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.'
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) |
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| Shelfmark | Rés. 255 |
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| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Pagination |
| Measurements | 145 x 200 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 19 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original parchment covers, with ornate centerpiece stamped in gold front and back; initials 'RI' and 'M' on front, 'DC' on back
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 10.5
Foliation
Modern pencil pagination, 1-101
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).
Surface
i paper + 52 parchment + ii paper
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.
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).
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"
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Partbooks · 3 sources
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Adams, Courtney S. 1977. Some Aspects of the Chanson for Three Voices during the Sixteenth Century. Acta Musicologica, 49: 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, vol. 52. 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, 22: 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