Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook. Copied by a single scribe. Copied in England. Used as covers for Bodleian Library Mus. e. 1–5 in the late 16th century (Sadler Partbooks); now preserved separately.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Mus. e. 21 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 200 x 250 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 4 compositions, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
Original folios trimmed from much larger size.
Physical Description
Poor condition; much music illegible
Binding
New covers of gray cloth on cardboard.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-12
Foliation
1-10v
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
iii paper + 10 parchment + ii paper
DIAMM Note
Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass (Gloria and Credo fragments only) Anonymous
iii paper + 10 parchment + ii paper folios, 200 x 250 (original folios trimmed from much larger size). Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook. Poor condition; much music illegible. New pencil foliation, 1-12. New covers of gray cloth on cardboard. Copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration.
Late 15th century. Copied in England. Used as covers for OxfBM e.1-5 in late 16th century; now preserved separately.
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MS Mus. e. 1-5 Sadler partbooks
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GB-Ob MS. Mus. e. 21
Current source
‡ denotes primary source study
Lack, Graham. 1981. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Mus. E.21: A Paleographical Study and Transcription. King’s College London, Masters.
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.
Benham, Hugh Raymond. 1977. Latin Church Music in England c. 1460-1575. London. Pages: 58. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Russell, Theodore C. 1967. Cantus Firmus Technique in the Music of Fifteenth Century Manuscripts of English Provenance. Student Musicologists at Minnesota, 2: 52-77. Pages: 72-3. Notes: mention of MS.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 260-1. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 43. Notes: physical description.
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note
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