La Chansonnier d'Arras
Subtitle: reproduction en phototypie
By: introduction par Alfred Jeanroy
Contributors: Jeanroy, Alfred, 1859-1953; Bibliothèque d'Arras.
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Music -- Manuscripts -- Facsimiles; Manuscripts, French -- Facsimiles; Songs, French -- France; French poetry -- To 1500; Part songs
Work titles: Chansonnier d'Arras
Notes: "Volume offert aux membres de la Société des anciens textes [français] pour le cinquantenaire, tiré à 1.000 exemplaires, dont 200 mis dans le commerce chez E. Champion, Paris ..."

The manuscript volume which includes the "Chansonnier" is in the Bibliothèque municipale, Arras, where it bears the number 139 (formerly 657) The "Chansonnier" (32 p., numbered 129 to 160) has lost several leaves and the remaining ones are not bound in order. It is assigned to the late 13th or early 14th century and shows a close relationship to Vatican ms. Reg. 1490. Besides the songs (with music) it includes a section of 32 "jeux partis." cf. Introd

Leaves of facsimile printed on one side only; arranged in proper sequence and renumbered (as in collation) by the editor

In portfolio