Single voice parts for polyphonic pieces on f. 1' and ff. 151'-152'. Copied by several scribes. Copied in England; may have belonged to Norwich Cathedral (EllisL). Later owned by William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne (1737-1805), and purchased by British Museum from the Marquis' heirs in 1807.
GB-Lbl Lansdowne 462
British Library, London, England
Sarum Gradual with added polyphony: 15th century
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Lansdowne 462 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 505 x 353 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 25 compositions, 4 from 4 composers, 21 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of black leather on cardboard
Notation
mostly in black full mensural notation (two pieces in black void mensural)
Ruling
some hand-ruled; ruled staves 16-20 mm
Foliation
1 r+v, 151v-152v
Foliation
Modern ink foliation, 1-152
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 4: 14./15. Jh.; 152 Blätter Pergament (f. 1 ursprüngliches Schutzblatt?), 505 x 350 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-152. Je Seite f. 2-151r 16 rote Vierliniensysteme mit Quadratnotation; f. 1v und f. 151v-152v: 16, 10, 13, 4 und 3 Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer und vereinzelt weißer Mensuralnotation - Einband: modern; Leinenband mit Lederrücken.
Diese Handschriften des späten 14. oder frühen 15. Jh. ist ein Sarum Graduale (f. 2-151r). Das erste und die zwei letzten Blätter sind im 15. Jh. mit einzelnen, zu mehrstimmigen Kompositionen gehörigen Unterstimmen (sog. Squares) beschrieben worden (vergleiche Literatur: H. Baillie).
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Sarum Gradual, with single voice parts (later additions) for polyphonic pieces: 11 Kyries, 8 Sanctus, 1 Magnificat, 5 motets = 25
Dunstable-1, (Excetre?)-1, Martyn-1, Power [Leonel]-1, anon-21
iii paper + 152 parchment + iii paper folios, 505x353. Modern ink foliation, 1-152 (f. 1 and f. 152 are original flyleaves). New covers of black leather on cardboard. Single voice parts for polyphonic pieces on f. 1' and ff. 151'-152', mostly in black mensural notation (two pieces in white mensural notation). Copied by several scribes.
15th century (Gradual); pieces in mensural notation are later additions, copied at various times during 15th century. Copied in England; may have belonged to Norwich Cathedral (EllisL). Later owned by William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne (1737-1805); purchased by British Museum from the Marquis' heirs in 1807.
Vol 4
Composers: Add "(Lambert)-1"; change "anon-21" to "anon-20."
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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.
Bowers, Roger, and Andrew B Wathey. 1984. New Sources of English Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 4: 299-349. Pages: 335ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Trowell, Brian. 1980. Faburden-New Sources, New Evidence: A Preliminary Survey. Modern Musical Scholarship, 28-78. Stocksfield, Boston, Henley, and London. Pages: 50,70,74,76. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
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.
Hughes, Andrew. 1978. Fifteenth-Century English Polyphony Discovered in Norwich and Arundel. Music and Letters, 59: 148-58. Pages: 153-4. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bent, Margaret, Ian D Bent, and Brian Trowell (editors). 1970. John Dunstable complete works. Musica Britannica, vol. VIII. London. Pages: VIII [rev. ed.],156,207. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bent, Margaret. 1969. The Old Hall Manuscript: A Paleographical Study. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 166-9,320,335. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Hughes, Andrew. 1966. Mensural Polyphony for Choir in 15th-century England. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 19: 352-69. Pages: 359-60.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 144-5. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: II/1, 4,16,19,23,58; II/2, 43. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1962. Faburden in Practice. Musica Disciplina, 16: 11-34. Pages: 21ff,32,84. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Baillie, Hugh. 1960. Squares. Acta Musicologica, 32: 178ff.
Bergsagel, John D. 1960. An Introduction to Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557). Musica Disciplina, 14: 105-30. Pages: 122ff. Notes: facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, ,205,211-2,258.
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1950. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Pages: 39,41,89,92. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1936. Über Leben und Werke von Dunstable. Acta Musicologica, 8: 102-19.
Hughes, Augustus. 1906-9. Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum. London. Pages: Tf. XVI.
Ellis, Sir Henry, and Francis Douce. 1812-9. A Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum. London. Pages: lI,127. Notes: physical description (partial).
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