Once part of same original manuscript as CambriU 4435, CambriU 5963, OxfBDON b.31-2, ff. 27a-28 of OxfBU 192, and ff. 89-92 of OxfM 267. Of English origin; possibly copied for chapel of King Henry VI (BentP). Owned in 20th century by the London art dealer Rex Nan Kivell (1899-1977); acquired by present library in 1969.
AUS-CAnl MS 4052/2/1 (Part of Royal Choirbook)
National Library of Australia Nan Kivell Calligraphy Collection, Canberra, Australia
choirbook fragment: 15th century: c. 1420-30
| Archive | National Library of Australia Nan Kivell Calligraphy Collection, Canberra, Australia (AUS-CAnl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 4052/2/1 (Part of Royal Choirbook) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 218 x 320 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
Black mensural with red coloration
Date
Ca. 1420-30 (BentP).
Ruling
red staves; 13 mm
Foliation
r+v
Decoration
Blue or black Gothic initials, with red or black tracery
Surface
Parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Gloria fragments
Anonymous
1 fragmentary parchment folio, 218 x 320. Once part of same original manuscript as CambriU 4435, CambriU 5963, OxfBDON b.31-2, ff. 27a-28 of OxfBU 192, and ff. 89-92 of OxfM 267. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Blue or black Gothic initials, with red or black tracery.
Ca. 1420-30 (BentP). Of English origin; possibly copied for chapel of King Henry VI (BentP). Owned in 20th century by the London art dealer Rex Nan Kivell (1899-1977); acquired by present library in 1969.
see also CambriU 4435, CambriU 5963, OxfBDON b.31-2, OxfBU 192, OxfM 267
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Royal Choirbook
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AUS-CAnl MS 4052/2/1 (Part of Royal Choirbook)
Current source
‡ 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, 27: 1-69.
Bent, Margaret. 1984. The Progeny of Old Hall: More Leaves from a Royal English Choirbook. Gordon Athol Anderson (1929-1981) in Memoriam, Musicological Studies, vol. 49. 2 vols.1-54. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen: Institute of Mediaeval Music.
Manion, Margaret, and Vera Vines. 1984. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in Australian Collections. London. Pages: 130, Fig. 109.
Bowers, Roger, and Andrew B Wathey. 1983. New Sources of English Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 3: 123-73. Pages: 124.
Anderson, Gordon Athol, and Luther A Dittmer (editors). 1981. Canberra, National Library of Australia, Ms. 4052/2 1-16: The Musico-Liturgical Fragments from the Nan-Kivell Collection. Facsimile Reproduction of the Fragments. Publications of Mediaeval Musical Manuscripts, vol. 13. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen: Institute of Mediaeval Music, Ltd. Pages: l-2; first two plates following 19.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description