GB-AR A340

Castle Archive, Arundel, England

rotulus with added polyphony: 16th century: 1525-50

Archive Castle Archive, Arundel, England (GB-AR)
Shelfmark A340
Surface Parchment
Format roll
Measurements 553 x 260 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ArunC 340
Relationships
Provenance
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

The bassus of 'Gaude flore virginali' added on the verso of an account roll. It was copied in Arundel, possibly for use in the household chapel of Thomas Fitzalan (1450-1524) or William Fitzalan (ca. 1476-1544), the 10th and 11th Earls of Arundel respectively (see Bowers and Wathey, New Sources).

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

The music dates from the second quarter of 16th century (while the account roll on the other side dates from the first half of 15th century).

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Foliation

roll verso

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Surface

Parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Account roll, with polyphony: 1 motet (incomplete)

Ludford

1 parchment folio, 553 x 260. Account roll on recto; bassus of "Gaude flore virginali" added later on verso. No initials or decoration.

Second quarter of 16th century (music); account roll dates from first half of 15th century. Copied in Arundel, probably for use in household chapel of Thomas (1450-1524) or William (ca. 1476-1544) Fitzalan, 10th and 11th Earls of Arundel (BowersNSE).

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

verso

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
v Gaude flore virginali 1 - Anonymous

Gaude flore virginali

Anonymous
Appears on: v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gaude flore virginali
General Note

Bassus of incomplete motet
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Gaude flore virginali Anonymous v

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‡ denotes primary source study

Bowers, Roger, and Andrew B Wathey. 1984. New Sources of English Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 4: 299-349. Pages: 300-6.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface 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