Gent, Rijksarchief, Varia D, nr. 3360 A

Chansonnier with music notation (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-11352

Title

Chansonnier with music notation (fragment)

Collection

Gent, Rijksarchief

Shelfmark

Gent, Rijksarchief, Varia D, nr. 3360 A

Manuscript Category

lyric poetry

Document type

chansonnier

Notes

Readers' annotations
Fol. [1]r has a Dutch note: 'uuren zal ic claghen' ('I will complain for hours').

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-vds4/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Mirabile (manuscripts)
DIAMM (manuscripts)
Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-11354

Leaf count

3 fol.

Chansonnier with music notation (fragment)

UNIT ID

mmfc-11353

Page range

fol. [1]-[3]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 folio, and the remains of a bifolium (1 complete folio, a strip of the other folio). Crumpled. Notes in later handwriting (gothica cursiva) on fol. 1r. Writing at times completely illegible, or disappeared, see e.g. fol. 2v.

Language

Middle French (main)

Document type

library book / reference book

Origin

Date
14th century
Evidence
paleographical style.
Place
Flanders (possibly), Southern Low Countries (Roos in't Velt)
Evidence
Spelling of words

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

2

Foliation

Pagination

Page dimensions

h: 310 mm x w: 230 mm (fol. 2r)

Fragment dimensions

h: 310 mm x w: 352 mm

Layout

Section 1
(fol. 2r)
Description
Single text block, musical notation. No ruling visible. Prickings uncertain, as there are multiple small holes in the margins (right, fol. [1]r; left, fol. [2]r).
Columns
1
Lines
8 (8-10)
Layout formula
| T |
Ruling
No ruling
Prickings
prickings visible in outer margin; prickings visible in inner margin
Text dimensions
h: 235 mm x w: 187 mm
Margins
Top margin: 20 mm, inner margin: 18 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (libraria. The loops of "a" and "s" are completely closed. The "h" has a small, looping descender.)

Number of hands

1

Music notation

Type

Staff notation

Description

Each page has 8 staves of 5 lines each, in black ink.

Decoration

Type

plain initials, colour stroking, rubrics red, versals

References

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Fragmentarium
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1. Or sus, vous dormez trop, ma dame

UNIT ID

mmfc-53450

Page range

fol. [1]r (defective)

Title

Or sus, vous dormez trop, ma dame

Language

Middle French (main)

Notes

General
Motet in French.

2. Se Lancelos

3. Je fortune fay a tous

4. Madame que

5. Guillaume de Machaut, Se vous n’estes pour mon guerredon

6. Guillaume de Machaut, De petit peu, de nient volenté

7. Pierre de Molins, De ce que fol pense

Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Chansonnier with music notation (fragment)
      1. 1. Or sus, vous dormez trop, ma dame
      2. 2. Se Lancelos
      3. 3. Je fortune fay a tous
      4. 4. Madame que
      5. 5. Guillaume de Machaut, Se vous n’estes pour mon guerredon
      6. 6. Guillaume de Machaut, De petit peu, de nient volenté
      7. 7. Pierre de Molins, De ce que fol pense