Johannes Tinctoris: Missa l’Homme Armé 1. Kyrie

Johannes Tinctoris gave Brain l’Alleud as his birthplace when he registered at the German Nation of Orleans University, which he entered on April 1, 1463. The name he used may have been a Latinized version of his actual vernacular name. His putative hometown is located 20 miles from Brussels, so he might have had a Dutch, French, Flemish, or German name, be it Tinctor, Teinturier, de Vaerwere, or Färbers, all of which have been used in writings about him. It is equivalent to the English Dyer, meaning a person who dyes things. All the original sources use Tinctoris. By the time he entered that university, he had already been a director of choir boys and was listed elsewhere in the register as a “venerabilis dominus magister.“ Around 1472, he entered the service of the King of Naples, Ferdinand I, and served as tutor to his daughter, Princess Beatrice. In his own writings, Tinctoris referred to himself in various ways, including “magister“ and “cappellanus,“ imply