Copied by a single scribe. Possibly copied in Lincoln (BaillieYM). Incorporated in binding of volume of Consistory Court Acts sometime in the sixteenth century; deposited in Diocesan Registry, York. Music folios were recovered from binding c. 1940 by Rev. Dr. J. S. Purvis, and later deposited in Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. Originally 46 folios.
GB-Ybi Mus. 1 (York Masses)
Borthwick Institute for Archives, York, England
fragments: 15th century: c.1490-1515
| Archive | Borthwick Institute for Archives, York, England (GB-Ybi) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. 1 (York Masses) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 400 x 282 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 17 compositions, 4 from 2 composers, 13 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Many folios now fragmentary; some stained by water, but most extant music still legible.
Binding
Rebound in 1970 in modern covers of brown cloth over pasteboard, but portion of earlier parchment cover preserved.
Notation
not indicated
Date
Ca. 1490-1515 (BaillieYM)
Ruling
Staff height 20
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-22.
Foliation
1-22v + front cover
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Index
No index remains.
Surface
Paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 G-S-A Mass, 3 Gloria-Credo pairs, 2 Sanctus-Agnus pairs, 4 Kyries = 10 (most fragmentary or incomplete)
Cuk-1, Horwud-1, anon-8
22 paper folios of an original 46?, ca. 400 x 282, recovered from book binding (see below). Many folios now fragmentary; some stained by water, but most extant music still legible. New pencil foliation, 1-22. Rebound in 1970 in modern covers of brown cloth over pasteboard, but portion of earlier parchment cover preserved. No index remains. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 20. No initials or decoration.
Ca. 1490-1515 (BaillieYM). Possibly copied in Lincoln (BaillieYM). In late 16th century, folios removed from original context and incorporated in binding of volume of Consistory Court Acts deposited in Diocesan Registry, York. Music folios recovered from binding ca. 1940 by Rev. Dr. J. S. Purvis; later deposited in Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.
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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: 111-3, passim.
Bent, Margaret. 1973. The Transmission of English Music 1300-1500: Some Aspects of Repertory and Presentation. Studien zur Tradition in der Musik: Kurt von Fischer zum 60. Geburtstag, edited by Margaret Bent, 65–83. Munich: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler. Pages: 76.
Aston, Peter. 1972. The Music of York Minster. London. Pages: 4.
Westrup, Jack A (editor). 1954-. New Oxford History of Music. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: III, 327-8.
Baillie, Hugh, and Philippe Oboussier. 1954. The York Masses. Music and Letters, 35: 19ff.
Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. Tudor Church Music: Appendix with Supplementary Notes. London. Pages: 12.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents 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