Codex Faenza

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The Codex Faenza (Faenza, Biblioteca Comunale 117) abbreviated as "(I-FZc 117)", and sometimes known as Codex Bonadies, is a 15th-century musical manuscript containing some of the oldest preserved keyboard music along with additional vocal pieces. The Codex Faenza fully appeared in modern notation on Keyboard Music of the Late Middle Ages in Codex Faenza 117 (Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, Band 57) by Dragan Plamenac, American Inst. of Musicology (1972). The manuscript is held at the Biblioteca Comunale di Faenza, near Ravenna, but a facsimile with commentary by Pedro Memelsdorff was published by LIM in 2013.^[1]

The works of the manuscript are detailed below. The codes in the "Recordings" column are specified in the "Discography" section. The works added by Johannes Bonadies are specified with different color in the list.

Nº	Folio	Work	Voices	Composer	Musical form	Concordances	Recordings	Comments
1	2-3	Kyrie	2		intabulation		CLE, PUN
2	3v-5	Gloria	2		intabulation
3	5v-6	Kyrie	3	John Hothbi	Kyrie
4	6v-7	Et exultavit spiritus meus	4	Bernhard Ycart	Magníficat
5	7v-8	Et exultavit spiritus meus	4	Bernhard Ycart	Magníficat
6	8v-9	Kyrie	4	Bernhard Ycart	Kyrie
7	9v-11	Et in terra pax hominibus	4	Bernhard Ycart	Gloria
8	11v	Fuga trium temporum	3	anonymous	fuga			Fuga without text
9	20v-21	Cantus grecus Christus surrexit	4	anonymous
10	27v-28	Ora pronobis	3	John Hothbi	motet
11	28v-29	Ave regina	3	Johannes de Erfordia	motet
12	29v-30	Kyrie	3	Johannes de Erfordia	Kyrie
13	30v-31	Sanctus	3	Johannes de Erfordia	Sanctus
14	36-36v	Indescort	2		intabulation		FON, FRA	Diminution based on the anonymous ballade A discort sont Desir et Esperance
15	37-37v	Hont paur	2		intabulation		STU, ORG, TRE, UNI, FAE, FRA, EGB, CAM	Based on a vocal work by Guillaume de Machaut
16	37v-38v	De tout flors	2		intabulation		SCB, MHS, EML, LIB, ORG, TRE, FAE, ALT, DIS, ECG	Based on a vocal work by Guillaume de Machaut
17	38v-39	Aspire refus	2		intabulation	EST	UNI
18	39-40	Elas mon cuer	2		intabulation		ORG, UNI, POL
19	40-40v	De ce fol penser	2		intabulation		TFL, HAU, PAG	Based on a vocal work by P. des Molins
20	40v-41v	J'ay grant espoir	2		intabulation		ORG, UNI
21	41v-42	Constantia	2		intabulation		FON, ORG, DUF, ECG, FER, GVO
22	42-43	Le ior	2		intabulation		ORG, UNI, POL, GOT, GVP
23	43-43v	Iorlevie (Jour e jour la vie)	2		intabulation		FRO
24	43v-44v	Viuer ne puis	2		intabulation
25	44v-46v	Elas mon cuor	2		intabulation			See #18 above.
26	46v-48	Deduto sey a quel che may	2		intabulation		ORG	Based on a vocal work by Antonio "Zachara" da Teramo
27	48v-49	Or sus, vous dormés trop	2		intabulation		AFR, MAR, NBC, ALB
28	49v	(untexted)	2		intabulation		DUF, ECG, CPA
29	50	J'aime la biauté	2		intabulation
30	50-50v	Iorlevie (Jour meur la vie)	2		intabulation			= obra No 23
31	50v-52	Roseta che non canci mai colore	2		intabulation			Based on a vocal work by Antonio 'Zachara' de Teramo
32	52v-54	Tupes	2		intabulation
33	54	Sangilio	2		intabulation		VOI, CLE, AMC
34	54-56	(untexted)	2		intabulation
35	56v-57	Biance flour	2		intabulation		RES, MUN, UNI
36	57-58	Benedicamus Domino	2		intabulation		DUF, VOI, SIX, PUN
37	59v-60	Kyrie	2	Johannes Bonadies	Kyrie
38	63	Que est ista	4	John Hothbi	motete
39	63v-65	Et exultavit spiritus meus	3	John Hothbi	Magnificat
40	65v-66	Et exultavit spiritus meus	3	Bernhard Ycart	Magnificat
41	66v-67v	Et exultavit spiritus meus	3	John Hothbi	Magnificat
42	68-69v	Soto l'imperio del posente prinçe	2		intabulation			Based on a madrigal by Jacopo da Bologna
43	69v-70v	Qualle leçe move	2		intabulation			Based on a vocal work by Bartolino da Padova
44	71-72	La dolçce sere	2		intabulation		NBC, LON, TET	Based on a vocal work by Bartolino da Padova
45	72-73	O ciecho mondo	2		intabulation		DUF, TRE, HUE	Based on a vocal work by Jacopo da Bologna
46	73-74v	Aquila altera	2		intabulation		PAN, LIB, ORG, REV, TRE, UNI, TFO, BER, CLA, RAY	Based on a vocal work by Jacopo da Bologna
47	74v-77	Inperial sedendo	2		intabulation		RSU	Based on a vocal work by Bartolino da Padova
48	77-78	Io me son uno che per le frasche	2		intabulation		PAN, ORG, TRE, RIE	Based on a vocal work by Jacopo da Bologna
49	78-79	Non na el so amante	2		intabulation		RIC, PAN, GVO, TRE, PUN	Based on a vocal work by Jacopo da Bologna on a text by Petrarch
50	79-79v	Kyrie	2		intabulation		SYN, DUF, MAR, PUN
51	79v-80v	Che pena questa	2		intabulation		ORG, ECG, FAE	Based on a vocal work by Francesco Landini
52	80v-81	Bel fiore dança	2		intabulation		DUF, UNI, ECG, LAM, NBE, MAR, BAM, WIT, PER, RIE, EMA, CIN, SIG, AFA, AMC, DEA
53	81-81v	Non arà may pietà questa mia dona	2		intabulation		RES, BIN, UNI, ECG	Based on a vocal work by Francesco Landini
54	82-82v	Un fior gentil	2		intabulation		TRE	Based on a vocal work by Antonius 'Zachara' de Teramo
55	82v-83v	Rosetta che non canbi may colore	2		intabulation	BOL, LUC, PAR	TRE	Based on a vocal work by Antonius 'Zachara' de Teramo
--	82v-83v	Roseta che non canci mai	2		intabulation			Based on a vocal work by Antonius 'Zacharias' de Teramo
56	84	Diva panthera	3	John Hothbi	motete
57	84v-85	Tard' il mio cor	3	John Hothbi				Secular work in Italian
58	85v	Ave sublime triumphale	3	John Hothbi	motete
59	86-86v	Amor	3	John Hothbi				Secular work in Italian
60	87	Non so se'l e la mia culpa	3	Johannes de Erfordia				Secular work in Italian
61	87v	Doloroso mi tapinello io son	3	Johannes de Erfordia				Secular work in Italian
62	88-90	Kyrie	2		intabulation		DGO, PUN
63	90-92v	Gloria	2		intabulation		SIX, PUN
64	93-94	(untexted)	2		intabulation		DUF, PUN	[Deus in adjutorium meum intende]
65	94v	(untexted)	2		intabulation		ECG, PUN
66	95	(untexted)	2		intabulation		DUF
67	95-95v	(untexted)	2		intabulation
68	96-96v	(untexted)	2		intabulation
69	96v-97	Ave maris stella	2		intabulation		DUF, VOI, SIX, TFO, EST, RVD, LEI, HUE, PUN, FOR
70	97-97v	Benedicamus Domino	2		intabulation	HUE

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