# Le Chansonnier Cordiforme \(Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, French]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Manuscript, heart-shaped \(MS Rothschild 2973\), 220 x 160 mm ## Commentary Le Chansonnier Cordiforme \(Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu\) c. 1475 Manuscript, heart-shaped \(MS Rothschild 2973\), 220 x 160 mm Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris This exceptional manuscript is shaped like a heart when closed; when open it becomes two hearts joined, representing two lovers who send love messages to one another in each one of the songs. The music repertoire consists of French and Italian songs written by Dufay, Ockeghem, Busnois and their contemporaries. Two full-page illustrations appear in the codex. In the first, Cupid throws arrows at a young girl while at his side Fortune spins his wheel. In the other, two lovers approach one another lovingly. The image presented here shows the former. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 2 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/15\_cent/dufay\_ce\_jour.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Guillaume Dufay: Ce jour de l'an</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [A History of Western Saints]() - [Antiphoner]() - [Aristotle: De Interpretazione]() - [Aristotle: Works]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Belleville Breviary]() - [Bible Historiale]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()