The Chigi codex is a music

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originating in

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. According to Herbert Kellman, it was created sometime between 1498 and 1503, probably at the behest of

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. It is currently housed in the

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under the

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Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. The Chigi codex is notable not only for its vivid and colorful illuminations, which were probably done in

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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 Johannes Ockeghem ( – 6 February 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music. Ockeghem was the most influential European composer in the period between Guillaume Du Fay and Josquin des Prez, and he was—with hi ...

and a collection of five relatively early L'homme armé

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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. A facsimile of the Chigi Codex in seven parts is available to view online, in the International Music Scores Library Project, or IMSLP. The Petrucci Music Library/IMSLP is run by Project Petrucci LLC in the U.S.A.The IMSLP web site refers: http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:About

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

Alexander Agricola Alexander Agricola (; born Alexander Ackerman; – 15 August 1506) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance writing in the Franco-Flemish style. A prominent member of the ''Grande chapelle'', the Habsburg musical establishment, he wa ...

**Missa In myne zyn (without Kyrie) *

Antoine Brumel Antoine Brumel (c. 1460 – 1512 or 1513) was a French composer. He was one of the first renowned French members of the Franco-Flemish school of the Renaissance, and, after Josquin des Prez, was one of the most influential composers of his gene ...

**Missa L'homme armé *

Antoine Busnois Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys; – before 6 November 1492) was a French composer, singer and poet of early Renaissance music. Busnois and colleague Johannes Ockeghem were the leading European composers of the second half the 15th century, and ...

**Missa L'homme armé *

Antoine de Févin Antoine de Févin (ca. 1470 – late 1511 or early 1512) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was active at the same time as Josquin des Prez, and shares many traits with his more famous contemporary. Life Févin was most likely b ...

**Sancta Trinitas unus Deus (addition) *

Gaspar van Weerbeke Gaspar van Weerbeke ( – after 1516) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance. He was of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, but unique in his blending of the contemporary Italian style with the older Burgundian style of Dufay. ...

**Stabat mater *

Heinrich Isaac Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish Renaissance composer of south Netherlandish origin. He wrote masses, motets, songs (in French, German and Italian), and instrumental music. A significant contemporary of Josquin des ...

**Angeli archangeli * Jacobus Barbireau **Missa Virgo parens Christi (without Agnus Dei) *

Jean Mouton Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 30 October 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was famous both for his motets, which are among the most refined of the time, and for being the teacher of Adrian Willaert, one of the founders of the Ve ...

**Quis dabit oculis (addition; no attribution) *

**Ave Maria (addition) **Intemerata Dei Mater **Missa Mi-mi **Missa Ecce ancilla Domini **Missa L'homme armé **Missa Fors seulement (Kyrie, Gloria and Credo only) **Missa sine nomine (Kyrie, Gloria and Credo only) **Missa Ma maistresse (Kyrie and Gloria) **Missa Caput **Missa De plus en plus **Missa Au travail suis ** Missa cuiusvis toni **Missa Prolationum **Missa quinti toni **Missa pro defunctis *

Johannes Regis Johannes Regis (French: ''Jehan Leroy''; – ) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance. He was a well-known composer at the close of the 15th century, was a principal contributor to the Chigi Codex, and was secretary to Guillaume Dufay. ...

**Celsi tonantis **Clangat plebs **Lauda Sion Salvatorem **Lux solempnis (no attribution) **O admirabile commercium * Josquin des Prez **Missa L'homme armé sexti toni (Kyrie, Gloria and Credo only) **Stabat mater *

Loyset Compère Loyset Compère ( – 16 August 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of that era, and one of the first musicians ...

**Ave Maria (addition) **Missa L'homme armé **Sancte Michael ora pro nobis (addition; no attribution) **Sile frago ac rerum (no attribution) *

Pierre de la Rue Pierre de la Rue ( – 20 November 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. His name also appears as Piersson or variants of Pierchon and his toponymic, when present, as various forms of de Platea, de Robore, or de Vic ...

**Credo Sine nomine **Missa Almana *Anonymous works **Ave rosa speciosa **Regina coeli (addition) **Vidi aquam (addition) **one motet without text

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