonnier Laborde)

‡ denotes primary source study

Alden, Jane. 2011. Songs, Scribes, and Society; The History and Reception of the Loire Valley Chansonniers. New York: OUP.

Goldberg, Clemens. 1997. Das Chansonnier Laborde - Studien zur Intertextualität einer Liederhandschrift des 15. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Lang.

Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 1-69.

Gutiérrez-Denhoff, Martella. 1985. Der Wolfenbütteler Chansonnier Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Codex Guelf. 287 Extrav.: Untersuchungen zu Repertoire und Überlieferung einer Musikhandschrift des 15. Jahrhunderts und ihres Umkreises. Wolfenbütteler Forschungen. Wiesbaden. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Staehelin, Martin. 1985. Musikalischer Lustgarten: Kostbare Zeugnisse der Musikgeschichte. Pages: 38-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Fallows, David. 1984. Johannes Ockeghem: The changing image, the songs and a new source. Early Music, 218-30. Pages: 223-5, 228-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Brown, Howard Mayer (editor). 1983. A Florentine Chansonnier from the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent: Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale MS Banco Rari 229. Monuments of Renaissance Music. Chicago and London. Pages: 143, 198, 210, 240, 290-1, 299, 305, 307-8, Plate XXXIV. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, xv, 96-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Atlas, Allan W (editor). 1981. Robert Morton: The Collected Works. Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance. New York. Pages: xxiii-xxv, 11-2, 70-85. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W. 1981. Conflicting Attributions in Italian Sources of the Franco-Netherlandish Chanson, c. 1465-c. 1505: A Progress Report on a New Hypothesis. Music in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Patronage, Sources and Texts, Cambridge. Pages: 269-71. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Hortschansky, Klaus. 1981. Notationsgewohnheiten in den burgundischen Chansonniers des 15. Jahrhunderts. Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen. 9-22. Munich. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier. New Haven and London. Pages: I, 15, 19; II, 183, 198ff, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gore, Glenn Leon. 1978. The Works of Philippe Basiron (Philippon?): Transcription and Commentary. West Virginia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 21-2, 101-4 II, xv, xvii-xviii, 165-8, 172-4; Edition by Martella Gutiérrez-Denhoff in preparation (to appear in MDM). Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Pope, Isabel, and Masakata Kanazawa (editors). 1978. The Musical Manuscript Montecassino 871: A Neapolitan Repertory of Sacred and Secular Musk of the Late Fifteenth Century. Oxford. Pages: 552, 569-70, 590-1, 605-8, 611-2, 615-6, 637-9, 644. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Schavran, Henrietta. 1978. The Manuscript Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria, Codice Aldini 362: A Study of Song Tradition in Italy Circa 1440-1480. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 49, 66-8, 82ff, 332-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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

Perkins, Leeman L. 1976. Toward a Rational Approach to Text Placement in the Secular Music of Dufay's Time. Papers read at the Duf ay Quincentenary Conference, Brooklyn College, December 6-7, 1974, 102-14;152-63. Brooklyn. Pages: 103-4, 152. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Thompson, James (editor). 1976. Les Oeuvres Completes de Philippe (?) Caron. Transcription et Notes Critiques de James Thomson. Brooklyn: Institute of Mediaeval Music. Pages: II, ii-iii, x-xii, 167-9, 175-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 97ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Trowbridge, Lynn Mason. 1971. The Burgundian Chanson: An Index and Analysis of Incipits by Application of Electronic Data Processing. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Pages: 12-7, 78-81, 104, 106. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Douglas, Conrad Edward Mary. 1969. The motets of Johannes Prioris with a prefatory bio-bibliographical study. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 55. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Heinemann, Otto von. 1963-. Kataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. 15 (to date) vols. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: XV, 148-9. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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, 376. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler. Mainz. Pages: II, 54, 63-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 515-6; XIV, 810-l. Notes: physical description; facsimile (partial).

de Van, Guillaume, and Heinrich Besseler (editors). 1948-66. Guillaume Dufay: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1927. New York, 1965 (reprint, with new remarks by the editor). Der Kopenhagener Chansonnier: Das Manuskript Thott 291s der Königlichen Bibliothek Kopenhagen. Copenhagen and Leipzig. Copenhagen and Leipzig. Pages: xvii-ff, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Droz, Eugénie, Geneviève Thibault, and Y Rokseth (editors). 1927. Trois Chansonniers Français du XV Siècle. Paris. Pages: xiii-xviii, Plate VI. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).

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