I-FEc N. A. 173

Biblioteca Ariostea di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

fragment recovered from binding: 14th century

Archive Biblioteca Ariostea di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy (I-FEc)
Shelfmark N. A. 173
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 278 mm x 205 mm
Other Identifiers
  • olim (Former shelfmark): M 724.66
Notations
  • Trecento
  • black full mensural
External Links
Contents 3 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

A single parchment leaf which had been used as a cover for a 1518 printed edition of Theodorus Prodromus, De murum felisque bello. The musical fragment was recovered and given its own shelfmark in 2021 when its host volume was restored. The fragment has the Roman numeral foliation V at the top of its recto side and contains two known ballate by Landini, as well as the final part of an unknown polyphonic composition.

Discovered by Pasquale Spinelli, 2020.

DIAMM, 2023
Ruling

7 staves per page, ruled in red ink

DIAMM, 2023

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
Vr […] stelle chiara luce - Anonymous

[…] stelle chiara luce

Anonymous
Appears on: Vr
General Note

Only the end of the composition has been preserved.
Vr Benche crudele siata state fera -
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)

Benche crudele siata state fera

Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Appears on: Vr
Genres: Italian secular
Vv Chi pregio vuol in virtu pong' amore -
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)

Chi pregio vuol in virtu pong' amore

Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Appears on: Vv
Genres: Italian secular
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[…] stelle chiara luce Anonymous Vr
Benche crudele siata state fera
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Vr
Chi pregio vuol in virtu pong' amore
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Vv

‡ denotes primary source study

Bonazza, Mirna, and Enrico Spinelli. 2022. Ars nova discoverta : ballate di Francesco Landini nella Biblioteca comunale Ariostea di Ferrara. 60. Ferrara: Nautilus.

‡ Spinelli, Pasquale. 2020. Due ballate di Francesco Landini in un frammento della Biblioteca Ariostea di Ferrara. Medioevo e Rinascimento, pp. 229-309.

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