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'Made to measure or prêt à chanter? The court of Wilhelm IV and the later Alamire manuscripts'
The Alamire codices have traditionally been seen as diplomatic gifts, or at the very least commissions from magnates and super-rich aficionados. This article argues that for most of the later, paper codices at least, the sequence happened in reverse: in other words they comprised workshop material that was first produced and then sold once buyers could be found. The same conclusion prompts also a review of the construction of some of the more elegant, parchment sources, and the proposal that the ‘bespoke’ aspects of such codices may have extended no further than their opening—and hence most immediately visible—pages.
Date:
26 February 2026, 17:00
Venue:
Faculty of Music, St Aldate's OX1 1DB
Venue Details:
Online
Speaker:
Andrew Kirkman (University of Birmingham)
Organising department:
Faculty of Music
Organiser:
Margaret Bent (Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
events@music.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/all-souls-seminars-medieval-and-renaissance-music
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Laura Howorth
