Escorial Chansonnier

Ms. V. III. 24 Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial (San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain)

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Escorial Chansonnier

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Codicology

Alternative Titles: Codex Escorial Chansonnier
Escorial-Chansonnier
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 124 pages / 25.1 × 15.8 cm
Origin: Belgium
Date: Ca. 1430–1445
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Music
Language: French
Script: Littera bastarda
Illustrations: Red staves, notation in red and black, multicolored decorated initials
Content: 63 secular part music pieces in mensural notation
Patron: Member of the court of Philip the Good
Artist / School: Gilles Binchois (ca. 1400–1460)
Guillaume du Fay (1397–1474)
John Dunstaple (ca. 1390–1453)
Jacobus Vide (fl. ca. 1405–1433)
Pierre Fontaine (ca. 1380–ca. 1450)
Estienne Grossin
Nicolas Merques
and others

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#1 Codex Escorial Chansonnier

Bärenreiter-Verlag – Kassel, 1958

Publisher: Bärenreiter-Verlag – Kassel, 1958

Binding: Bound in vallum paper

Commentary: 1 volume (6 pp.) by Wolfgang Rehm
Language: German

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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