The Remede as Anthology

Machaut in the BookHarrison Institute, University of Virginia12 April, 2013

Benjamin AlbrittonStanford Universityblalbrit@stanford.edu@bla222

Inserted Lyrics

• RF1: Lai• RF2: Complainte• RF3: Chant royal• RF4: Balade (baladelle)• RF5: Balade• RF6: Virelai• RF7: Rondeau• Prière• Refrain

Methods of Collection

Authority

• Direct Transmission

• Indirect Transmission

– Authorized

– Unauthorized

Method

• Textual

• Oral/Aural

• Mnemonic

Direct TransmissionRF1 & RF2

BNF, français 1586, f. 26r BNF, français 1586, f. 30v

Indirect Unauthorized TransmissionRF3 & 4

BNF, français 1586, f. 38v BNF, français 1586, f. 45v

Direct TransmissionRF5 & RF6

BNF, français 1586, ff. 47v and 49r

Transmission of Performance RF7/RF8 & RF9

BNF, français 1586, 51r BNF, français 1586, f. 56v

Author as Scribe(Scribe as Author)

http://manicules.blogspot.com/2013/01/returning-to-fountain.html

• Ballade (Lo17)• Rondel (Fonteinne03)

Transmission of the RemedeComplete Work (Complete Works MS)• C (with music)• W (frag.; music lost)• Vg (with music)• B (with music)• A (with music)• F (with music)• E (with music)• M (text only)• K (with music for two ballades)• J (text only – with space for music for two ballades)• Pm (text only)

Transmission of the RemedeComplete Work

(MSS of individual works)

• Pe (with music, but with a lyric substitution)

Transmission of the RemedeIndividual Lyrics in Anthologies

MS I Jp MS Pa MS Trém MS FP MS PR MS Pit MS Kassel

RF3

RF4 RF4 RF4 RF4 RF4

RF5 RF5 RF5 RF5

RF6

Penn: RF3 & RF6

Fol. 49r

BNF NAF 6771 (PR)

(text transcribed in T-PEN)

http://t-pen.org/TPEN

BNF NAF 6221 (I): Dame, de qui

fol. 20r

(transcribed in T-PEN)

http://t-pen.ort/TPEN

Le jardin de plaisance (1501)

ff. 68r-68v

RF5: Dame, de qui

http://stanford.edu/~blalbrit/v-machine-2/samples/DamedequiRF5.xml

Work MS I Jp

L12/2 #1/1aB34 text 2 = VD57 #93Lo229=VD5=B32 #94

Lo258 = B39 #96 #42Lo195=B23 #45

B28 = Lo203 #46B29 (text2) #96aB29 (text1) #97

B18 #100 #48MS J no. 117

(opus dubium)

#103 #40

B25=Lo201 #104B34 (text 1) = VD 56 #105

RF5 #106 #72Lo65 #108

R8 Cit. in Art de DictierR15 Cit. in Art de Dictier #77R7 #80

MS J no. 97 (opus dubium)

#469

En Amer

Arsenal 5203Bern 218 NAF 6771it. 568

Kassel, Quarto MS Med. 1

Comparison

MS C (BNF ffr 1586)