F-Pn Rés. 255

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France

partbook: c. 1528-70

Archive	Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France (F-Pn)
Shelfmark	Rés. 255
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System	Pagination
Measurements	145 x 200 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: ParisBNC 255 olim (Former shelfmark): 25528 olim (Former shelfmark): F-Pc Rés 255
Notations	black void mensural
Inventory	This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk
Copyists	scribal concordance [86] Music
Relationships	? Daillon, Jacques (commissioned/made for)
Provenance	France
Contents	Contains 19 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.

General Description

A Tenor partbook (FlorL Ashbr. 1085 is Altus book from same set). Copied by two main scribes and four additional scribes. 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 coat of arms on p. 2). Yellow tab stamped in gold inside front cover reads: 'Ex libris / de / La Roche / La Carelle.'

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Binding

Original parchment covers, with ornate centerpiece stamped in gold front and back; initials 'RI' and 'M' on front, 'DC' on back

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff height 10.5

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Foliation

Modern pencil pagination, 1-101

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Decoration

Full-page miniature on p. 1; ornamented initials on fields of blue or gold for pieces on pp. 2-16 and pp. 65-80. Space left for decorative initials on other pages, but initials never added. Historiated initial on p. 2 contains coat of arms of Daillon family (Rifkin).

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Surface

i paper + 52 parchment + ii paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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83 French secular pieces

(Arcadelt)-14, (Besancourt)-1, (Cadéac/Lupus)-1, (Certon)-1, (Costeley)-2, (Dulot/Sermisy)-1, (Gentien)-2, (Hesdin)-1, (Hesdin/Roquellay)-1, (Jacotin)-2, (Jacotin/Sermisy)-1, (Janequin)-2, (Janequin/Maillard)-1, (Lassus)-7, (A. Le Roy)-1, (Leschenet)-1, (Peletier/Sermisy)-1, (Sandrin)-4, (Sermisy)-19, anon-20

1 partbook (T-i paper + 52 parchment + ii paper folios), 145 x 200. FlorL Ashbr. 1085 is A book from same set. Modern pencil pagination, 1-101. Original parchment covers, with ornate centerpiece stamped in gold front and back; initials "RI" and "M" on front, "DC" on back. No index. Copied by two main scribes and four additional scribes. Staff height 10.5.

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 coat of arms on p. 2). Yellow tab stamped in gold inside front cover reads: "Ex libris / de / La Roche / La Carelle."

Vol 4

Composers: Add "(Mornable)-1"; change "anon-20" to "anon-19"

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

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages	Item title	Attribution in Source
Works by Arcadelt, Jacques (ca. 1507–1568)	[-]	-	-
Works by Besancourt	[-]	-	-
Works by Hellinck, Lupus (ca. 1494–1541) (?) Cadeac, P(ierre?) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Certon, Pierre (–ca. 1572)	[-]	-	-
Works by Costeley, Guillaume	[-]	-	-
Works by Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) (?) Dulot, Francois (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Gentian	[-]	-	-
Works by Hesdin, Nicolle des Celliers de (–1538)	[-]	-	-
Works by Roquellay (?) Hesdin, Nicolle des Celliers de (–1538) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Jacotin, Jacques (1445–1529)	[-]	-	-
Works by Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) (?) Jacotin, Jacques (1445–1529) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Janequin, Clement (ca. 1485–ca. 1558)	[-]	-	-
Works by Maillard, Jean (fl. c1538–1570) (?) Janequin, Clement (ca. 1485–ca. 1558) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Lassus, Orlande de (ca. 1532–1594)	[-]	-	-
Works by Le Roy, Adrien (ca. 1520–1598)	[-]	-	-
Works by Leschenet, Didier	[-]	-	-
Works by Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562) (?) Peletier (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Sandrin, Pierre (ca. 1490–ca. 1560)	[-]	-	-
Works by Sermisy, Claudin de (ca. 1490–1562)	[-]	-	-

Set: Paris/Florence partbooks

Type: Partbooks

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F-Pn Rés. 255

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I-Fl MS Ashb. 1085

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US-CHum Gordon 1535.A64

‡ denotes primary source study

Adams, Courtney S. 1977. Some Aspects of the Chanson for Three Voices during the Sixteenth Century. Acta Musicologica, 227ff. Pages: 247. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Diehl, George Karl. 1974. The Partbooks of a Renaissance Merchant. Cambrai: Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 125-128. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 492-3, 752-3, 759-60, 766-70. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Allaire, Gaston Georges, and Isabelle Anne-Marie Cazeaux (editors). 1970. Claudin de Sermisy: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, xv-xxiii; IV, ix-xiv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1969. The Cantus-Firmus Chansons of Tylman Susato. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 197-240. Pages: 202-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Expert, Henry (editor). 1966-. Mahres Anciens de la Musique Française. Paris. Pages: III, v. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: LpCp186.

Cazeaux, Isabelle Anne-Marie. 1961. The Secular Music of Claudin de Sermisy. Columbia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 86bis-ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Gastoué, Amédée. 1934. La Musique française du moyen âge à la Révolution. Paris. Pages: 53. Notes: physical description (partial).

Thibault, Geneviève. 1925. Un Manuscrit de Chansons Françaises à la Bibliothèque Royale de la Haye. Gedenkboek aangeboden aan Dr. D. F. Scheurleer op zijn 70sten verjaardag, 347-58. s-Gravenhage. Pages: 349-50. Notes: mention of MS.

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François-Pierre Goy

Monday, 2 March, 2020

9 sources in "Cons. Res" & "Cons. Res. F" updated to remove the 'Cons' & thus correct the shelfmark.

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