Chigi codex

This is about the music manuscript; "Chigi codex" may refer to any manuscript housed in the Biblioteca chigiana; in the context of biblical studies, "Chigi codex" refers to Chigi ms. 88, also known as Codex Chisianus 88.
An illuminated opening from the Chigi Codex featuring the Kyrie of Ockeghem's Missa Ecce ancilla Domini. Late 15th century. Vatican Library, Chig. C. VIII 234, music09, NB.03, ff.19v–20r.

The Chigi codex is a music manuscript originating in Flanders. According to Herbert Kellman, it was created sometime between 1498 and 1503, probably at the behest of Philip I of Castile. It is currently housed in the Vatican Library under the call number Chigiana, C. VIII. 234.

The Chigi codex is notable not only for its vivid and colorful illuminations, which were probably done in Ghent in the workshop of the Master of the Hortulus Animae, but also for its very clear and legible musical notation. It contains a nearly complete catalogue of the polyphonic masses by Johannes Ockeghem and a collection of five relatively early L'homme armé mass settings, including Ockeghem's.

Several folia, comprising eight works, were added to the original codex at some point after the manuscript's original creation. These are indicated as such in the list below.

The two coats of arms in the page from Missa Ecce ancilla Domini refer to the Fernández de Córdoba family.[1]

Contents

The manuscript contains the following works (this list is distilled from that found in Kellman's article):

References

  1. ↑ The Cardona and Fernández de Córdoba Coats of Arms in the Chigi Codex. Emilio Ros-Fábregas. Early Music History Vol. 21, (2002) , pp. 223-258. Published by: Cambridge University Press.
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