Codex Faenza

MS 117 Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana di Faenza (Faenza, Italy)

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Codex Faenza

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Alternative Titles: Codex Faenza 117. Instrumental Polyphony in Late Medieval Italy
Codex Bonadies
Regulae cantus
Codice Faenza
I-FZc117
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 196 pages / 24.4 × 17.5 cm
Origin: Italy
Date: first half of the 15th century and 1473–1474
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Renaissance
Gothic
Genre: Music
Language: Latin
Content: Fol. 2r-5r, 36r-58r, 68r-83v, 88r-97v: 50 Organ intabulations of 14th-century and early early 15th century vocal works by Italian and French composers in Italian Trecento organ tablature notation and mensural notation.
Fol. 5v-35v, 59v-67v, 84r-87v: 22 15
Artist / School: Scribes: Lombard organist and Johannes Bonadies
Composers: Jacopo da Bologna, Bartolino da Padova, Antonio Zacara da Teramo, Guillaume de Machaut, Pierre des Molins, John Hothby, Bernhard Ycart, Johannes de Erfordia, Johannes Bonadies, and others (anonymous)
Previous Owners: Johannes Bonadies

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#1 Codex Faenza 117. Instrumental Polyphony in Late Medieval Italy

Libreria Musicale Italiana – Lucca, 2013

Publisher: Libreria Musicale Italiana – Lucca, 2013

Commentary: 1 volume by Pedro Memelsdorff
Language: English

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) The facsimile is a complete reproduction of the entire original document. The pages are represented on a larger white background.

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