B-Br MS IV.922 (Occo Codex)

KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1525-34

Archive	KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium (B-Br)
Shelfmark	MS IV.922 (Occo Codex)
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	470 x 340 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: BrusBR IV.922
Copyists	? Alamire, Petrus (ca. 1470–1536) Text and Music scribal concordance [9], Alamire D Text and Music scribal concordance [23], Alamire C2 Music scribal concordance [8], Alamire X Text scribal concordance [30], Alamire I Text and Music
Relationships	Occo, Pompejus (1480–1537) (commissioned/made for)
External Links	Online CMME edition Online CMME edition Images (IDEM) PRoMS Wikipedia (Dutch)
Provenance	Low Countries
Contents	19 pieces from 12 composers

General Description

Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (HuysOC, KellJ); WarmMC distinguishes several other music and/or text scripts: scribe D (ff. 42'-66, 67'-82', 83'-98, 99'-102, 105'-116'); scribe C2 (music on ff. 117'-125); and scribe X (text on ff. 117'-125); to whom she subsequently added scribe I (some of the foregoing music and text). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). The manuscript was prepared for Pompejus Occo of Amsterdam (ca. 1480-1537), a merchant and representative of the Fugger banking firm. An inscription on f. 1 refers to Occo's ownership of the manuscript. Occo loaned the manuscript for several years to the Chapel of the Holy Place in Amsterdam. After Occo's death, his son Sybrant obtained ownership of the manuscript. It remained in the possession of the Occo and Gilles families (interrelated by marriage) until 1972, when it was sold at auction and acquired by the Bibliothèque Royale (HuysOC).

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Binding

. Original covers of calfskin on boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design. The two flyleaves are pasted to the inside of the front and back covers.

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-151.

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Decoration

Miniatures illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Pompejus Occo of Amsterdam.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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7 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 2 Kyries, 1 Mass Proper section, 6 motets = 17

Barra-1, Divitis-1, M. Forestier/(Mouton)-1, Gascongne [Gascoing]-1,* Isaac-1, Josquin-1, (La Rue)-1, Mouton-2, Vorda-1, anon-7

*Missa Mijn hert (ff. 67'-82'). In addition, the Benedictus of Josquin's Missa Pange lingua is replaced in this manuscript by the Benedictus from Gascongne's Missa Es hat ein sin.

i + 151 + i parchment folios, 470 x 340. The two flyleaves are pasted to the inside of the front and back covers. Modern pencil foliation, 1-151. Blank folios:1'-3, 11'-12, 28, 41'-42, 66'-67, 83, 99, 102'-103, 117, 131'-133, 148'-151'. Original covers of calfskin on boards, with blind-tooled lozenge design. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (HuysOC, KellJ). Miniatures illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Pompejus Occo of Amsterdam. An inscription on f. 1 refers to Occo's ownership of the manuscript.

1526-34 (HuysOC). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). The manuscript was prepared for Pompejus Occo of Amsterdam (ca. 1480-1537), a merchant and representative of the Fugger banking firm. Occo loaned the manuscript for several years to the Chapel of the Holy Place in Amsterdam. After Occo's death, his son Sybrant obtained ownership of the manuscript. It remained in the possession of the Occo and Gilles families (interrelated by marriage) until 1972, when it was sold at auction and acquired by the Bibliothèque Royale (HuysOC).

Vol. 4

Composers: Revise second sentence of footnote to read: "In addition, the Pieni and Benedictus of Josquin's Missa Pange lingua are replaced in this source by corresponding sections from Gascongne's Missa Es hat ein sin."

Physical: Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (HuysOC, KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. WarmMC distinguishes three other music and/or text scripts: D (ff. 42'-66, 67'-82', 83'-98, 99'-102, 105'-116'); C2 (music on ff. 117'-125); and X (text on ff. 117'-125); see general index for other manuscripts attributed to the same scribes.

Date: 1526-34 (HuysOC); one fascicle (ff. 117'-125) completed by March 1516 (WarmMC).

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
4	Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Ave regina caelorum mater	Anon.	Weerbecke, Gaspar van (ca. 1445–ca. 1516)
Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Ave regina caelorum mater Weerbecke, Gaspar van (ca. 1445–ca. 1516) Appears on: 4 Genres: Ave regina caelorum, BVM, Motet Source Attribution: Anon. Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris] 5 O salutaris hostia que celi pandis
4v–5	Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 2a pars (of 2): [Verbum supernum] O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	Anon.	Weerbecke, Gaspar van (ca. 1445–ca. 1516)
Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 2a pars (of 2): [Verbum supernum] O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis Weerbecke, Gaspar van (ca. 1445–ca. 1516) Appears on: 4v–5 Genres: BVM, Motet Source Attribution: Anon. Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris] 5 O salutaris hostia que celi pandis
4v–5	O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	[La Rue]	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518) Appears on: 4v–5 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Motet Source Attribution: [La Rue] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris] 5 O salutaris hostia que celi pandis
5v–6	Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	Anon.	Anonymous
Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis Anonymous Appears on: 5v–6 Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Anon. Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris] 5 O salutaris hostia que celi pandis
6v–8	Pange lingua gloriosi corporis 5 Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur 6 Genitori genitoque Laus et jubilatio	Anon.	Anonymous
Pange lingua gloriosi corporis 5 Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur 6 Genitori genitoque Laus et jubilatio Anonymous Appears on: 6v–8 Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Anon. Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Pange lingua gloriosi corporis] 5 Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur 6 (Genitori genitoque) Laus et iubilatio
8v–10	Cibavit Eos ex adipe frumenti Vs: Exultate deo Jubilate deo Jacob	Anon.	Anonymous
Cibavit Eos ex adipe frumenti Vs: Exultate deo Jubilate deo Jacob Anonymous Appears on: 8v–10 Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Anon. Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: (Cibavit) Eos ex adipe frumenti Vs: (Exultate deo) Jubilate deo Iacob
10v–11	Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	Anon.	Anonymous
Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis Anonymous Appears on: 10v–11 Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Anon. Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris] 5 O salutaris hostia que celi pandis
12v–27v	Missa Venerabili Sacramento = Missa Ecce panis angelorum	Hottinet Barra	Barra, Hotinet (fl. 1510-23)
Missa Venerabili Sacramento = Missa Ecce panis angelorum Barra, Hotinet (fl. 1510-23) Appears on: 12v–27v Genres: Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Hottinet Barra Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa de Venerabili Sacramento [= Missa Ecce panis angelorum]
28v–41	Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3	Josquin-[Gascongne] (In this source, Josquinvs Pleni sunt caeli and Benedictus qui venit are replaced by corresponding sections from Gascongnevs Missa Es hat ein sin)	Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3 Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521) Appears on: 28v–41 Genres: Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Josquin-[Gascongne] (In this source, Josquinvs Pleni sunt caeli and Benedictus qui venit are replaced by corresponding sections from Gascongnevs Missa Es hat ein sin) Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa Pange lingua 4.3
28v–41	Missa Es hat ein Sinn: Sanctus	-	Gascongne, Mathieu (?Johannes) (fl. 1517-1518)
Missa Es hat ein Sinn: Sanctus Gascongne, Mathieu (?Johannes) (fl. 1517-1518) Appears on: 28v–41 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] General Note Benedictus only: replaces the music of Josquin's Benedictus from Missa Pange lingua
42v–66	Missa Benedictus Dominus Deus meus	Johannes Mouton	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Missa Benedictus Dominus Deus meus Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) Appears on: 42v–66 Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: Johannes Mouton Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Missa] Benedictus dominus deus meus
67v–82v	Missa Mijn herte altijt heeft verlanghen	Gascoing	Gascongne, Mathieu (?Johannes) (fl. 1517-1518)
Missa Mijn herte altijt heeft verlanghen Gascongne, Mathieu (?Johannes) (fl. 1517-1518) Appears on: 67v–82v Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: Gascoing Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Missa] Mijn herte altijt heeft verlanghen]
83v–102	Missa L'oserai-je dire	Johannes Mouton	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)
Missa L'oserai-je dire Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) Appears on: 83v–102 Genres: Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Johannes Mouton Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Missa] Loseraige dire
103v–116v	Missa L'homme armé	Mathurin Forestir/[Mouton]	Forestier, Mathurin (?) Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) (?)
Missa L'homme armé Forestier, Mathurin (?) Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) (?) Appears on: 103v–116v Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Source Attribution: Mathurin Forestir/[Mouton] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Missa] Lom[me] arme
117v–121	Missa Pascale a6: Kyrie	Henricus Ysaac	Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)
Missa Pascale a6: Kyrie Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517) Appears on: 117v–121 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Henricus Ysaac Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Missa Paschale [K]
121v–123	Missa Paschale: Kyrie	Laurentius de Vourda	Vorda, Laurentius de
Missa Paschale: Kyrie Vorda, Laurentius de Appears on: 121v–123 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Laurentius de Vourda Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: [Missa] Paschale [K]
123v–125	Missa Pascale a4 ad organum: Kyrie	[Isaac]	Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)
Missa Pascale a4 ad organum: Kyrie Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517) Appears on: 123v–125 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: [Isaac] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: [Missa] Paschale [KGSA] (Kyrie from 4v Missa Paschalis ad organum, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus from 6v Missa Paschale whose Kyrie is copied on ff. 117v-121)
125–131	Missa Pascale a6: GSA	-	Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)
Missa Pascale a6: GSA Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517) Appears on: 125–131 Genres: Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: [Missa] Paschale
133v–148	Missa pro fidelibus defunctis (Requiem)	Anthonius Divitis pie memorie†/[A. Févin]	Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512) (?) Divitis, Antonius (ca. 1470–ca. 1530) (?)
Missa pro fidelibus defunctis (Requiem) Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512) (?) Divitis, Antonius (ca. 1470–ca. 1530) (?) Appears on: 133v–148 Genres: Mass Ordinary, Requiem Source Attribution: Anthonius Divitis pie memorie†/[A. Févin] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Missa pro fidelibus defunctis

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Cibavit Eos ex adipe frumenti Vs: Exultate deo Jubilate deo Jacob – 8v–10 Pange lingua gloriosi corporis 5 Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur 6 Genitori genitoque Laus et jubilatio – 6v–8 Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis – 10v–11 Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis – 5v–6
Barra, Hotinet (fl. 1510-23)	Missa Venerabili Sacramento = Missa Ecce panis angelorum – 12v–27v
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)	Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3 – 28v–41
Divitis, Antonius (ca. 1470–ca. 1530)	(?) Missa pro fidelibus defunctis (Requiem) – 133v–148
Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512)	(?) Missa pro fidelibus defunctis (Requiem) – 133v–148
Forestier, Mathurin	(?) Missa L'homme armé – 103v–116v
Gascongne, Mathieu (?Johannes) (fl. 1517-1518)	Missa Es hat ein Sinn: Sanctus – 28v–41 Missa Mijn herte altijt heeft verlanghen – 67v–82v
Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)	Missa Pascale a4 ad organum: Kyrie – 123v–125 Missa Pascale a6: GSA – 125–131 Missa Pascale a6: Kyrie – 117v–121
Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	Missa Benedictus Dominus Deus meus – 42v–66 (?) Missa L'homme armé – 103v–116v Missa L'oserai-je dire – 83v–102
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis – 4v–5
Vorda, Laurentius de	Missa Paschale: Kyrie – 121v–123
Weerbecke, Gaspar van (ca. 1445–ca. 1516)	Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Ave regina caelorum mater – 4 Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 2a pars (of 2): [Verbum supernum] O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis – 4v–5

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Ave regina caelorum mater	Weerbecke, Gaspar van (ca. 1445–ca. 1516)	4
Ave regina caelorum II (4vv) - 2a pars (of 2): [Verbum supernum] O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	Weerbecke, Gaspar van (ca. 1445–ca. 1516)	4v–5
Cibavit Eos ex adipe frumenti Vs: Exultate deo Jubilate deo Jacob	Anonymous	8v–10
Missa Benedictus Dominus Deus meus	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	42v–66
Missa Es hat ein Sinn: Sanctus	Gascongne, Mathieu (?Johannes) (fl. 1517-1518)	28v–41
Missa L'homme armé	Forestier, Mathurin (?) Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522) (?)	103v–116v
Missa L'oserai-je dire	Mouton, Jean (ca. 1459–1522)	83v–102
Missa Mijn herte altijt heeft verlanghen	Gascongne, Mathieu (?Johannes) (fl. 1517-1518)	67v–82v
Missa Pange lingua = Missa Venerabile sacramento 4.3	Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)	28v–41
Missa Pascale a4 ad organum: Kyrie	Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)	123v–125
Missa Pascale a6: GSA	Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)	125–131
Missa Pascale a6: Kyrie	Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)	117v–121
Missa Paschale: Kyrie	Vorda, Laurentius de	121v–123
Missa pro fidelibus defunctis (Requiem)	Fevin, Antoine de (ca. 1470–ca. 1512) (?) Divitis, Antonius (ca. 1470–ca. 1530) (?)	133v–148
Missa Venerabili Sacramento = Missa Ecce panis angelorum	Barra, Hotinet (fl. 1510-23)	12v–27v
O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)	4v–5
Pange lingua gloriosi corporis 5 Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur 6 Genitori genitoque Laus et jubilatio	Anonymous	6v–8
Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	Anonymous	5v–6
Verbum supernum prodiens nec patris 5 O salutaris hostia que caeli pandis	Anonymous	10v–11

Set: Books prepared by the Alamire workshop

Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

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A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15495 (Maximilian Codex)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15496

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15497

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15941 (B)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15941 (Contratenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 15941 Mus (T)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Altus/Contratenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Bassus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Superius/Cantus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Tenor 1)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Tenor 2/Quintus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Bassus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Contratenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Discantus)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18825 (Tenor)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18832 (Lower Voice)

A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18832 (Upper Voice)

B-Amp MS M18.13 (fragment 1)

B-Amp MS M18.13 (fragment 2)

B-BRra 756

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B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 5170

B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 9423

B-Baeb Fonds Sint-Goedele, 9424

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B-Bcpas H 1135

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B-Br MS 215-216

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B-Br MS 228 (Chansonnier of Margaret of Austria)

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B-Br MS 6428

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B-Br MS 9126

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B-Br MS 15075

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B-Br MS IV.922 (Occo Codex)

B-Gra Varia D.3360 B

B-MEa s.s.

B-TOsa Oud regime MS 183

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GB-Lbl Royal 8 G. vii

GB-Ob MS. Ashmole 831

GB-Ob MS. Lat. liturg. a. 8

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I-Fc MS Basevi 2439 (Basevi Codex)

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NL-Urc Hs. 47 (fragments 1 and 2)

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 34

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 36

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V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 160

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1976

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1977

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1978

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V-CVbav MS Pal. lat. 1979

‡ denotes primary source study

Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.

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

Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, .

Warmington, Flynn. 1982. A Master Calligrapher in Alamire's Workshop: The Chronology of His Work. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, November, 1982, . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Huys, Bernard. 1979. Occo Codex (Brussels, Royal Library Albert I, MS. IV. 922): Facsimile Edition. Facsimilia Musica Neerlandica. Buren. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile; discussion.

Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xxi,42,58,93; II1,114-5. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto.

Huys, Bernard. 1974. An Unknown Alamire-Choirbook ("Occo Codex") Recently Acquired by the Royal Library of Belgium: A New Source for the History of Music in Amsterdam. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1-19.

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