GB-Ir HA 3:50/9/15.7(1)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich, England

non-music MS with interpolated music: c. 1461

Archive Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich, England (GB-Ir)
Shelfmark HA 3:50/9/15.7(1)
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 295 x 218 (new f. 51 measures 210-20 x 218; lower portion cut away) mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: IpswichR 15.7
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Provenance
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Account book of Sibton Abbey, with polyphony on new f. 51'. The piece on this folio has the s text incipit 'To iours' only. FallowsES suggests possibility that original text was English. Presumably copied at Sibton Cistercian Abbey, Suffolk. Sibton monastic estates conveyed to Duke of Norfolk and others in 1536; manor of Sibton sold to John Scrivener in 1610. Manor still owned by Scrivener family, but estate records, including present manuscript, deposited in Suffolk Record Office by Capt. E. Levett-Scrivener in 1948.

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Binding

Original parchment covers.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Ca. 1461 (StMP).

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Ruling

Staff height ca. 15-16 (irregular)

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-58; new ff. 1-8 and 17-58, respectively, also have original ink foliation, 1-8 + 1-42.

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Account book of Sibton Abbey, with polyphony:

1 French(?) secular piece*

'Piece has text incipit "To iours" only. FallowsES suggests possibility that original text was English.

Anonymous

58 paper folios, 295 x 218 (new f. 51 measures 210-20 x 218; lower portion cut away). Modern pencil foliation, 1-58; new ff. 1-8 and 17-58, respectively, also have original ink foliation, 1-8 + 1-42. Original parchment covers. Music copied on new f. 51'. Staff height ca. 15-16 (irregular). No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1461 (StMP). Presumably copied at Sibton Cistercian Abbey, Suffolk. Sibton monastic estates conveyed to Duke of Norfolk and others in 1536; manor of Sibton sold to John Scrivener in 1610. Manor still owned by Scrivener family, but estate records, including present manuscript, deposited in Suffolk Record Office by Capt. E. Levett-Scrivener in 1948.

FallowsES:DpLDis(74); StMP:ML(457,467)

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Toujours - Anonymous

Toujours

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: To iours
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Toujours Anonymous [-]

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