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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.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Harley 1709 |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 264 x 190 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 26 compositions, 16 from 9 composers, 10 are anonymous. |
General Description
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.
Watermark
No watermarks visible.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
(CharHH; manuscript has been erroneously dated before 1509 and associated with court of King Henry VII).
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-57.
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
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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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.
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GB-Lbl Harley 1709
Current source
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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, 27: 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, vol. 17. 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, vol. 16. 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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Prof Nick Sandon
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.
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Decoration 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