GB-Cfm MU MS 1005 (Fayrfax fragments)

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England

fragment: Late 15th/Early 16th century

Archive Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England (GB-Cfm)
Shelfmark MU MS 1005 (Fayrfax fragments)
Surface Paper
Format landscape
Measurements 121 x 184 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: CambriF 1005; CambriF s.s.
  • olim (Former shelfmark): formerly s.s.
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 2 compositions from 2 composers.
General Description

Bottom half of a leaf, the top half of which is now bound into Drexel 4185. (A thin strip is missing between the two halves, presumably trimmed after they were separated.) The facing page from the original book is part of the Wells fragments. These and related fragments are brought together in a 'virtual manuscript' here.

Copied by a single scribe. Copied in England. Acquired by Fitzwilliam Museum from antiquarian bookselling firm of Messrs. Ellis, London, in 1936; probably owned in 19th century by the antiquarian Edward F. Rimbault.

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Binding

now preserved in guard book bound in modern (1981) covers of marbled paper over boards, with leather spine.

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Watermark

No watermark visible.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Late 15th or early 16th century (WarrF).

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Foliation

r+v identified per Fallows 'Drexel fragments' (fragment in guard book)

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Surface

Paper

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DIAMM Note

Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 English secular pieces (fragmentary) (Fayrfax)-1, (Newark)-1

1 fragmentary paper folio, 121 x 184, now preserved in guard book bound in modern (1981) covers of marbled paper over boards, with leather spine. Copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration. No watermark visible.

Late 15th or early 16th century (WarrF). Copied in England. Acquired by Fitzwilliam Museum from antiquarian bookselling firm of Messrs. Ellis, London, in 1936.

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

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Hamilton, Elizabeth Patricia Kathleen. 2009. A Study of Early Sixteenth-Century English Music Fragments from the DIAMM Database. University of Ottawa, MA. http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/en/handle/10393/20241.

Fallows, David. 1993. The Drexel Fragments of Early Tudor Song. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 26: 5-18. Notes: discussion; contents list; description of MS.

Fenlon, Iain (editor). 1982. Cambridge Music Manuscripts, 900-1700.  Cambridge. Pages: 122-3.

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.

Warren, Edwin B. 1969. Life and Works of Robert Fayrfax. Musicological Studies and Documents, vol. 22.  American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 44, 157.

Stevens, John E. 1961. Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court.  Cambridge. Pages: 453,456,464.

Warrem, Edwin B (editor). 1959-66. Robert Fayrfax (ca. 1464-1521): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 17.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,54-5.

Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music.  London. Pages: XXXVI, 160-1.

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