A bifolium, possibly from the outside, and probably not from the centre, of a gathering. Copied by two hands, one writing a gothica textualis sine pedibus, responsible for 1; the other a gothica textualis semi-quadrata responsible for 2-3. Written in England. Used as a wrapper for a rental (1511/12) of lands held by the Augustinian Priory at Coxford (Norfolk) (NWr, Bradfer-Lawrence MS V. d), and perhaps before this date to wrap another document, tentatively identified by Bowers as Lbl, Campbell Charter xxi. 8, a terrier of Coxford Priory lands for the year 1410/11. Pen-trials and financial memoranda, s. xvi, appear on fols. 1, 2r-v; 'Coxford', s. xvii, on fol. 2v. Bound 1980. Owned: H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence; deposited at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1965 [as Bradfer-Lawrence 34 (3)]. Bought from the trustees of the Bradfer-Lawrence estate, 1980.

f. 2v is very worn

unstemmed semibreves, with dot of division (syllabic in 1-3; melismatic in 4).

twelve freely-ruled red five-line staves (13-15 mm, fol. 1; 14-18 mm, fol. 2), with extra staves roughly drawn in brown (fol. 2) and red (fol. 2v); frame-rules, and text guides (fol. 1r-v only), and a ruled one-stave indentation (8 mm) for the initial on fol. 1

1-2v

Foliated 1-2

plain major initials in red and blue (cues supplied on fol. 1); penwork capitals in text. An initial 'O', possibly from another page of this music book, is offset on fol. 2 v.

Parchment

RISM Supplement: 2 fols, (foliated 1-2). Parchment. 324 x 216 mm. Written space c. 267 x 150-155 mm. Ruling: twelve freely-ruled red five-line staves (13 - 15 mm, fol. 1; 14-18 mm, fol. 2), with extra staves roughly drawn in brown (fol. 2) and red (fol. 2v); frame-rules, and text guides (fol. 1r-v only), and a ruled one-stave indentation (8 mm) for the initial on fol. 1. Collation: a bifolium, possibly from the outside, and probably not from the centre, of a gathering. Script: two hands, one writing a gothica textualis sine pedibus, responsible for 1; the other a gothica textualis semi-quadrata responsible for 2-3. Notation: unstemmed semibreves, with dot of division, used syllabically in 1-3, and melismatically in 4. Decoration: plain major initials in red and blue (cues supplied on fol. 1); penwork capitals in text. An initial 'O', possibly from another page of this music book, is offset on fol. 2 v.

Written in England. Used as a wrapper for a rental (1511/12) of lands held by the Augustinian Priory at Yoxford (Norfolk) (NWr, Bradfer-Lawrence MS V. d), and perhaps before this date to wrap another document, tentatively identified by Bowers as Lbl, Campbell Charter xxi. 8, a terrier of Coxford Priory lands for the year 1410/11. Pen-trials and financial memoranda, s. xvi, appear on fols. 1, 2r-v; 'Coxford', s. xvii, on fol. 2v. Bound 1980. Owned: H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence; deposited at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1965 [as Bradfer-Lawrence 34 (3)]. Bought from the trustees of the Bradfer-Lawrence estate, 1980.

NOTES ON CONTENTS

1 Ed. PMFC 17, No. 14; carries plainsong Kyrie (F-Pa, MS 135, fol. 233v) in bottom voice. 2 Ed. PMFC 17, No. 13; carries plainsong Ihesu redemptor omnium (Cu, MS Mm. ii. 9, fol. 335v) in middle voice. On St Augustine. 3 Ed. PMFC 17, No. 54. 4 Two of three voices (text lost), probably of a cantilena; added slightly later.

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