Codex Reina (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France) is a manuscript and important source of French and Italian secular music of the late 14th century (185 works) and early 15th century (35...Read more

Codex Reina (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France) is a manuscript and important source of French and Italian secular music of the late 14th century (185 works) and early 15th century (35 works), copied in the Venetian region around 1400-1440.
The name comes from its former owner, who put it up for sale along with his library in Milan in 1834.
Contains 63 ballatas, 41 madrigals, 1 caccia, 43 ballads, 32 rondos, 8 rondo choruses, 29 virels and 2 songs.
About a hundred Italian texts suggest that the manuscript originated in northeastern Italy and was copied around 1400–1410. The French texts, with their influence in Picardy, also appear to have been written by Italians. The last section was probably written between 1430 and 1440.

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