Copied by one scribe, Edward Higgons (ca. 1488-1538), who may also have copied LonLP 1 (ChewP). Inscription in gold letters on p. 189: 'Ex dono et opere Edwardi Higgons huius ecclesie canonici.' Probably copied at St. Stephen's, Westminster, and presented to Salisbury Cathedral (ChewP).
GB-Cgc MS 667/760 (Caius Choirbook)
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England
manuscript of polyphony: 16th century: Late 1520's
| Archive | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England (GB-Cgc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 667/760 (Caius Choirbook) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Pagination |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 715 x 480 (some are slightly smaller) mm |
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| Contents | Contains 55 compositions from 7 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in new cardboard covers with dark green leather spine.
Notation
black full with black void colouration
Foliation
paginated 1-190; one unnumbered leaf paginated 29 bis and 30 bis. Victorian binding boards (also photographed)
Foliation
Original pagination, 1-189, but usually only odd-numbered pages have numbers.
Decoration
Illuminated initials and miniatures.
Surface
parchment
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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10 Masses, 5 Magnificats = 15
Cornyshe-1, Fayrfax-6, Ludford-5, Pasche-1, Prentes-1, Turges-1
95 parchment folios, 715 x 480 (some are slightly smaller). Original pagination, 1-189, but usually only odd-numbered pages have numbers. Rebound in new cardboard covers with dark green leather spine. Black notation with white coloration. Copied by one scribe, Edward Higgons (ca. 1488-1538), who may also have copied LonLP 1 (ChewP). Illuminated initials and miniatures. Inscription in gold letters on p. 189: "Ex dono et opere Edwardi Higgons huius ecclesie canonici."
Late 1520's. Probably copied at St. Stephen's, Westminster, and presented to Salisbury Cathedral (ChewP).
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GB-Cgc MS 667/760 (Caius Choirbook)
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Davey, Henry. 1921. History of English Music. London. Pages: 85.
Collins, H B. 1912-3 (XXXIX)-1916-7 (XLIII). Latin Church Music by Early English Composers. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 39 & 43: 55-83(XXXIX)-97-121(XLIII). Pages: XLIII, 98ff.
James, Montague Rhodes. 1907-8. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College. Cambridge. Pages: 663-4.
Frere, Walter Howard. 1894-1932, repr. Hildesheim, 1967. Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical and Latin-Liturgical Mss. of the Middle Ages Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society. Pages: II,126.
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Merged duplicate compositions for Pashe's Missa Christus resurgens; concordances should now be correct
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; 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