Copied by a single scribe. The music follows the Sarum rite. The manuscript also includes calendars, poems, health remedies, tricks, astronomical tables, musical treatises, etc. Originated in the County of Kent, England (CharDP).
GB-Cmc MS 1236
Magdalene College, Cambridge, England
manuscript of polyphony: 15th century: c. 1460-65
| Archive | Magdalene College, Cambridge, England (GB-Cmc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1236 |
| Surface | Other |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 180 x 125 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 118 compositions, 14 from 8 composers, 104 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Covers added after 1637.
Notation
black full mensural with red and black void coloration
Date
Ca. 1460-5 (CharDP).
Foliation
1-128v plus 4 flyleaves, covers and inside boards.
Foliation
Two sets of foliation, neither original
Surface
paper and parchment (most outer and middle sheets of the gatherings are parchment, the others paper)
DIAMM Note
We are grateful to Adrian Wall for noting discrepancies in a previous version of the inventory. Current inventory has been input from the Curtis-Wathey handlist
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 troped Kyrie, 25 Mass Proper sections, 1 Canticle, 14 office hymns, 10 processional hymns, 1 Lamentation, 67 motets, 1 set of responses, 1 textless piece = 121 (12 are monophonic)
Banastre-2, Corbronde-2, Fowler-1, Frye-1, Garnesey-1, Hawte-2, Nesbet-1, Tuder-6, anon-105
128 paper and parchment folios (most outer and middle sheets of the gatherings are parchment, the others paper), 180 x 125. Two sets of foliation, neither original. Covers added after 1637. Black mensural notation with red and white coloration. Copied by a single scribe. The music follows the Sarum rite. The manuscript also includes calendars, poems, health remedies, tricks, astronomical tables, musical treatises, etc.
Ca. 1460-5 (CharDP). Originated in the County of Kent, England (CharDP).
48v
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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, 146. #938.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Surface Note; DIAMM 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