The Codice di Staffarda is a musical codex from

Staffarda Abbey Staffarda Abbey (''Abbazia Santa Maria di Staffarda'') is a Cistercian monastery located near Saluzzo in north-west Italy; it was founded as a daughter house of Tiglieto Abbey in 1135 by Manfred I, Marquis of Saluzzo. The abbey became an importa ...

(Santa Maria di Staffarda), a

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Sain ...

monastery located near

Saluzzo Saluzzo (; pms, Salusse ) is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, in the Piedmont region, Italy. The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are f ...

in north-west Italy. The codex includes works by composers including the otherwise unknown

Engarandus Juvenis Engarandus Juvenis, "Enguerrand the Younger" (fl. 1480s-90s) is a composer, presumed to be of French origin, whose three known works are all preserved in a single codex – the Codice di Staffarda – in the Cistercian monastery of Staffarda, Ital ...

and

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 gen ...

. In all, there are 48 pieces in the manuscript, including eight masses, eleven

Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for " y soulmagnifies he Lord) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated into the liturgical service ...

settings, fourteen motets of various types and twelve chansons. The composers of only nineteen of these works have been identified, mostly by comparison with other sources.

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Renaissance music manuscript sources {{medieval-music-stub