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Copied by Lodovicus Millias or Milliare, whose name appears on several folios. Some pieces have text incipits only. Originally 125 folios; 1-8 missing, and f. 99 omitted. Copied in Mantua, for court of Isabella d'Esté, or in Ferrara, for court of Èrcole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (BridgmM). Purchased by Bibliothèque Nationale from Paris bookselling firm of Arthur Rau, in 1935; previous ownership not traced.
F-Pn Rés. Vm7 676
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France
manuscript of polyphony: 1502
| Archive | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France (F-Pn) |
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| Shelfmark | Rés. Vm7 676 |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 240 x 170 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 119 compositions, 38 from 21 composers, 81 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of stamped leather, with five metal clasps; binding restored in modern times.
Watermark
resembles Briquet #886 and #11712.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Original and modern foliation, 9-125 ('99' omitted; f. 123 and f. 124 reversed in binding).
Decoration
Initials decorated in blue and red ink; voice designations also in blue and red.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Magnificats, 1 canticle, 2 hymns, 7 motets or laude, 1 litany, 1 Benedicamus domino, 87 Italian secular pieces (a few are laude), 1 Latin secular piece, 2 Latin/Italian secular pieces, 6 French secular pieces, 1 Spanish secular piece, 2 textless pieces = 114
A. Agricola/(Ghiselin)-1, (G. Brocco)-1, (Busnois-anon)-1, Cara-4, (Caron)-2, Compère? [L.C.]-1, (Congiet/Japart)-1, G. Fogliano [Ia. Fo.]-1, (G. Fogliano/Tromboncino)-1, Gerardo [G.L.; fratris Gerardi]-2, Giliardi [Arnulfus]-2, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, Isaac-5, Isaac/(Busnois)-1, (Josquin)-1, (Lurano)-1, (Lurano/ Tromboncino)-1, Plice-1, Tromboncino-5, (Touront)-1, (Ycart)-1, anon-79
116 paper folios of an original 125, 240 x 170. Original and modern foliation, 9-125 ("99" omitted; f. 123 and f. 124 reversed in binding). Original covers of stamped leather, with five metal clasps; binding restored in modern times. No index. Copied by Lodovicus Millias or Milliare, whose name appears on several folios. Initials decorated in blue and red ink; voice designations also in blue and red. Watermarks resemble Briquet #886 and #11712. Some pieces have text incipits only.
1502 (date in manuscript). Copied in Mantua, for court of Isabella d'Esté, or in Ferrara, for court of Èrcole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (BridgmM). Purchased by Bibliothèque Nationale from Paris bookselling firm of Arthur Rau, in 1935; previous ownership not traced.
Vol 4
Provenance: Copied in Mantua (William F. Prizer).
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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: 260-1, 265-6, 274, 279-80. 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: II, 170-1, 193-4, 321. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lesure, François. 1979. Manuscrit Italien de Fruttole (1502): Facsimile du Ms de la Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, Rés. Vm1 676. Geneva. Notes: physical description; facsimile.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3. American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Cattin, Giulio (editor). 1977. Italian Laude & Latin Unica in MS Capetown, Grey 3. b. 12. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 76. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: x, xix-xx, xvii, xxxii. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxxv, 32-4, 62, 84. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (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-xii, 165-6, 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, vol. 27. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 78f, 252, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bridgman, Nanie. 1974. La Vie de Cour au Quattrocento à Ferrare et à Mantoue a Travers la Musique. Quadrivium, 17: 137-45. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Prizer, William Flaville. 1974. Marchetta Cara and the North Italian Frottola. University of North Carolina, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 60-l, passim; II, 21-4, 27, 29, 36, 224-30. Notes: physical description; 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, xxxiii, 84-6, 176-81, 330-1, passim; III, 39, 78, 126, 172, 176. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 155. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (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, 367. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bridgman, Nanie. 1953-6. Un Manuscrit Italien du Début du XVIe Siècle à la Bibliothèque Nationale (Département de la musique, Rés. Vm.' 676). Annales Musicologiques, 1 & 4: 177ff(I)-259ff(IV). Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: IV, Tafel 24; X, 801. Notes: mention of MS; facsimile (partial).
Pirro, André. 1940. Histoire de la Musique de h f in du XIVe siècle à la fin du XVIe. Paris. Pages: 157-8, Pl. XIII. Notes: facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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François-Pierre Goy
Thursday, 14 January, 2021
Siglum changed as manuscript is in Music department; and incorrect former "Cons. Rés. Vm7 676" shelfmark removed.
François-Pierre Goy
Monday, 2 March, 2020
"Cons" removed from shelfmark - it does not & never should have been included
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note
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