B-BRsa 538, Muziekfragmenten 87-96

Stadsarchief, Bruges, Belgium

fragments of polyphony and chant: c. 1525-1550

Archive	Stadsarchief, Bruges, Belgium (B-BRsa)
Shelfmark	538, Muziekfragmenten 87-96
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	various
Notations	black void mensural
Provenance	Netherlands
Contents	8 pieces from 2 composers

General Description

A collection of folios, dating from approx. 1525-1550, many (or all?) from the same book. Schreurs refers to them as A-H, of which 2 are chant fragments not catalogued here; presumably 2 other folios are non-musical?

Fr. C appears to be reversed (Cv the recto, Cr the verso) while Bv contains sketches for one of the pieces on C. Frr. D-E also belong together, the opening Dv-Er containing all 6vv of "Jamais de ma femme" while Ev contains sketches for the same piece. Fr.F is a bifolio with 6vv of a textles piece written on one side (F1v-F2r); the reverse (like that of fr. A) is apparently blank.

As the fragments include sketches as well as fair copies of some pieces, they may be from a composer's notebook.

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Physical Description

Folio measurements: A 250 x 220 mm; B 302 x 215 mm; C 290 x 210 mm; D 290 x 210 mm; E 280 x 212 mm; F 303 x 440 mm

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Notation

Void mensural notation. (Note: the chant fragments too are written in mensural notation)

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Foliation

Shelfmark suggests folios are numbered 87-96; Schreurs calls them A-H (presumably not listing 2 non-musical or blank folios?) of which G-H are chant fragments not listed here. The DIAMM inventory follows Schreurs since correlation between the 2 numbering systems is not known.

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
Ar	Au bois de deulx	-	Anonymous
Au bois de deulx Anonymous Appears on: Ar Genres: textless General Note Bassus; only the incipit is texted
Br	Il faict bon aymer l'oyselet	-	Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512)
Il faict bon aymer l'oyselet Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512) Appears on: Br Genres: Chanson General Note 3vv copied
Cv	Au matin quant sui levez	-	Anonymous
Au matin quant sui levez Anonymous Appears on: Cv Genres: Chanson General Note Superius only
Cv–Cr (& Bv)	Je ny complains [amour]	-	Anonymous
Je ny complains [amour] Anonymous Appears on: Cv–Cr (& Bv) Genres: Chanson General Note sketches of T & B on Bv; a fair copy is laid out on Cv (Superius) & Cr (Tenor and part of the Bassus)
Cv–Cr	Mere de Dieu confortez moi	-	Anonymous
Mere de Dieu confortez moi Anonymous Appears on: Cv–Cr Genres: Chanson General Note Laid out on Cv (Superius, beginning of Tenor) and Cr (continuation of Tenor and Bassus)
Dr	Conditor alme siderum (4vv)	-	Anonymous
Conditor alme siderum (4vv) Anonymous Appears on: Dr Genres: Hymn
Dv–Ev	Jamais de ma femme (6vv)	-	Anonymous
Jamais de ma femme (6vv) Anonymous Appears on: Dv–Ev Genres: Chanson Layout S1, T1 and S2 are copied on Dv, Ct, T2 and B are copied on Er. Ev contains sketches for the same piece.
F1v–F2r	untexted (6vv)	-	Anonymous
untexted (6vv) Anonymous Appears on: F1v–F2r Genres: textless General Note Fragment F is a bifolio. On the 2 folios of one side are written the 6vv - S1, S2, Ct, T, B1, B2.

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Au bois de deulx – Ar Au matin quant sui levez – Cv Conditor alme siderum (4vv) – Dr Jamais de ma femme (6vv) – Dv–Ev Je ny complains [amour] – Cv–Cr (& Bv) Mere de Dieu confortez moi – Cv–Cr untexted (6vv) – F1v–F2r
Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512)	Il faict bon aymer l'oyselet – Br

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Au bois de deulx	Anonymous	Ar
Au matin quant sui levez	Anonymous	Cv
Conditor alme siderum (4vv)	Anonymous	Dr
Il faict bon aymer l'oyselet	Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512)	Br
Jamais de ma femme (6vv)	Anonymous	Dv–Ev
Je ny complains [amour]	Anonymous	Cv–Cr (& Bv)
Mere de Dieu confortez moi	Anonymous	Cv–Cr
untexted (6vv)	Anonymous	F1v–F2r

‡ denotes primary source study

‡ Schreurs, Eugeen. 1995. An Anthology of Music Fragments from the Low Countries (Middle Ages-Renaissance). Leuven. Pages: 121-2. Notes: discussion; facsimile.

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jos haring

Monday, 14 March, 2022

This manuscript folio only contains a textless music fragment with an incipit "Au bois de deulx". It is further discussed in Eugeen Schreurs: An Anthology of Music Fragnents from the Low Countries (Leuven, 1995), which also has a facsimile.

DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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