Editing Ars subtilior (section)

{{short description|Musical style of the late middle ages}}
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[[Image:CordierColor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A chanson about love, ''Belle, bonne, sage'', by [[Baude Cordier]], is in a heart shape, with red notes indicating rhythmic [[#Notational characteristics|alterations]].]]
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'''{{lang|la|Ars subtilior}}''' ([[Latin]] for 'subtler art') is a [[musical style]] characterized by [[rhythm]]ic and [[musical notation|notational]] complexity, centered on Paris, [[Avignon]] in [[southern France]], and also in northern Spain at the end of the fourteenth century.<ref name="Hoppin">Hoppin 1978, 472–73.</ref> The style also is found in the [[Kingdom of Cyprus|French Cypriot]] repertory. Often the term is used in contrast with [[ars nova]], which applies to the musical style of the preceding period from about 1310 to about 1370; though some scholars prefer to consider {{lang|la|ars subtilior}} a subcategory of the earlier style.  Primary sources for {{lang|la|ars subtilior}} are the [[Chantilly Codex]], the [[Modena Codex]] (Mod A M 5.24), and the Turin Manuscript (Torino J.II.9).