B-TOsa Fonds begijnhof 490

Stadtsarchief, Tongeren, Belgium

fragmentary leaves stitched together: c. 1375

Archive	Stadtsarchief, Tongeren, Belgium (B-TOsa)
Shelfmark	Fonds begijnhof 490
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Provenance	France?
Contents	Contains 10 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 9 are anonymous.

General Description

Used as a cover for other documents; the fragment is now preserved flat as a single leaf. There is also a small additional fragment apparently from the same original source, but probably not cut from one of these leaves. Several anonymous secular French songs are preserved, with Se vous estes by Guillaume de Machaut.

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Physical Description

The outer face is rather grubby and rubbed but the music is still legible; the inner face is cleaner.

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Notation

black full mensural

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Ruling

at least 13 red five-line staves (the top stave is cropped) on the inner face, with four lines on the outer face of the larger part, and 12 lines on the outer face of the smaller leaf and 13 on the inner face. The irregular ruling, which includes gaps for blocks of text suggests that the pages were hand-ruled at the time of copying to accommodate the music to be copied into the gaps. Although the larger part preserves the full width of the rulings (in a slightly unusual tall, narrow format, which might imply that this is only half of a complete leaf, with the page trimmed down the middle blank margin), the smaller half is damaged on the fore-edge and some material is lost.

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
Bv	Esperance qui en mon cuer	1	-	Anonymous
Esperance qui en mon cuer Anonymous Appears on: Bv Genres: Chanson Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: [Esperance] General Note lost due to trimming; Text residuum and T or unknown Ct(= c?); (text only concordance in Philadelphia 15, f. 66r - see Cuthbert (2006), 311)
Bv	…ie de pas	4	-	Anonymous
…ie de pas Anonymous Appears on: Bv Genres: Motet Number of voices: 4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: […]ie de pas General Note fragments of triplum, S, T, Ct
Bv	untexted	1	-	-
untexted Appears on: Bv Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: none Voice Text: textless General Note fragment of superius
A	Simple plaisant	2	-	Anonymous
Simple plaisant Anonymous Appears on: A Genres: Motet Number of voices: 2 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: [S]imple plaisant General Note S, T
A	Se vous n’estes pour mon guerredon	2	-	Machaut, Guillaume de (ca. 1300–1377)
Se vous n’estes pour mon guerredon Machaut, Guillaume de (ca. 1300–1377) Appears on: A Genres: Rondeau Number of voices: 2 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Se vous n'estes General Note S T
A	De plus souvent	2	-	Anonymous
De plus souvent Anonymous Appears on: A Genres: Motet Number of voices: 2 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: De plus souvent General Note S, T
Av	…conoie de toute	2	-	Anonymous
…conoie de toute Anonymous Appears on: Av Genres: Motet Number of voices: 2 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: […]conoie de toute General Note fragments of S, T
B	…manie	2	-	Anonymous
…manie Anonymous Appears on: B Genres: Motet Number of voices: 2 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: […]manie General Note fragments of S, T
B	Sans merci	2	-	Anonymous
Sans merci Anonymous Appears on: B Genres: Motet Number of voices: 2 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Sans merci General Note fragments of S, T
B	Nulle doulour	3	-	Anonymous
Nulle doulour Anonymous Appears on: B Genres: Motet Number of voices: 3 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Nulle doulour General Note fragments of S, T, Ct
B	Helas ie mar…	1	-	Anonymous
Helas ie mar… Anonymous Appears on: B Genres: Motet Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: [H]elas ie mar[…] General Note fragment of S

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	De plus souvent – A Esperance qui en mon cuer – Bv Helas ie mar… – B Nulle doulour – B Sans merci – B Simple plaisant – A …conoie de toute – Av …ie de pas – Bv …manie – B [No description] – Bv
Machaut, Guillaume de (ca. 1300-1377)	Se vous n’estes pour mon guerredon – A

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
De plus souvent	Anonymous	A
Esperance qui en mon cuer	Anonymous	Bv
Helas ie mar…	Anonymous	B
Nulle doulour	Anonymous	B
Sans merci	Anonymous	B
Se vous n’estes pour mon guerredon	Machaut, Guillaume de (ca. 1300–1377)	A
Simple plaisant	Anonymous	A
…conoie de toute	Anonymous	Av
…ie de pas	Anonymous	Bv
…manie	Anonymous	B

‡ denotes primary source study

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2007. Esperance and the French song in Foreign Sources. Studi Musicali, 36/1: 1-19.

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2006. Trecento fragments and Polyphony beyond the codex. Harvard University, Ph.D.

Schreurs, Eugeen. 1995. An Anthology of Music Fragments from the Low Countries (Middle Ages-Renaissance). Leuven. Pages: 22-23.

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