Most of the manuscript was copied by a single scribe (perhaps Robert Carver); the variant forms of this scribal hand suggest that the copying took place over a long period of time (ElliottCC). Probably copied at the Chapel Royal of Scotland at Stirling, where Robert Carver may have been employed by King James IV (ElliottCC, who discusses earlier conclusions that Carver copied the manuscript at Scone Augustinian Abbey in Perthshire).
GB-En MS Adv. 5.1.15 (Scone Antiphonary; Carver Choirbook)
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
choirbook: c. 1501-c. 1546
| Archive | National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland (GB-En) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Adv. 5.1.15 (Scone Antiphonary; Carver Choirbook) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 375 x 280 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 26 compositions, 13 from 6 composers, 13 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Seven pairs of folios are stuck together: 6/7, 15/16, 36/37, 51/52, 69/70, 108/109, 135/136; a few folios are presently misbound out of their proper sequence
Binding
Rebound in morocco covers in 1957
Watermark
(1) resembles Briquet #8615; (2) resembles Briquet #8539; (3) Briquet #12619
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
New foliation, 1-180
Decoration
Red and blue illuminated initials.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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9 Masses, 1 Agnus, 6 Magnificats, 11 motets, 1 textless fragment = 28
Carver-8, (Cornyshe)-1, Dufay [Duffa]-1, (Fayrfax)-2, (Lambe)-1, (Nesbet)-1, anon-14
180 paper folios, 375 x 280. Seven pairs of folios are stuck together: 6/7, 15/16, 36/37, 51/52, 69/70, 108/109, 135/136; a few folios are presently misbound out of their proper sequence. New foliation, 1-180. Rebound in morocco covers in 1957. No index. Most of the manuscript was copied by a single scribe (perhaps Robert Carver); the variant forms of this scribal hand suggest that the copying took place over a long period of time (ElliottCC). Red and blue illuminated initials.
Ca. 1501-ca. 1546. Probably copied at the Chapel Royal of Scotland at Stirling, where Robert Carver may have been employed by King James IV (ElliottCC, who discusses earlier conclusions that Carver copied the manuscript at Scone Augustinian Abbey in Perthshire).
Vol 4
Contents: 9 Masses, 1 Agnus (fragmentary), 1 Mass Ordinary section, 6 Mag-nificats, 8 motets (3 incomplete), 1 litany, 2 textless pieces (1 fragmentary) = 28
Composers: Carver-7, (W. Cornyshe)-1, Dufay [Duffa]-1, (Fayrfax)-2, (Lambe) -1, (Nesbet)-1, anon-15
Physical: Watermarks: (1) resembles Briquet #8615; (2) resembles Briquet #8539; (3) Briquet #12619 (WoodsC).
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Woods, Isobel Paterson. 1984. The Carvor Choirbook. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I-II. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Sandon, Nicholas. 1976. Fragments of Medieval Polyphony at Canterbury Cathedral. Musica Disciplina, 30: 37-53. Pages: 52-3. Notes: contents list (partial).
Warren, Edwin B. 1969. Life and Works of Robert Fayrfax. Musicological Studies and Documents, vol. 22. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 43. Notes: mention of MS.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 134. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Elliott, Kenneth. 1960. The Carver Choir-Book. Music and Letters, 41: 349-57. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); discussion.
Warrem, Edwin B (editor). 1959-66. Robert Fayrfax (ca. 1464-1521): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 17. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, 86-101. Notes: concordances (partial).
Stevens, Denis W (editor). 1959-. Robert Carver: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 16. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Stevens, Denis W. 1959. The Manuscript Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. Ms. 5. 1. 15. Musica Disciplina, 13: 155-67. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 193-4, Plate XV. Notes: mention of MS; facsimile (partial).
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: X, 142; XI, 177; XV, xxiv, l-57, 87-102. Notes: contents list; facsimile (partial); transcription (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 1347. Notes: mention of MS.
Farmer, Henry George. 1948. A History of Music in Scotland. London. Pages: 108. Notes: mention of MS.
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, 53. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
[No Author] 1879-. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Pages: VII, 658-9. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list.
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