NL-Au Ms. ES 64

Universiteitsbibliotheek, Amsterdam, Netherlands

fragment: early 15th cent., c. 1400-1410

Archive	Universiteitsbibliotheek, Amsterdam, Netherlands (NL-Au)
Shelfmark	Ms. ES 64
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	None / Unknown
Measurements	c. 318 x 220 mm
Notations	black full mensural
Provenance	Netherlands
Contents	Contains 4 compositions, 4 are anonymous.

General Description

2 adjacent bifolios from a manuscript, containing 4 songs and most of book 2 of the music treatise Musica speculativa by de Muris. Examined by Joseph Smits van Waesberghe in 1938; Acquired by the Music Amsterdam University Library in 1956 from a private owner.

DIAMM, 2017

Notation

Black full with red coloration.

DIAMM, 2020

Foliation

Unfoliated. (New foliation 1-4.)

DIAMM, 2020

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1	Blijfs mi doch bi	2 of 3	-	Anonymous
Blijfs mi doch bi Anonymous Appears on: 1 Genres: Song Number of voices: 2 of 3 General Note incomplete: Tenor & 'solus tenor' only; top voice missing
1v–2	N'a pas long tenps que trouvay zephirus	3	-	Anonymous
N'a pas long tenps que trouvay zephirus Anonymous Appears on: 1v–2 Genres: Ballade Number of voices: 3 Concordances the copy in Can Misc 213 has only 2 voice-parts
2v	Ayez pitié de vo servant	2	-	Anonymous
Ayez pitié de vo servant Anonymous Appears on: 2v Genres: Rondeau Number of voices: 2
2v	Je suy du tout assemé	2	-	Anonymous
Je suy du tout assemé Anonymous Appears on: 2v Genres: Rondeau Number of voices: 2

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Ayez pitié de vo servant – 2v Blijfs mi doch bi – 1 Je suy du tout assemé – 2v N'a pas long tenps que trouvay zephirus – 1v–2

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Ayez pitié de vo servant	Anonymous	2v
Blijfs mi doch bi	Anonymous	1
Je suy du tout assemé	Anonymous	2v
N'a pas long tenps que trouvay zephirus	Anonymous	1v–2

‡ denotes primary source study

Schreurs, Eugeen. 1995. An Anthology of Music Fragments from the Low Countries (Middle Ages-Renaissance). Leuven. Pages: 57-60.

Wegman, Rob C. 1992. New Light on Secular Polyphony at the Court of Holland in the Early Fifteenth Century: The Amsterdam Fragments. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 117: 181–207. Notes: contents list, facsimiles (partial), transcriptions (partial).

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