F-Peb Jean Masson 56 (Cancionero de Paris)

École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Bibliothèque, Paris, France

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1520-30

Archive École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Bibliothèque, Paris, France (F-Peb)
Shelfmark Jean Masson 56 (Cancionero de Paris)
Image Availability The images on this record are linked using IIIF.
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 140 x 100 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ParisE 56
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Provenance
  • Portugal
Contents Contains 125 compositions, 7 from 6 composers, 118 are anonymous.
General Description

Collection of cantigas and vilancicos. Up to f. 72, most pieces are provided with only 1 voice-part, although several are concordant with polyphonic pieces known elsewhere; from 72v onwards are several duos, and then mostly pieces with 3 voice-parts. Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Copied in Portugal.

DIAMM inventory excludes some folios with song-texts only (no music).

DIAMM, 2017
Binding

Original covers

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 1-130

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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Index

Original index on ff. [iii-x] groups pieces according to initial vowel of text (A, E, I, O, U); within each group, pieces listed in order of appearance

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 hymn, 4 motets, 8 Spanish sacred pieces, 1 Portuguese sacred piece, 89 Spanish secular pieces, 29 Portuguese secular pieces, 1 textless fragment = 133*

*Count of pieces includes 77 works for which only one voice is copied in this source. Since some of these voices are concordant with individual voices from known polyphonic settings, it seems possible that most or all of the 77 pieces in question are incomplete polyphonic works rather than monophonic works.

(Escobar?)-1, anon-132

x + 130 paper folios, ca. 140 x 100. Original ink foliation, 1-130. Original covers. Original index on ff. [iii-x] groups pieces according to initial vowel of text (A, E, I, O, U); within each group, pieces listed in order of appearance. Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Inked calligraphic initials.

Ca. 1520-30? Copied in Portugal. Later owned by Alonso Nuñez and J. V. Lalorgne (inscriptions at beginning).

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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

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