Codex Faenza

Codex Faenza

Genres: medieval, italian, early music, 15th century, instrumental music of the middle ages

About Codex Faenza

The Codex Faenza (Faenza, Biblioteca Comunale 117) (I-FZC 117) also known as Codex Bonadies is a manuscript copied in the fifteenth century that contains collection of the oldest preserved keyboard repertoire to date. The manuscript consists of 98 folios of parchment distributed in 10 installments of irregular structure. It measures 248 x 175 mm. Initially the manuscript was prepared in a single scriptorium and was copied by four scribes; it possibly comes from central or Northern Italy and was copied around 1400 to 1420.

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