Egidius_de_Murino
Egidius de Francia
Medieval French music theorist
Egidius de Francia (fl. mid-14th century; also Egidius de Murino or Magister Frater Egidius) was a French music theorist of medieval music,[1] known for the short treatise De motettis componendis.[2] He possibly was an Augustinian friar, as in a miniature illumination he is titled Magister Egidius Augustinus. Along with "Guilelmus de Francia", he was probably a friar at the Monastery of Santo Spirito in Florence.[3]
Egidius de Murino is, with Philippus de Caserta, one possible author of the Tractatus figurarum, a practical guide to the notation of ars subtilior.[4][5] Egidius was also the author of De modo componendi, a theoretical guide to motet writing.[6]
He is featured in the Squarcialupi Codex, the British Library manuscript Add MS 29987 and the Modena Codex (often known with the sigla ModA).[7]
He is considered as likely being distinct from another Egidius, who was a contemporary Italian poet. No composition can be certainly attributed to him, although he is potentially identifiable with another Egidius, a composer found in the Chantilly Codex.[2][8]
It is not certain if there is any relation to Egidius de Aurelia (Egidius of Orleans), composer of "Alma Polis" and "Axe poli cum artica".