GB-AR York Antiphonal (s.s.) (York Antiphonal)

Castle Archive, Arundel, England

Antiphonal with added polyphony: 15th century, c. 1480?

Archive Castle Archive, Arundel, England (GB-AR)
Shelfmark York Antiphonal (s.s.) (York Antiphonal)
Surface Parchment
Numbering System None
Format portrait
Measurements c . 408 x 280 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ArunC s.s.
Notations
  • black full mensural
Relationships
Provenance
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

1 polyphonic motet (à 4) in an Antiphonal of 257 folios, containing mostly monophonic music. The polyphonic piece appears on ff. 1'-2, which are flyleaves. The Antiphonal belonged to the Collegiate Chapel of St. Mary and Holy Angels, at York.

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Binding

Original covers of oak boards

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Liminary Note

inscription on f. 2': "Iste liber pertinet ad capellam beate marie / virginis / et sanctorum angelorum / et archangelorum ebor." (copied twice, in two different hands)

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Notation

black mensural

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Date

Ca. 1480? (Hughes)

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Ruling

17 mm

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Foliation

1v, 2

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Surface

Parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 motet

Anonymous

257 parchment folios, ca. 408 x 280. Original covers of oak boards. Black mensural notation for the polyphony. The manuscript is an Antiphonal containing mostly monophonic music; the polyphonic piece (à 4) appears on ff. 1'-2, which are flyleaves. Inscription on f. 2': "Iste liber pertinet ad capellam beate marie / virginis / et sanctorum angelorum / et archangelorum ebor" (copied twice, in two different hands).

Ca. 1480? (Hughes). Belonged to the Collegiate Chapel of St. Mary and Holy Angels, at York.

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

256v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–2 Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor - Anonymous

Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v–2
Genres: Asperges me, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Asperges me Domine hysopo
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Asperges me Domine isopo et mundabor Anonymous 1v–2

Images © The Rt Hon Lady Herries of Terregles (York Antiphonal); His Grace The Duke of Norfolk em, kg, gcvo, cb, cbe, mc

‡ 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, 1-69.

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

Hughes, Andrew. 1978. Fifteenth-Century English Polyphony Discovered in Norwich and Arundel. Music and Letters, 148-58.

[No Author] 1874. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts: Reports.  London. Pages: I, 45.

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