An inventory and rental of Pershore Abbey (Worcestershire), taken by Nicolaus de Seyneburi and John Wescote. Motet 'Gaude Ma[ria] cunctas here[ses]' copied on back of roll; music extends down parchment for 172 mm. Of English origin; copied at Benedictine abbey in Pershore, Worcestershire. Presented to British Museum by Robert Steele in 1920.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 39958 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Format | roll |
| Measurements | music extends 172 down the roll. 187 wide mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
not indicated
Date
Ca. 1500 (music); inventory dated Vigil of Feast of St. Edburga [December 12], 1376.
Foliation
roll, verso
Surface
Parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 motet
Anonymous
Parchment roll (two membranes), 187 mm. wide, upon which is copied an inventory and rental of Pershore Abbey (Worcestershire), taken by Nicolaus de Seyneburi and John Wescote. Motet "Gaude Ma[ria] cunctas here[ses]" copied on back of roll; music extends down parchment for 172 mm.
Ca. 1500 (music); inventory dated Vigil of Feast of St. Edburga [December 12], 1376. Of English origin; copied at Benedictine abbey in Pershore, Worcestershire. Presented to British Museum by Robert Steele in 1920.
verso
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‡ denotes primary source study
Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1916-20], 268.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description