Basses danses dites de Marguerite d'Autriche (Ms. 9085 aus dem Besitz der Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles)
Subtitle: vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift.
Contributors: Margaret, of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, 1480-1530.
Series: Volumen LXXXVII der Reihe Codices selecti; Band 5 der Reihe Musica manuscripta; Codices selecti phototypice impressi ;; v. 87.; Musica manuscripta ;; 5.
Publisher: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt; Akademische Druck-und Verlagsanstalt
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Graz
Language: frm
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Basse danse.; Dance music -- 16th century.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.; Notation for Dance.; Music for Dance.
Description: This is a facsimile reproduction of a rare fifteenth-century source for the bassedanse, a Burgundian court dance. Known as Brussels manuscript 9085, it consists of twenty-five parchment leaves on black paper with gold rules and calligraphic initials in silver. Seventeen folios contain specific music and choreographies in the earliest known dance notation.
Notes: Full-color facsimile of the anonymous 15th century dance notebook.
Title from inside of lower cover.
"Die Verkaufsauflage dieser Faksimile-Ausgabe ist auf 500 arabisch (1-500) numerierte Exemplare limitiert. Zusätzlich zur Verkaufsauflage wurden noch 80 römisch (I-LXXX) numerierte Exemplare für die Sponsoren der Ausgabe und als Belege hergestellt".
Ownership marks and the coat of arms are on free end papers (not included in page count).
Issued in a solander case with a commentary volume (commentary covered by LC record 90172102) by Claudine Lemaire, Claude Thiry, and Victor Gavenda, issued in 1988.
LC has copy no. 30.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.