F-T 1471

Médiathèque Jacques-Chirac (formerly Bibliothèque Municipale), Troyes, France

flyleaves: c. 1210-1220

Archive Médiathèque Jacques-Chirac (formerly Bibliothèque Municipale), Troyes, France (F-T)
Shelfmark 1471
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Surface Parchment
Measurements 214 x 140 mm
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Provenance
  • Paris, France
Contents Contains 10 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 9 are anonymous.
General Description

Flyleaves from the binding of a volume of Biblical glosses from the first third of the 13th century. 2 bifolia, 1 at front (A-Bv) & 1 at rear of book (C-Dv). The rear bifolio is from the centre of a gathering as the texting is continuous across the two central folios.

Contain texting for, and space for copying, 2vv conductus settings whose texts are concordant with those in W1, W2 and F - but no music was actually copied. The script is slightly earlier than that of the parent volume.

DIAMM, 2022
Physical Description

the outer leaves originally pasted down but are now freed from the covers

DIAMM, 2022
Binding

original thirteenth-century binding, blind-stamped red leather over wooden boards

DIAMM, 2022
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denotes primary source study

Bevilacqua, Gregorio. 2016. The Earliest Source of Notre-Dame Polyphony? A New Conductus Fragment from the Early Thirteenth Century. Music & Letters, 97/1: 1-41. Notes: description; discussion; facsimile; contents.

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