E-E MS IV.a.24

Palacio Real, Monasterio de S Lorenzo, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: 1460-74

Archive Palacio Real, Monasterio de S Lorenzo, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain (E-E)
Shelfmark MS IV.a.24
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 211 x 142 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: EscSL IV.a.24
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External Links
Provenance
  • Spain
Contents 120 pieces from 17 composers
General Description

Copied by four principal scribes, all of whom were probably northerners working in Italy (HanenE). Significant repertorial connections with MonteA 871. Probably copied in Naples (HanenE, AtlMA), but see PirrAT and SlavinC for discussion of possible north Italian provenance. Once part of the library of the Spanish diplomat, soldier, historian, and poet Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1504-75). The Mendoza collection was willed to Philip II upon Mendoza's death in 1575, and transferred to the newly completed Escorial the following year. It is not known how the manuscript originally came into Mendoza's possession; see HanenE for a discussion of possibilities.

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Physical Description

Several folios are now missing, making 11 pieces incomplete (with a verso of one song facing the recto of another).

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Binding

covers of brown leather, tooled with the emblem of the monastery library; late 16th or early 17th-century (though Southern says "obviously of fairly recent origin")

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Watermark

(1) generally resembles Briquet #6274; (2) resembles Briquet #3984; (3) generally resembles Briquet #3756; (4) resembles Briquet #9964; (5) resembles Briquet #6303; (6) generally resembles Briquet #5955 (HanenC).

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Two systems of original foliation, in Roman and Arabic numerals. 19th-century foliation, 1-137, by the Escorial librarian R. P. Rosansky.

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Foliation

Other numberings: original numbering of 36 pieces

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Decoration

No illuminations, although space was left for decorative initials.

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Index

Original index on ff. 1'-3, listing 101 pieces

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

This information is reproduced here by kind permission of the publishers. It is COPYRIGHT and copying/reproduction of this content without permission may result in legal action.

89 French secular pieces, 1 French/Italian secular piece, 1 French/Latin secular piece, 24 Italian secular pieces, 2 Flemish secular pieces, 1 English secular piece, 1 Spanish secular piece, 3 textless pieces = 122 + 2 Italian secular pieces listed in the index but now missing from the manuscript = 124

(Basin)-1, (Bedingham)-1, (Bedingham/Dufay)-1, (Bedingham/ Dunstable)-1, (Bedingham/Frye)-2, (Binchois)-7 + 1?, Braxatoris/(Pullois)-1, (Cornago)-2, Domarto-1, (Dufay)-6, Dunstable/ (Bedingham)-1, Horlay-4, (J. Legrant)-1, Morton-2, (Ockeghem) -1, Ockeghem/(Busnois)-1, Pullois-6 + 1?, anon-83

iii + 137 + iii paper folios, 211 x 142. Several folios are now missing, making 11 pieces incomplete. Two systems of original foliation, in Roman and Arabic numerals; original numbering of 36 pieces; 19th-century foliation, 1-137, by the Escorial librarian R. P. Rosansky. Late 16th or early 17th-century covers of brown leather, tooled with the emblem of the monastery library. Original index on ff. 1'-3, listing 101 pieces. Copied by four principal scribes, all of whom were probably northerners working in Italy (HanenE). No illuminations, although space was left for decorative initials. Watermarks resemble Briquet #6303, 6304, and 3746 (HanenE). Old call number "IV.0.5" found at the beginning. Significant repertorial connections with MonteA 871.

Ca. 1460-74 (HanenE). Probably copied in Naples (HanenE, AtlCM). Once part of the library of the Spanish diplomat, soldier, historian, and poet Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1504-75). The Mendoza collection was willed to Philip II upon Mendoza's death in 1575, and transferred to the newly completed Escorial the following year. It is not known how the manuscript originally came into Mendoza's possession; see HanenE for a discussion of possibilities.

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Contents: 91 French secular pieces (9 incomplete; 2 without text), 1 French/Latin secular piece, 1 French/Italian secular piece, 23 Italian secular pieces (1 in-complete), 2 Dutch secular pieces, 1 English secular piece, 1 Spanish secular piece, 2 textless pieces (1 incomplete) = 122*

'Total excludes one Italian secular piece and one French(?) secular piece listed in index, but now missing due to lost folios.

Composers: Change "(Bedingham)-1" to "(Bedingham)-21"; change "(Beding-ham/Frye)-2" to "(Bedingham/Frye)-1"; change "Pullois-6 + 1?" to "Pullois -5 + 2?"; change "anon-83" to "anon-81."

Physical: Revised watermark information: (1) generally resembles Briquet #6274; (2) resembles Briquet #3984; (3) generally resembles Briquet #3756; (4) resembles Briquet #9964; (5) resembles Briquet #6303; (6) generally resembles Briquet #5955 (HanenC).

Provenance: Probably copied in Naples (HanenE, AtlMA), but see PirrAT and SlavinC for discussion of possible north Italian provenance.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
4v He Robinet tu mas la mort - Anonymous
Appears on: 4v
Genres: Quodlibet
5r Elle se marie - Se je voloie - Anonymous
Appears on: 5r
Genres: Rondeau
5v–6r Je soloie faire danser - Her bergeres vous - Anonymous
Appears on: 5v–6r
Genres: Ballade
6v Durer ne puis Dunstable
Appears on: 6v
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Dunstable
7r Adieu Adieu, mon joyeux souvenir -
Appears on: 7r
Genres: Chanson
7v–8r Ay je tort se je souspire - Anonymous
Appears on: 7v–8r
Genres: Rondeau
8v–9r Bien viengnant, ma tresredoubtée - Anonymous
Appears on: 8v–9r
Genres: Rondeau
9v–11r Ben poy de tua belleza - Anonymous
Appears on: 9v–11r
Genres: Ballata
11v–12r Ben so che mia mente - Anonymous
Appears on: 11v–12r
Genres: Chanson
12v–13r Desdengo non anna may questo piacere - Anonymous
Appears on: 12v–13r
Genres: Ballata
13v–14r C'est a grant tort - Anonymous

C'est a grant tort

Anonymous
Appears on: 13v–14r
Genres: Rondeau
14v Adieu ma tres belle maistresse -
Appears on: 14v
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
15r Donnes au leal prisonnier - Anonymous
Appears on: 15r
Genres: Rondeau
15v–17r Dueil angoisseux (3vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Dueil angoisseux, rage desmesure -
Appears on: 15v–17r
Genres: Chanson
15v–17r Dueil angoisseux (3vv) - 2a pars (of 2): Coeur doloreux -
Appears on: 15v–17r
Genres: Chanson
17v–19r Salve O beata = Dove dove, or dove le mio signore - Anonymous
Appears on: 17v–19r
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
19v–20r Esclave puist il donc en -
Appears on: 19v–20r
Genres: Motet
20v–21r Franc coeur gentil -
Appears on: 20v–21r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
21v–22r Helas j'ayme mieulx mes jours - Anonymous
Appears on: 21v–22r
Genres: Rondeau
22v–24r Il grant desio e la dolce esperanza - Anonymous
Appears on: 22v–24r
Genres: Ballata
24v–25r Je ne fay que deul et desplaisance - Anonymous
Appears on: 24v–25r
Genres: Rondeau
25v–26r Je ne fay tousjour -
Appears on: 25v–26r
Genres: Chanson
26v–27r Mille bonjours -
Appears on: 26v–27r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
27v–28r Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie -
Appears on: 27v–28r
Genres: Chanson
28v–29r Seulle esgarée de tout joieulx plaisir -
Appears on: 28v–29r
Genres: Chanson
29v–30r J'acompliray du bon cuer ma promesse - Anonymous
Appears on: 29v–30r
Genres: Rondeau
30v–31r Je soleye estre amoureux - Anonymous
Appears on: 30v–31r
Genres: Rondeau
31v–33r So ys emprentid -
Appears on: 31v–33r
Genres: Chanson
33v–35r Beata es (= Grant temps ai eu et desire) -
Appears on: 33v–35r
Genres: Contrafactum
35v–37r O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) -
Appears on: 35v–37r
Genres: Motet
37v–38r Las je ne puis oir nouvelle = Unicus Dei filius -
Appears on: 37v–38r
38v–39r Puisque je vis le regard gratieux - Anonymous
Appears on: 38v–39r
Genres: Chanson
39v–40r Pour prison ne pour maladie -
Appears on: 39v–40r
Genres: Chanson
40v–41r Par le regard de vos beaux yeux -
Appears on: 40v–41r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
41v–42r Helas mes delees amours - Anonymous
Appears on: 41v–42r
Genres: Rondeau
42v–43r Je ne prise point tels baisers - Anonymous
Appears on: 42v–43r
43v–45r Vostre esclave de galee - Anonymous
Appears on: 43v–45r
Genres: Chanson
45v–46r Se je ne fay chiere - Anonymous
Appears on: 45v–46r
Genres: Virelai
46v–47r Tresoriere de plaisir amoureux - Anonymous
Appears on: 46v–47r
Genres: Rondeau
47v–48r Ne vous plaindes de mes yeulx - Anonymous
Appears on: 47v–48r
Genres: Rondeau
48v–49r Se mon flagolet joli - Anonymous
Appears on: 48v–49r
Genres: Secular
49v–52r Se je suis desprouve - Maintenons nous tous tamps - Las quel plaisir - Anonymous
Appears on: 49v–52r
Genres: Quodlibet
52v–53r Puisque je suis infortune Horlay
Appears on: 52v–53r
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Horlay
53v–54r Helas je suy livre a mort Horlay
Appears on: 53v–54r
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Horlay
54v–55r Pour bien servir et leaument amer Horlay
Appears on: 54v–55r
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Horlay
55v–56r Je ne puis avoir Horlay
Appears on: 55v–56r
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Horlay
56v–57r He n'esse pas grant desplaysir Jo. Pullois
Appears on: 56v–57r
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Jo. Pullois
57v–58r La bonté du Saint Esprit Jo. Pulloys
Appears on: 57v–58r
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Jo. Pulloys
58v–59r Quelque langage que je die Jo. Pullois
Appears on: 58v–59r
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Jo. Pullois
59v–60r Je ne puis plus -
Appears on: 59v–60r
Genres: Chanson
60v–62r A Florence la joeuse cite / Helas la fille / En ma chambre - Anonymous
Appears on: 60v–62r
Genres: Ballade
62v–63r L'a je bien frique / Galoises de Savoie / J'ayme une dame - Anonymous
Appears on: 62v–63r
Genres: Rondeau
63v–64r A cheval, tout homme a cheval - Anonymous
Appears on: 63v–64r
Genres: Rondeau
64v–65r Coq en l'orge di Margot = N'oes vous point le coc me vante - Anonymous
Appears on: 64v–65r
Genres: Secular
65v–66r Robinet se veult marier / Se tu ten marias / Helas pour quoy - Anonymous
Appears on: 65v–66r
Genres: Rondeau
66v–67r Rolet ara / Maistre / tricotee - Anonymous
Appears on: 66v–67r
Genres: Virelai
67v–68r Ja Dieu ne doint que se fortune - Anonymous
Appears on: 67v–68r
Genres: Rondeau
68v–69r Je merchie d'amours les dieux - Anonymous
Appears on: 68v–69r
Genres: Rondeau
69v–70r Puis qu'il vous plaist - Anonymous
Appears on: 69v–70r
Genres: Rondeau
70v–71r Je meurs veant ma garison - Anonymous
Appears on: 70v–71r
Genres: Rondeau
71v–72r Mon bien imparfait - Anonymous

Mon bien imparfait

Anonymous
Appears on: 71v–72r
Genres: Rondeau
72v–73r Pour ce que j'ay servir - Anonymous
Appears on: 72v–73r
Genres: Rondeau
73v–74r Va tost mon amoureux desir -
Appears on: 73v–74r
Genres: Rondeau
74v–75r Globus igneus = Quelque chose a venir Puillois
Appears on: 74v–75r
Genres: Contrafactum
Source Attribution: Puillois
75v–76r De ma dame = O pastor aeterne = O beata Maria filia Dei -
Appears on: 75v–76r
Genres: Chanson, Contrafactum, Motet, Rondeau
General Note

'De madame'; also in Tr.90 Texted 'O beata maria' in Cgm.810 (with 'De madame' written at top of page) textless in Strahov but labelled 'O pastor eterne'

76v–77r Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy -
Appears on: 76v–77r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
77v–78r Le serviteur Jo. Puillois
Appears on: 77v–78r
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Jo. Puillois
78v–79r Quant vendra journee - Anonymous
Appears on: 78v–79r
Genres: Virelai
79v–80r Plus suis en bonne compagnie - Anonymous
Appears on: 79v–80r
Genres: Rondeau
80v–81r J'atens le confort de la belle - Anonymous
Appears on: 80v–81r
Genres: Rondeau
81v–82r Ha day estre vous rencherie - Anonymous
Appears on: 81v–82r
Genres: Rondeau
82v–85r Mercé te chiamo o dolze anima mia - Anonymous
Appears on: 82v–85r
Genres: Chanson, Frottola
85v–86r Ay mi sospiri non truovo pace - Anonymous
Appears on: 85v–86r
Genres: Canzon
86v–87r Triumpho dele done o chiara - Anonymous
Appears on: 86v–87r
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
87v–88r Piangete done et vuy fedeli - Anonymous
Appears on: 87v–88r
Genres: Canzon
88v–89r Hora cridar "Oime" posso ben io - Anonymous
Appears on: 88v–89r
Genres: Chanson
89v–90r Una vechia sempre nostra piena - Anonymous
Appears on: 89v–90r
Genres: Ballata
90v–91r Hora mai che fora sono - Anonymous
Appears on: 90v–91r
Genres: Ballata
91v–92r Morte mercé - 1a pars (of 2): Morte mercé gentile aquil'altera -
Appears on: 91v–92r
Genres: Italian secular
91v–92r Morte mercé - 2a pars (of 2): Amor con l'arco tesso -
Appears on: 91v–92r
Genres: Italian secular
92v–93r O gratiosa viola mia gentil - Anonymous
Appears on: 92v–93r
93v–94r Avertissiez vostre doulx euil - Anonymous
Appears on: 93v–94r
Genres: Chanson
94v–95r Tout mon plaisir et tout mon reconfort - Anonymous
Appears on: 94v–95r
Genres: Rondeau
95v–96r Par desplaisir tout plain d'anoy - Anonymous
Appears on: 95v–96r
Genres: Chanson
96v–97r J'aime quanque par J commence - Anonymous
Appears on: 96v–97r
Genres: Virelai
97v–98r Ha dure mort je viens - Anonymous
Appears on: 97v–98r
Genres: Virelai
98v–99r Depuis le doloreux - Anonymous

Depuis le doloreux

Anonymous
Appears on: 98v–99r
Genres: Virelai
99v–100r Amours amours trop me fiers de tes dars -
Appears on: 99v–100r
Genres: Chanson
100v–102r Qualche marer ogni anno - Anonymous
Appears on: 100v–102r
Genres: Ballata
102v–104r Mirando el grande splendore - Anonymous
Appears on: 102v–104r
104v–105r En un gent et joly pourpris - Anonymous
Appears on: 104v–105r
105v–107r L'autre jour oy despritez - Anonymous
Appears on: 105v–107r
Genres: Ballade
107v–109r Ex ore tuo = Yerra con poco saber -
Appears on: 107v–109r
Genres: Contrafactum
109v–110r Celebris hic dies agitur = Le serviteur infortuné - Anonymous
Appears on: 109v–110r
Genres: Contrafactum
110v–111r So lang so mir in meinem sijnn W. Braxatoris
Appears on: 110v–111r
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: W. Braxatoris
111v–112r Je pris merveilleux desplaisir - Anonymous
Appears on: 111v–112r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
112v–114r Ben so che la mia mente - Anonymous
Appears on: 112v–114r
Genres: Ballata
114v–116r Princhesse of youth and florer - Anonymous
Appears on: 114v–116r
Genres: Ballade
116v–117r O Dio che me nolesti - Anonymous
Appears on: 116v–117r
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
117v–118r Gentil madona de no me habandonare -
Appears on: 117v–118r
Genres: Italian secular
118v–119r Op eenen tijd in minen zijn - Anonymous
Appears on: 118v–119r
Genres: Lied
119v–120r Ma dame de nom / Sur la rive de la mer - Anonymous
Appears on: 119v–120r
Genres: Chanson
120v–121r Je vous prie mon tres douce amie / Tant que mon argent dura / Ma tres douce amie -
Appears on: 120v–121r
Genres: Chanson
121v–122r Quant ce viendra = Gaude mater misericordiae Hockengem
Appears on: 121v–122r
Genres: Chanson
Source Attribution: Hockengem
122v–123r [untexted] - Anonymous

[untexted]

Anonymous
Appears on: 122v–123r
123v–124r Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie -
Appears on: 123v–124r
Genres: Chanson
124v–125r Nos amys, vous vous abuses -
Appears on: 124v–125r
Genres: Chanson
125v–126r Nous amisez souche - Anonymous

Nous amisez souche

Anonymous
Appears on: 125v–126r
Genres: Rondeau
126v–127r Plus j'ay le monde - Madona bella Morton
Appears on: 126v–127r
Genres: Rondeau
Source Attribution: Morton
127v Je vis toujours en esperance P. de Domarto
Appears on: 127v
Source Attribution: P. de Domarto
General Note

folio missing, with Ct & T

128r Je ne pourroye plus celer - Anonymous
Appears on: 128r
Genres: Chanson
General Note

D and part of T missing, on lost folio

128v–130r Helas mon tetin = O beatissima - Anonymous
Appears on: 128v–130r
Genres: Chanson, Contrafactum
130v–131r N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai -
Appears on: 130v–131r
Genres: Chanson
131v–132r Comme femme desconfortée -
Appears on: 131v–132r
Genres: Chanson
132v–133r Parle qui veult - Anonymous

Parle qui veult

Anonymous
Appears on: 132v–133r
Genres: Rondeau
133v–134r Madonna parla - Anonymous

Madonna parla

Anonymous
Appears on: 133v–134r
134v–135r N'est ce pas bien pour départir - Anonymous
Appears on: 134v–135r
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
135v–136r Se la face ay pale -
Appears on: 135v–136r
Genres: Ballade, Chanson
General Note

closely related to the version in Ox213 & NY Boorman, but with an "almost entirely different" contratenor (PlanchartD)

136v J'ai pris amours - -
Appears on: 136v
Genres: Chanson
General Note

Clearly intended to be tenor only, as superscription states ("Tenor J'ay pris amours"). Two versions, one (with lots of errors) scratched out, and a re-written version at bottom of page.

137v Fate dare ra - Anonymous

Fate dare ra

Anonymous
Appears on: 137v
Genres: Ballata
General Note

Text unclear

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Basin, Adrien (–ca. 1498)
Bedingham, John (–ca. 1460)
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Braxatoris, W
Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)
Cornago, Juan de
Domarto, Petrus de
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Frye, Walter (–ca. 1475)
Ghizeghem, Hayne van (ca. 1445–ca. 1497)
Horlay
Legrant, Johannes
Morton, Robert
Ockeghem, Jean de (ca. 1410–1497)
Pullois, Johannes
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[untexted] Anonymous 122v–123r
A cheval, tout homme a cheval Anonymous 63v–64r
A Florence la joeuse cite / Helas la fille / En ma chambre Anonymous 60v–62r
Adieu Adieu, mon joyeux souvenir 7r
Adieu ma tres belle maistresse 14v
Amours amours trop me fiers de tes dars 99v–100r
Avertissiez vostre doulx euil Anonymous 93v–94r
Ay je tort se je souspire Anonymous 7v–8r
Ay mi sospiri non truovo pace Anonymous 85v–86r
Beata es (= Grant temps ai eu et desire) 33v–35r
Ben poy de tua belleza Anonymous 9v–11r
Ben so che la mia mente Anonymous 112v–114r
Ben so che mia mente Anonymous 11v–12r
Bien viengnant, ma tresredoubtée Anonymous 8v–9r
C'est a grant tort Anonymous 13v–14r
Celebris hic dies agitur = Le serviteur infortuné Anonymous 109v–110r
Comme femme desconfortée 131v–132r
Coq en l'orge di Margot = N'oes vous point le coc me vante Anonymous 64v–65r
De ma dame = O pastor aeterne = O beata Maria filia Dei 75v–76r
Depuis le doloreux Anonymous 98v–99r
Desdengo non anna may questo piacere Anonymous 12v–13r
Donnes au leal prisonnier Anonymous 15r
Dueil angoisseux (3vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Dueil angoisseux, rage desmesure 15v–17r
Dueil angoisseux (3vv) - 2a pars (of 2): Coeur doloreux 15v–17r
Durer ne puis 6v
Elle se marie - Se je voloie Anonymous 5r
En un gent et joly pourpris Anonymous 104v–105r
Esclave puist il donc en 19v–20r
Ex ore tuo = Yerra con poco saber 107v–109r
Fate dare ra Anonymous 137v
Franc coeur gentil 20v–21r
Gentil madona de no me habandonare 117v–118r
Globus igneus = Quelque chose a venir 74v–75r
Ha day estre vous rencherie Anonymous 81v–82r
Ha dure mort je viens Anonymous 97v–98r
He n'esse pas grant desplaysir 56v–57r
He Robinet tu mas la mort Anonymous 4v
Helas j'ayme mieulx mes jours Anonymous 21v–22r
Helas je suy livre a mort 53v–54r
Helas mes delees amours Anonymous 41v–42r
Helas mon tetin = O beatissima Anonymous 128v–130r
Hora cridar "Oime" posso ben io Anonymous 88v–89r
Hora mai che fora sono Anonymous 90v–91r
Il grant desio e la dolce esperanza Anonymous 22v–24r
J'acompliray du bon cuer ma promesse Anonymous 29v–30r
J'ai pris amours - 136v
J'aime quanque par J commence Anonymous 96v–97r
J'atens le confort de la belle Anonymous 80v–81r
Ja Dieu ne doint que se fortune Anonymous 67v–68r
Je merchie d'amours les dieux Anonymous 68v–69r
Je meurs veant ma garison Anonymous 70v–71r
Je ne fay que deul et desplaisance Anonymous 24v–25r
Je ne fay tousjour 25v–26r
Je ne pourroye plus celer Anonymous 128r
Je ne prise point tels baisers Anonymous 42v–43r
Je ne puis avoir 55v–56r
Je ne puis plus 59v–60r
Je pris merveilleux desplaisir Anonymous 111v–112r
Je soleye estre amoureux Anonymous 30v–31r
Je soloie faire danser - Her bergeres vous Anonymous 5v–6r
Je vis toujours en esperance 127v
Je vous prie mon tres douce amie / Tant que mon argent dura / Ma tres douce amie 120v–121r
L'a je bien frique / Galoises de Savoie / J'ayme une dame Anonymous 62v–63r
L'autre jour oy despritez Anonymous 105v–107r
La bonté du Saint Esprit 57v–58r
Las je ne puis oir nouvelle = Unicus Dei filius 37v–38r
Le serviteur 77v–78r
Le serviteur hault guerdonné assovy 76v–77r
Ma dame de nom / Sur la rive de la mer Anonymous 119v–120r
Ma maitresse - 1a pars (of 2): Ma maitresse et ma plus grande amie 123v–124r
Madonna parla Anonymous 133v–134r
Mercé te chiamo o dolze anima mia Anonymous 82v–85r
Mille bonjours 26v–27r
Mirando el grande splendore Anonymous 102v–104r
Mon bien imparfait Anonymous 71v–72r
Mon seul plaisir, ma douce joie 27v–28r
Morte mercé - 1a pars (of 2): Morte mercé gentile aquil'altera 91v–92r
Morte mercé - 2a pars (of 2): Amor con l'arco tesso 91v–92r
N'aray je jamais mieux que j'ai 130v–131r
N'est ce pas bien pour départir Anonymous 134v–135r
Ne vous plaindes de mes yeulx Anonymous 47v–48r
Nos amys, vous vous abuses 124v–125r
Nous amisez souche Anonymous 125v–126r
O Dio che me nolesti Anonymous 116v–117r
O gratiosa viola mia gentil Anonymous 92v–93r
O rosa bella, o Deitatis cella (= O quam suavis est domina) 35v–37r
Op eenen tijd in minen zijn Anonymous 118v–119r
Par desplaisir tout plain d'anoy Anonymous 95v–96r
Par le regard de vos beaux yeux 40v–41r
Parle qui veult Anonymous 132v–133r
Piangete done et vuy fedeli Anonymous 87v–88r
Plus j'ay le monde - Madona bella 126v–127r
Plus suis en bonne compagnie Anonymous 79v–80r
Pour bien servir et leaument amer 54v–55r
Pour ce que j'ay servir Anonymous 72v–73r
Pour prison ne pour maladie 39v–40r
Princhesse of youth and florer Anonymous 114v–116r
Puis qu'il vous plaist Anonymous 69v–70r
Puisque je suis infortune 52v–53r
Puisque je vis le regard gratieux Anonymous 38v–39r
Qualche marer ogni anno Anonymous 100v–102r
Quant ce viendra = Gaude mater misericordiae 121v–122r
Quant vendra journee Anonymous 78v–79r
Quelque langage que je die 58v–59r
Robinet se veult marier / Se tu ten marias / Helas pour quoy Anonymous 65v–66r
Rolet ara / Maistre / tricotee Anonymous 66v–67r
Salve O beata = Dove dove, or dove le mio signore Anonymous 17v–19r
Se je ne fay chiere Anonymous 45v–46r
Se je suis desprouve - Maintenons nous tous tamps - Las quel plaisir Anonymous 49v–52r
Se la face ay pale 135v–136r
Se mon flagolet joli Anonymous 48v–49r
Seulle esgarée de tout joieulx plaisir 28v–29r
So lang so mir in meinem sijnn 110v–111r
So ys emprentid 31v–33r
Tout mon plaisir et tout mon reconfort Anonymous 94v–95r
Tresoriere de plaisir amoureux Anonymous 46v–47r
Triumpho dele done o chiara Anonymous 86v–87r
Una vechia sempre nostra piena Anonymous 89v–90r
Va tost mon amoureux desir 73v–74r
Vostre esclave de galee Anonymous 43v–45r

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Slavin, Dennis. 1986. Communication. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 217-22. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W. 1985. Music at the Aragonese Court of Naples.  Cambridge. Pages: I 18-9,144-6,220-1,235-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gutiérrez-Denhoff, Martella. 1985. Der Wolfenbütteler Chansonnier Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Codex Guelf. 287 Extrav.: Untersuchungen zu Repertoire und Überlieferung einer Musikhandschrift des 15. Jahrhunderts und ihres Umkreises. Wolfenbütteler Forschungen.  Wiesbaden. Pages: 56-8, 303, 307-11, 313. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hanen, Martha Knight. 1983. The Chansonnier El Escorial IV.a.24: Commentary and Edition. Musicological Studies. 3 vols. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen. Pages: I-III. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; texts; transcription; efacsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W (editor). 1981. Robert Morton: The Collected Works. Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance.  New York. Pages: xxiii,xxvi-xxvii,xxxii, xxxv, 35-6,77-85,88-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Southern, Eileen (editor). 1981. Anonymous Pieces in the MS El Escorial IV.a. 24. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier.  New Haven and London. Pages: I; II, 157-8,248ff, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Pope, Isabel, and Masakata Kanazawa (editors). 1978. The Musical Manuscript Montecassino 871: A Neapolitan Repertory of Sacred and Secular Musk of the Late Fifteenth Century.  Oxford. Pages: 159-62, 185-7,314-6,336-8,434-7,474-6,543,557ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Schavran, Henrietta. 1978. The Manuscript Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria, Codice Aldini 362: A Study of Song Tradition in Italy Circa 1440-1480. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,49-57,94ff,332-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Fallows, David. 1977. Words and Music in two English Songs of the mid-15th Century: Charles d'Orléans and John Lydgate. Early Music, 38-43. Notes: transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kemp, Walter H. 1976. The Manuscript Escorial V.III.24. Musica Disciplina, 97-129. Pages: 102-4,114-20. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Maniates, Maria Rika. 1975. Combinative Chansons in the Escorial Chansonnier. Musica Disciplina, 61-125. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hanen, Martha Knight. 1973. The Chansonnier El Escorial, Ms. IV.a.24. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; transcription; texts; additional bibliography.

Pirrotta, Nino. 1973. Su Alcuni Testi Italiani di Composizioni Polifoniche Quattrocentesche. Quadrivium, 133-57. Notes: transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W. 1971. Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cappella Giulia XIII. 27, and the Dissemination of the Franco-Netherlandish Chanson in Italy, c. 1460-c. 1530. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; concordances (partial).

Cattin, Giulio. 1971. Le Poesie del Savonarola nelle Fonti Musicali. Quadrivium, 259-81. Pages: 273-80. Notes: transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Southern, Eileen. 1969. El Escorial, Monastery Library, Ms. IV. a. 24. Musica Disciplina, 41-79. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.

Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, 18-23,112-3. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Southern, Eileen. 1968. Foreign Music in German Manuscripts of the 15th Century. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 258-85. Pages: 274-85. Notes: concordances (partial); mention of MS.

Gülke, Peter (editor). 1967. Johannis Pullois: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xii, passim. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; transcription (partial).

Thomson, James. 1964. An Introduction to Philippe(?) Caron. Musicological Studies.  Brooklyn. Pages: 44. Notes: concordances (partial).

Gülke, Peter. 1961. Das Volkslied in der burgundischen Polyphonie des 15. Jahrhunderts. Festschrift Heinrich Besseler zum sechzigsten Geburtstag,  Leipzig. Pages: 192; 196-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Fischer, Kurt von. 1956. Studien zur italienischen Musik des Trecento und frühen Quattrocento. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft.  Bern: Paul Haupt. Pages: 58-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: III, 1522-3. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1942. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. Studies and Documents.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 106-7. Notes: concordances (partial); mention of MS.

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde.  Leipzig. Pages: I, 453. Notes: mention of MS.

Aubry, Pierre. 1906-7. Iter Hispanicum.  Paris. Pages: 30-6. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).

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