Apparently the only surviving remnants of large choirbook containing Masses. Copied in England. Removed from original context and used as covers for court book recording business transacted in 1595 in county of Sussex. Court book subsequently deposited in Arundel Castle; music discovered in 1982 by William Summers.
| Archive | Castle Archive, Arundel, England (GB-AR) |
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| Shelfmark | M534 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | orig. 420 x 351, trimmed to 338 x 216 and 335 x 351 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 3 compositions, 2 from 2 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Poor condition due to dirt and water damage; some music now illegible.
Notation
Black mensural with red coloration
Date
Ca. 1460-80 (BowersNSE).
Ruling
red staves; height approx. 16.5 mm
Foliation
A-Bv
Foliation
No foliation visible.
Decoration
Space left for principal initials, but initials never added; minor initials in red ink.
Surface
Parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Gloria, 1 Sanctus-Agnus pair = 2 (fragmentary and incomplete)
(Plummer)-1, anon-1
2 parchment folios, originally ca. 420 x 351, later trimmed to 338 x 216 and 335 x 351 respectively. Apparently the only surviving remnants of large choirbook containing Masses. Poor condition due to dirt and water damage; some music now illegible. No foliation visible. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Space left for principal initials, but initials never added; minor initials in red ink.
Ca. 1460-80 (BowersNSE). Copied in England. Present fragments removed from original context and used as covers for court book recording business transacted in 1595 in county of Sussex. Court book subsequently deposited in Arundel Castle; music discovered in 1982 by William Summers.
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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.
Bowers, Roger, and Andrew B Wathey. 1984. New Sources of English Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 4: 299-349. Pages: 306-15.
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. 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; Physical Description Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation 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