#Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male

[cuties-in-codices]

various types of guys in initials

in the "chansonnier de zeghere van male", an illuminated songbook, bruges, c. 1542

source: Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 128

[mscoyditch]

"The Songbook of Zeghere van Male contains local and international 500 year old songs and motets. Made in 1542, the 1200-page long book is rich in illuminations.

Zeghere van Male (1504–1601) was a Bruges merchant dealing in linen, yarns and dyes. Also a politician, writer and cultured member of the well-to-do bourgeoisie, he is credited with not only preserving an extensive music repertory—13 masses, 2 mass fragments, 64 motets, 125 French secular pieces, 9 Flemish secular pieces, 3 Italian secular pieces, 12 textless pieces by the best composers of the time—but providing an extraordinary backdrop of illustrations, 1200 in all, together with vivid initials, foliage and grotesque characters, that depict all aspects of 16th-c. life: processions, funerals, ceremonial settings, scenes reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch".

- https://www.vintag.es/2020/12/chansonnier-of-zeghere-van-male.html?m=1

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/renaissance/manuscript-illustrations/

https://flashbak.com/weird-and-wonderful-illustrated-letters-from-a-16th-century-songbook-445675/

From Bibliothèque Universitaire de Cambrai, see entire original documents here -

Volume 1 - https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/consult/consult.php?reproductionId=9970

Volume 2 - https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/consult/consult.php?reproductionId=9971

Volume 3 - https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/consult/consult.php?reproductionId=9972

Volume 4 - https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/consult/consult.php?reproductionId=9973

> Steven Gallagher > Public Domain Photos and Images

[francarcher-flandre]

Des détails du chansonnier de Zeghere van Male, recueil de chansons réuni en 1542 pour un riche marchand de Bruges, et aujourd’hui conservé à la bibliothèque municipale de Cambrai.

Details from the songbook of Zeghere van Male, compiled for this rich merchant of Brugge in 1542, and also known as the “Cambrai chansonnier”.

[aglaydis]

https://zegherevanmale.tumblr.com/post/186190948301/

Initial ‘Q’ - Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male. Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0125, B f. 036v - vue 2

[zegherevanmale]

Initial ‘S’ - Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male. Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0128, B f. 132 - vue 2

[demotulibrorum]

Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male, 1504–1601.

GIFed by Obarski.

[nicesausages]

Initial ‘M’ - Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male (1542). Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0125, B f. 086 - vue 2 This is just one of many animations from a bigger project Initials of Zeghere van Male. You can check all of them HERE and read more about the project HERE

[orphancain]

Le chansonnier de Zeghere van Male (1542)

[morbocurio]

Illuminations from the Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male

c. 16th Century, Western European

Ornately illuminated with initials and miniatures that have little relevance to the music, the Chansonnier is a manuscript of songs collected in 1542 by the bourgeois Zeghere Van Male of Bruges. The book includes around 80 pieces of music written by 25 composers. It is especially noteworthy for its range of genre and what it reveals of the tastes of the upper middle class of the early to mid 16th century.

The book is held in the Municipal Library at Cambrai

PDF of the book can be found at the IMSLP 

[sproutfavorites]

Penis eating parrot from "Le chansonnier de Zeghere van Male" (1542) pic.twitter.com/lHDLhjSeuQ

— Whores of Yore (@WhoresofYore) February 22, 2020

[cuties-in-codices]

feeding time

in the "chansonnier de zeghere van male", an illuminated songbook, bruges, ca. 1542

source: Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 128, fol. 41v

[zegherevanmale]

Initial ‘D’ - Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male. Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0125, B f. 103 - vue 2

[demotulibrorum]

Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male, 1504–1601.

GIFed by Obarski.

[demotulibrorum]

Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male, 1504–1601.

GIFed by Obarski.

[nicesausages]

Initial ‘D’ - Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male. Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0125, B f. 103 - vue 2. This is just one of many animations from a bigger project Initials of Zeghere van Male. You can check all of them HERE and read more about the project HERE.

[nicesausages]

Initial ‘K’ - Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male. Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0128, B f. 066 - vue 2. This is just one of many animations from a bigger project Initials of Zeghere van Male. You can check all of them HERE and read more about the project HERE.