Music copied on new f. 51'. Presumably copied at Sibton Cistercian Abbey, Suffolk. Sibton monastic estates conveyed to Duke of Norfolk and others in 1536; manor of Sibton sold to John Scrivener in 1610. Manor still owned by Scrivener family.
GB-SAXlevettscrivener Sibton Abbey account book
Private collection of J E Levett-Scrivener, Saxmundham, England
non-music MS with interpolated music: 15th century: c.1461
| Archive | Private collection of J E Levett-Scrivener, Saxmundham, England (GB-SAXlevettscrivener) |
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| Shelfmark | Sibton Abbey account book |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 210-20 x 218 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
not indicated
Date
Ca. 1461 (StMP).
Ruling
Staff height ca. 15-16 (irregular).
Foliation
51v
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-58; new ff. 1-8 and 17-58, respectively, also have original ink foliation, 1-8 + 1-42
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Account book of Sibton Abbey, with polyphony: 1 French(?) secular piece*
*Piece has text incipit "To iours" only. FallowsES suggests possibility that original text was English.
Anonymous
58 paper folios, 295 x 218 (new f. 51 measures 210-20 x 218; lower portion cut away). Modern pencil foliation, 1-58; new ff. 1-8 and 17-58, respectively, also have original ink foliation, 1-8 + 1-42. Original parchment covers. Music copied on new f. 51'. Staff height ca. 15-16 (irregular). No initials or decoration.
Ca. 1461 (StMP). Presumably copied at Sibton Cistercian Abbey, Suffolk. Sibton monastic estates conveyed to Duke of Norfolk and others in 1536; manor of Sibton sold to John Scrivener in 1610. Manor still owned by Scrivener family, but estate records, including present manuscript, deposited in Suffolk Record Office by Capt. E. Levett-Scrivener in 1948.
51v
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‡ denotes primary source study
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.
Fallows, David. 1976-7. English Song Repertories of the Mid-fifteenth Century. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 106: 61-79. Pages: 74.
Stevens, John E. 1961. Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court. Cambridge. Pages: 457,467.
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling 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