F-Pnm NAF 10660

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris, France

fragments: 1st quarter of 15th century

Archive Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris, France (F-Pnm)
Shelfmark NAF 10660
Image Availability The images on this record are linked using IIIF.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 204 x 140 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ParisBNN 10660
  • olim (Former shelfmark): F-Pn nouvelles acquisitions françaises 10660
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • coloration in black void
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • France
Contents 4 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

A single folio now preserved as f. 47 in modern guard book of 59 paper folios. Copied by a single scribe. Presumably copied in France. Note also that f. 48v has blank 5-line staves drawn on it and f. 51r includes traces of offset void mensural musical notation and text.

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Physical Description

Parchment rubbed and worn; outer edge of folio trimmed, obliterating some decoration and music.

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Notation

black full mensural with black void colouration

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Date

Ca. 1420-40 (CranM).

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Ruling

Staff height 13.5; red staves

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Foliation

Former folio number(?) '22' crossed out.

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Foliation

47

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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PARIS. Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Manuscrits. Nouvelles Acquisitions Françaises. MS 10660

Miscellaneous collection of fragments removed from bindings, with polyphony: 4 French secular pieces (1 with D only)

(Dufay)-1, anon-3 = 4

1 parchment folio, 204 x 140, now preserved as f. 47 in modern guard book of 59 paper folios. Parchment rubbed and worn; outer edge of folio trimmed, obliterating some decoration and music. Former folio number(?) "22" crossed out. Black mensural notation on red staves, with black void coloration. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 13.5. Inked calligraphic initials.

Ca. 1420-40 (CranM). Presumably copied in France. Presented to Bibliothèque Nationale by Ludwig Rosenthal of Munich in 1907.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
47 Se je ne suy reconforte - Anonymous

Se je ne suy reconforte

Anonymous
Appears on: 47
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Se je ne suy reconforte
47r Une foys avant que morir (Tenor Anavois) - Anonymous

Une foys avant que morir (Tenor Anavois)

Anonymous
Appears on: 47r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Une foys avant que morir
General Note

Intabulated in D-Munich Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 29775-6

Item Bibliography

Fallows, David. 1999. A Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480.  Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages: 393-4.

47v Ma belle dame je vous pri -
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)

Ma belle dame je vous pri

Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Appears on: 47v
Genres: Chanson, Rondeau
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Ma belle dame je vous pri
General Note

S of 3vv
47v Venes oir vrais amoureus (Komm liebster Mann, liebs ich dir wol gan) - Anonymous

Venes oir vrais amoureus (Komm liebster Mann, liebs ich dir wol gan)

Anonymous
Appears on: 47v
Genres: Song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Venes oir vrais amoureus
General Note

contrafactum

Item Bibliography

Fallows, David. 1987. Two equal voices: a French song repertory with music for two more works of Oswald von Wolkenstein. Early Music History, 227-241.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Ma belle dame je vous pri
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
47v
Se je ne suy reconforte Anonymous 47
Une foys avant que morir (Tenor Anavois) Anonymous 47r
Venes oir vrais amoureus (Komm liebster Mann, liebs ich dir wol gan) Anonymous 47v
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‡ denotes primary source study

Crane, Frederick. 1968. Materials for the Study of the Fifteenth Century Basse Danse. Musicological Studies.  Brooklyn: Institute of Mediaeval Music. Pages: 23,102,113. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550.  Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 14,312. Notes: contents list.

Omont, Henri. 1892. Bibliothèque Nationale: Nouvelles Acquisitions du Département des Manuscrits pendant les Années [1891].  Paris. Pages: 37. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description