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Main corpus copied by Netherlands court scribe B (= Martin Bourgeois?) (KellJ); later additions, by an unidentified Spanish scribe, on ff. 53'-55, 87'-88, 136'-142, and 284'-287. Main corpus copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellC). Originally prepared for the courtier Philippe Bouton (1418-1515)(KellCF). Manuscript subsequently taken to Spain, probably by the latter's son, Claude, or by a Spanish nobleman; later additions copied in Spain. Apparently owned in Spain by Folch de Cardona and Fernandez de Cordova families (coats of arms). Later owned by Fabio Chigi (1599-1667), elected Pope Alexander VII in 1655. Chigi family collection purchased by Italian government in 1918; ceded to present library in 1923.
V-CVbav MS Chigi C.VIII.234 (Chigi Codex)
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1498-1503
| Archive | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Vatican (V-CVbav) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Chigi C.VIII.234 (Chigi Codex) |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 363 x 278 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 125 compositions, 120 from 14 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
covers of red velvet over wooden boards, with brass corners; 17th-century?
Notation
black void mensural notation
Ruling
Staff height 17
Foliation
Ink foliation (added in Spain after 1514), i-cclxxviiii, on upper right rectos (two consecutive folios numbered 'lxiii'; two consecutive groups of folios numbered 'lxxiiii-lxxviii'; two consecutive folios numbered 'cxv,' followed by folio numbered 'cxvii'). Modern stamped foliation, 1-289, on lower right rectos (cited here)
Decoration
Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Philippe Bouton originally painted on ff. 3', 19'-20, 56, 107, 143', and 249'; all of preceding arms except those on f. 249' later overpainted with coat of arms of Fernandez de Cordova family. Coat of arms of Folch de Cardona family on f. 284'.
Index
Index, copied in Spain after 1514, now pasted inside front cover; Masses and motets listed separately, in order of appearance (three motets not listed).
Surface
parchment
RISM Description
RISM
XVe s. 289ff. Parchemin, 370 x 275 mm. Foliotation ancienne souvent fautive en eh. romains: I-CCLXXVIII en haut des ff. et foliotation moderne imprimée au bas des ff. Dans la foliotation ancienne, le f. LXXVIII est suivi de LXXIIII; le ch. CXV est répété deux fois. Dans la foliotation moderne, les ff. 1 à 3, 18v, 19, 34v, 35, 63v, 64, 114v, 115, 142v, 143, 172v, 173, 212v, 213, 240v, 241, 287v à 289v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 9 portées par p. Lettres et marges ornées de miniatures. Reliure velours rouge, coins métal. Au plat intérieur: Tabla de missas y motetes. Ms. franco-flamand copié dans le dernier quart du XVe s et tout au début du XVIe, vraisemblablement entre 1498 et 1501, probablement par Martin Bourgeois qui, depuis 1498, était calligraphe de musique au service de Marguerite d'Autriche. Les miniatures, de style flamand, sont généralement attribuées à l'atelier du «Maître de l'Hortulus animae» actif à Gand entre 1480 et 1520. Les armoiries qui figurent au f. 20 ont été d'abord attribuées (Besseler, in MGG) à la famille Van der Hoyen de Gand pour laquelle le ms. aurait été constitué. Van der Straeten (VII, 125f) le considère comme lié au répertoire de la chapelle de Philippe le Beau qui l'aurait transporté en Espagne à l'un de ses voyages, ce qui expliquerait les 7 pièces supplémentaires (nos 5, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 40) copiées en Espagne en même temps que la Tabla en espagnol, confirmé par la glose italienne collée sur la garde du volume: «usato in Spagna». Cependant, des recherches plus récentes (Keilman) ont amené à la conclusion que le ms. serait en relation avec la famille bourguignonne Bouton dont les armes figurent au f. 219v (facsim. Keilman, Josquin), le nom Bouton sur lequel on a superposé Dieu au f. 282 (facsim., id.) et enfin la devise «ung soeul Button» vers la fin du ms. Commandé directement par le poète Philippe Bouton, qui entretint les meilleures relations avec la cour de France de 1488 jusqu'à sa mort en 1515 (ce qui expliquerait la grande place tenue par Ockeghem dans le ms.), ce recueil aurait été préparé par son fils Claude Bouton, courtisan au service de Philippe le Beau, ramenant ainsi à l'hypothèse du passage du ms. en Espagne. La pièce no 16, en tout cas, n'a pu être incorporée avant 1514 (mort d'Anne de Bretagne).
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19 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 1 Credo, 19 motets (1 without text) = 40
A. Agricola [Allexander]-1, Barbireau-1, Brumel-1, Busnois-1, Compère-2, Compère/(Josquin)-1, A. Févin/(Craen/C. Festa/Josquin/Morales)-1, Isaac-1, Josquin-2, La Rue-2, Madrid-1 + 1?, (Mouton)-1, Ockeghem-15, Regis-4 + 1?, Regis/(Josquin)-1, Weerbecke [Gaspar]-1, anon-2
ii + 285 + ii parchment folios, 363 x 278. Ink foliation (added in Spain after 1514), i-cclxxviiii, on upper right rectos (two consecutive folios numbered "lxiii"; two consecutive groups of folios numbered "lxxiiii-lxxviii"; two consecutive folios numbered "cxv," followed by folio numbered "cxvii"). Modern stamped foliation, 1-289, on lower right rectos (cited below). Later (17th-century?) covers of red velvet over wooden boards, with brass corners. Index, copied in Spain after 1514, now pasted inside front cover; Masses and motets listed separately, in order of appearance (three motets not listed). Main corpus copied by Netherlands court scribe B (= Martin Bourgeois?) (KellJ); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Later additions, by an unidentified Spanish scribe, on ff. 53'-55, 87'-88, 136'-142, and 284'-287. Staff height 17. Miniatures and borders illuminated in Ghent-Bruges style; painted initials and inked calligraphic initials. Coat of arms of Philippe Bouton originally painted on ff. 3', 19'-20, 56, 107, 143', and 249'; all of preceding arms except those on f. 249' later overpainted with coat of arms of Fernandez de Cordova family. Coat of arms of Folch de Cardona family on f. 284'.
Ca. 1498-1503, with additions after 1514 (KellJ). Main corpus copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellC). Originally prepared for the courtier Philippe Bouton (1418-1515)(KellCF). Manuscript subsequently taken to Spain, probably by the latter's son, Claude, or by a Spanish nobleman; later additions copied in Spain. Apparently owned in Spain by Folch de Cardona and Fernandez de Cordova families (coats of arms). Later owned by Fabio Chigi (1599-1667), elected Pope Alexander VII in 1655. Chigi family collection purchased by Italian government in 1918; ceded to present library in 1923.
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