GB-Lbl Harley 1709

British Library, London, England

partbook: c. 1525-30

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark Harley 1709
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 264 x 190 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: LonBLH 1709
Notations
  • black void mensural
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • England
Contents 26 pieces from 10 composers
General Description

Medius partbook. Copied by a single scribe, in England. Owned in 18th century by Colonel Henry Worsley, of Appuldurcome, Isle of Wight; given to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). Subsequent history same as for LonBLH 1512.

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Binding

New covers of tan cloth and brown leather on boards; portion of original limp vellum cover, with inscriptions 'Médius' (in large decorative letters) and 'Medius xxviij antemns in these boke,' now glued to original flyleaf at beginning.

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Watermark

No watermarks visible.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

(CharHH; manuscript has been erroneously dated before 1509 and associated with court of King Henry VII).

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-57.

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials.

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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.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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26 motets

Ashwell-1, Ashwell/(Aston)-1, (Aston)-1, W. Cornyshe-1, Davy-4, Fayrfax-3 + 1?, Thomas Hyllary-1, Ludford-2, Pygott-1, (Tallis)-1, (Taverner)-1, anon-8

1 paper partbook (Medius-ii + i + 57 + ii folios), 264 x 190. New pencil foliation, 1-57. New covers of tan cloth and brown leather on boards; portion of original parchment cover, with inscriptions "Médius" (in large decorative letters) and "Medius xxviij antemns in these boke," now glued to original flyleaf at beginning. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Inked calligraphic initials. No watermarks visible.

Ca. 1525-30 (CharHH; manuscript has been erroneously dated before 1509 and associated with court of King Henry VII). Copied in England. Owned in 18th century by Colonel Henry Worsley, of Appuldurcome, Isle of Wight; given to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). Subsequent history same as for LonBLH 1512.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

51v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–3v Gaude plurimum [2p. Gaude Maria, Jesu mater; 3p. Eundem igitur Jesum] -
Appears on: 1v–3v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Gaude plurimu[m] / Gaude plurimu[m]
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'G'; beginnings of 2a pars and of 3a pars marked;

3v–5r Ave Dei patris filia - Anonymous
Appears on: 3v–5r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-c
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Aue dei p[at]ris / Aue dei patris filia
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'A';

5r–7r Adoro te Domine Jesu Christe - Anonymous
Appears on: 5r–7r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Adoro te d[omi]ne] Jh[es]u criste / Adoro te domine ihesu criste
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'A'; O5;

Concordances

part of the treble voice of the setting of Adoro te [this ms contains the mean] survives in Gb-Lbl Add. MS 70516 (f. 80); both voices seem to have been copied by the same person. (Prof Nick Sandon 1993]

Item Bibliography

Sandon, Nicholas. 1993. The Manuscript British Library Harley 1709. Music in the Medieval English Liturgy, 367-9. Pages: 367-369.

7r–9r Stabat mater dolorosa Asshwell Anonymous
Appears on: 7r–9r
Genres: Motet, Stabat Mater
Source Attribution: Asshwell
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Stabat mat[er] dolorosa / O quam tristis
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'O'; O554;

9r–11v Salve regina pudica mater Ludford
Appears on: 9r–11v
Source Attribution: Ludford
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Salue Regina pudica mater / Salue Regina pudica mater
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'S'; ed. in Nicholas Ludford: Mass Inclina (or meum Deus) and Antiphons , ed. D. Skinner, EECM, xliv (forthcoming);

11v–13r Ave Maria ancilla trinitatis - Anonymous
Appears on: 11v–13r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Aue maria Ancilla trinitatis / Aue maria ancilla trinitatis
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'A';

13v–15v Sancta Maria mater Dei - Anonymous
Appears on: 13v–15v
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Sancta Maria / Sancta maria mater dei
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'S';

15v–18r Salve Regina mater misericordiae (I) - Anonymous
Appears on: 15v–18r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Salue Regina / Salue Regina mater misericordie
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'S';

18r–19v Salve Regina mater misericordiae (II) - Anonymous
Appears on: 18r–19v
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Salue Regina / Salue regina mater misericordie
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'S';

20r–21v Stabat mater dolorosa -
Appears on: 20r–21v
Genres: Motet, Stabat Mater
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Stabat mater / O qu[a]m tristis
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'O';

22r–24v O Domine caeli terraeque creator -
Appears on: 22r–24v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c3
Voice Text: O d[omi]ne celi et terra / O domine celi et terra q[ue] creator
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'D'; O373;

24v–26r Tota pulchra es mr thomas hyllary
Appears on: 24v–26r
Source Attribution: mr thomas hyllary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: o-dot
Clef: g2
Voice Text: Tota pulchra / Tota pulchra es
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'T';

26r–28v Salve regina Pygott
Appears on: 26r–28v
Source Attribution: Pygott
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Salue Regina / Salue regina mater misericordie
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'S';

29r–30v O regina caelestis gloriae - Anonymous
Appears on: 29r–30v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: o
Clef: g1
Voice Text: O regina / Gemma sydus splendoris
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'G'; O397;

31r–33r Salve Jesu mater vera -
Appears on: 31r–33r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: g1
Voice Text: Salue ih[es]u / Te virtutes Angelor[um]
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'O'; O478;

33r–35r Ave Dei patris filia -
Appears on: 33r–35r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Aue dei p[at]ris / Aue dei partis filia
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'A';

35r–37r Virgo templum trinitatis R davy
Appears on: 35r–37r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: R davy
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: g2
Voice Text: Virgo templum / Pariendo non gravaris
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'P';

37r–39r Gloria sanctorum - Anonymous

Gloria sanctorum

Anonymous
Appears on: 37r–39r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Gl[or]ia sanctoru[m] / loria sanctorum decus angelorum
General Note

Notes: No initial;

39v–42v Te matrem dei laudamus (=Te Deum [Sadler]) Asshwell
Appears on: 39v–42v
Genres: BVM, Contrafactum, Hymn, Te Deum
Source Attribution: Asshwell
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Te mat[r]is dei laudam[us] / te mariam virginem confitemur
General Note

Notes: No initial. Also survives elsewhere with the text 'Te Deum laudamus' and attributed to Hugh Aston;

42v–44r Ave cujus conceptio - Anonymous
Appears on: 42v–44r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Aue cuius concepcio / Ave Cuius concepcio
General Note

Annotations/Corrections: sequnt[us] oreum[us] cu[m] oratione' before the Amen (which extends into the margin); Notes: Large decorative initial 'A';

44v–46v Gaude virgo mater Christi -
Appears on: 44v–46v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Gaude virgo mater cristi / Gaude virgo mater cristi
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'G' Also survives elsewhere with the text 'Gaude mater matris Christi';

46v–49r Salve intemerata virgo Maria -
Appears on: 46v–49r
Genres: Antiphon
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Salue In temerata / Et du[m] eum conciperes
General Note

Annotations/Corrections: At the end 'corrigit[ur]'; Notes: Large decorative initial 'E'; beginnings of 2a and 3a partes not marked as such;

49v–51v Salve regina mater misericordiae Ludford
Appears on: 49v–51v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Ludford
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Salue Regina / Salue Regina mater misericordie
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'S';

51v–53r Salve regina mater misericordiae W Cornyssh
Appears on: 51v–53r
Genres: Motet, Salve Regina
Source Attribution: W Cornyssh
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Salue Regina / Salue Regina mater misericordie
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'S'; O484;

53v–55r O bone Jesu -
Appears on: 53v–55r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c4
Voice Text: O bone Jh[es]u / O bone Jh[es]u
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'O'; O368;

55r–57v Lauda vivi Alpha et O Fairfax
Appears on: 55r–57v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Fairfax
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: cut-o
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Lauda vivi / Lauda vivi alpha et o
General Note

Notes: Large decorative initial 'L';

Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Adoro te Domine Jesu Christe Anonymous 5r–7r
Ave cujus conceptio Anonymous 42v–44r
Ave Dei patris filia Anonymous 3v–5r
Ave Dei patris filia 33r–35r
Ave Maria ancilla trinitatis Anonymous 11v–13r
Gaude plurimum [2p. Gaude Maria, Jesu mater; 3p. Eundem igitur Jesum] 1v–3v
Gaude virgo mater Christi 44v–46v
Gloria sanctorum Anonymous 37r–39r
Lauda vivi Alpha et O 55r–57v
O bone Jesu 53v–55r
O Domine caeli terraeque creator 22r–24v
O regina caelestis gloriae Anonymous 29r–30v
Salve intemerata virgo Maria 46v–49r
Salve Jesu mater vera 31r–33r
Salve regina 26r–28v
Salve regina mater misericordiae 49v–51v
Salve regina mater misericordiae 51v–53r
Salve Regina mater misericordiae (I) Anonymous 15v–18r
Salve Regina mater misericordiae (II) Anonymous 18r–19v
Salve regina pudica mater 9r–11v
Sancta Maria mater Dei Anonymous 13v–15v
Stabat mater dolorosa Anonymous 7r–9r
Stabat mater dolorosa 20r–21v
Te matrem dei laudamus (=Te Deum [Sadler]) 39v–42v
Tota pulchra es 24v–26r
Virgo templum trinitatis 35r–37r

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B187

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Altus]

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denotes primary source study

Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 1-69.

Sandon, Nicholas. 1993. The Manuscript British Library Harley 1709. Music in the Medieval English Liturgy, 367-9.

Bray, Roger W. 1969. The Interpretation of Musica Ficta in English Music, C. 1490-C. 1580 [dissertation]. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 140-55; II, 60-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 144. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Warrem, Edwin B (editor). 1959-66. Robert Fayrfax (ca. 1464-1521): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, 22, 85-7, 95-6; III, 56. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Stevens, Denis W (editor). 1959-. Robert Carver: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, iii. Notes: contents list (partial); texts (partial).

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge.  Cambridge. Pages: I, 266, 456. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music.  London, Oxford et al. Pages: III, xviii; VI, xxviii; X, xviii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Wanley, Humphrey. 1808-12. A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum.  London. Pages: II, 181-2. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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Friday, 19 July, 2024

Concordance of Adoro te with Add. MS 70516 (f. 80) - the mean in this ms, the treble in 70516 - added to database. Bibliography updated.

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