CH-BEb Cod. 218

Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bibliothèque de la Bourgeoisie, Bern, Switzerland

manuscript of polyphony: 14th century, finished 1371

Archive Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bibliothèque de la Bourgeoisie, Bern, Switzerland (CH-BEb)
Shelfmark Cod. 218
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 297 x 207 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: MachK
  • RISM: CH-BEb 218
  • Other catalogues/source: K
  • olim (Former shelfmark): m 28 (16th- or 17th-century)
Notations
  • Ars Nova
Copyists
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Provenance
  • France
Contents Contains 9 compositions from 1 composer.
General Description

This important Machaut MS was written by Guiot de Sens, who worked continuously till it was finished, according to the explicit. It contains the Dit du Vergier, the Jugement du Roy de Behaigne, the Remède de Fortune, the Dit du Lion, the Confort d'Ami, the Dit de la Harpe, etc. Music is provided for only two pieces, the two ballades from the Remede. The initials are omitted in both cases, and in the second piece the third strophe of text is missing. The writing is in two columns.

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Binding

white vellum over cardboard dating from c. 1700

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Watermark

watermark of the binding flyleaves is Bernese

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Notation

Ars Nova

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Ruling

five-line staves in red

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Foliation

numbered in modern pencil at t.r.r. A medieval foliation at t.m.r. is in red ink, using Roman numerals and running from I-CXXXVIII. Folios 4, 5, 9-20, 29, 41, 48, 49, 61-68, 71, 83, 86, 92-94, 107, 115, 124, 126, 129 of this old foliation are now missing, and moreover after f. 80 and 91 new folios without a number have been added. In addition to the 103 numbered folios there are two unnumbered paper flyleaves at each end which belong to the binding

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Foliation

41v-42v with music, 1-103 complete

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Surface

parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 2 : A parchment ms finished on the Friday of the second week in April, 1371. It consists of 103 folios meas. 297 x 207 mm. and numbered in modern pencil at t.r.r. A medieval foliation at t.m.r. is in red ink, using Roman numerals and running from I-CXXXVIII. Folios 4, 5, 9-20, 29, 41, 48, 49, 61-68, 71, 83, 86, 92-94, 107, 115, 124, 126, 129 of this old foliation are now missing, and moreover after f. 80 and 91 new folios without a number have been added. In addition to the 103 numbered folios there are two unnumbered paper flyleaves at each end which belong to the binding of white vellum over cardboard dating from c. 1700. The watermark of these flyleaves is Bernese. This important Machaut ms was written by Guiot de Sens, who worked continuously till it was finished, according to the explicit. It contains the Dit du Vergier, the Jugement du Roy de Behaigne, the Remède de Fortune, the Dit du Lion, the Confort d'Ami, the Dit de la Harpe, etc. The provenance is unknown, but perhaps the 16th or 17th century shelfmark, m 28, may help to shed light on its origins. Music is provided for only two pieces, the two ballades from the Remede, in the usual Ars Nova notation on red five-line staves. The initials are omitted in both cases, and in the second piece the third strophe of text is missing. The writing is in two columns.

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Sets

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Earp, Lawrence M. 1995. Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research.  New York and London: Garland.

Mostert, Marco. 1989. The library of Fleury, a provisional list of manuscripts.  Hilversum. Pages: hier S.64 zu Cod. 218.

Scarpatetti, Beat Matthias von. 1977-. Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550.  Zürich.

Fischer, Kurt von, Max Lütolf, and Gilbert Reaney (editors). 1969. Répertoire international des sources musicales. Series B IV, vol. 2. Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music.  Pages: 52.

Machabey, Armand. 1955. Guillaume de Machault 130?-1377: La vie et lœuvre musical,. Bibliothèque d'Etudes Musicales. 2 vols. Paris: Richard-Masse.

Schrade, Leo (editor). 1954 -1956. The Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century. 3 vols. Pages: II-III, commentary, 121 ff; II, 138 ff (transcription of both pieces).

Homburger, Otto. 1953. Dichtung des Guillaume de Machaut. Schätze der Burgerbibliothek Bern,  Bern. Pages: hier S. 124-125 zu Cod. 218.

Ludwig, Friedrich (editor). 1926-9. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke, 1-3.  Leipzig: Publikationen älterer Musik. Pages: II, 8, 13, 16, 43, 45, 52, 63, 65, 69; I, 93 ff (transcription of both pieces).

Handschin, Jacques. 1923. Die ältesten Denkmäler mensural notierter Musik in der Schweiz. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 5: 1-10. Pages: 1 f.

Hagen, H. 1875. Catalogus codicum Bernensium. Pages: 263 ff.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Surface Note

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description