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.
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) |
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| Shelfmark | York Antiphonal (s.s.) (York Antiphonal) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | c . 408 x 280 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of oak boards
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)
Notation
black mensural
Date
Ca. 1480? (Hughes)
Ruling
17 mm
Foliation
1v, 2
Surface
Parchment
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.
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‡ 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.
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.
Hughes, Andrew. 1978. Fifteenth-Century English Polyphony Discovered in Norwich and Arundel. Music and Letters, 59: 148-58.
[No Author] 1874. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts: Reports. London. Pages: I, 45.
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
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