GB-Cgc MS 512/543

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England

non-music MS with interpolated music: Early 14th century

Archive Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England (GB-Cgc)
Shelfmark MS 512/543
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 255 x 183 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: CGC
Notations
  • including some plainchant
  • post-Franconian
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents 15 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

The contents, mainly edificatory, are by J. Rudham, the 14th century owner of the MS, John Falmyngham, William Dalling, etc. Fol. 249v contains a text by Rudham on the see of East Anglia, ending with a list of the bishops of Norwich; fol. 248 contains 8 Gloria patri tones. Most of the codex is written in a highly abbreviated script. The music appears in Petronian notation on f. 246v-262. Fol. 246v-247 are upside down, but this must have been an error of the scribe since f. 247v is the right side up. The musical contents are mainly motets, but there are also sequences. Item 14 is in score with the text under both parts.

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Physical Description

very much worn away at the bottom right-hand corner, especially at the beginning.

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Binding

red three-quarter leather and cloth over boards, possibly the original wooden ones. The modern paper flyleaves at each end belong to this binding,

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Notation

petronian, but including some plainchant

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Ruling

staves in the music are brown and range from 8-10 four- or five-line staves per page. Item 14, which is in score has 4 lines to the stave of the top part, the 3 to the lower. These lines were first scratched in with a dry point, then roughly inked in.

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Foliation

old ink foliation at t.m.r. is incomplete and supplemented by modern pencil at t.r.r. or t.m.r.

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Foliation

246v-262

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Surface

Parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 1: An early 14th century vellum manuscript meas. 255 x 183 mm. and containing 262 folios + 4 blank unnumbered modern paper flyleaves each end belonging to the 20th century binding of red three-quarter leather and cloth over boards, possibly the original wooden ones. The codex is very much worn away at the bottom right-hand corner, especially at the beginning. An old ink foliation at t.m.r. is incomplete and supplemented by modern pencil at t.r.r. or t.m.r. The contents, mainly edificatory, are by J. Rudham, the 14th century owner of the ms, John Falmyngham, William Dalling, etc. Most of the codex is written in a highly abbreviated script. The music appears in Petronian notation on f. 246v-262. Fol. 246v-247 are upside down, but this must have been an error of the scribe since f. 247v is the right side up. Fol. 248 contains 8 Gloria patri tones in plainsong notation on four-line staves, followed by Fuit homo in another hand + some 15th century white notes in mensural notation. Fol.249v contains a text by Rudham on the see of East Anglia, ending with a list of the bishops of Norwich. All the staves in the music are brown and range from 8-10 four- or five-line staves per page. The musical contents are mainly motets, but there are also sequences on 3 accolades of 3 four-line staves (nos. 10-11 are on five-line staves). Item 14 is in score with the text under both parts, of which the top part has 4 lines to the stave, the lower one 3. These lines were first scratched in with a dry point, then roughly inked in.

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247v-248

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
246v–247 Mulier magni meriti / Multum viget virtus - Anonymous

Mulier magni meriti / Multum viget virtus

Anonymous
Appears on: 246v–247
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Multum viget virtus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Mulier magni meriti
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c4
General Note

Upside down.

Layout

parts
247v Princeps apostolorum turme - Anonymous

Princeps apostolorum turme

Anonymous
Appears on: 247v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Princeps apostolorum turme
General Note

Isolated motet-part, probably Tr.

Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 142, 152.

248v–249 Virgo Maria patrem parit / O stella marina nos a / Virgo Maria, flos divina / Flos genuit regina qui - Anonymous

Virgo Maria patrem parit / O stella marina nos a / Virgo Maria, flos divina / Flos genuit regina qui

Anonymous
Appears on: 248v–249
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Virgo Maria, flos divina
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Virgo Maria patrem parit
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Flos genuit regina qui
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: O stella marina nos a
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 122-123, 203.

252v–253 Tu civium primas per imperium / Tu caelestium primas civium / O cuius vita fulsit ita / Congaudens super te fundata - Anonymous

Tu civium primas per imperium / Tu caelestium primas civium / O cuius vita fulsit ita / Congaudens super te fundata

Anonymous
Appears on: 252v–253
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: O cuius vita fulsit ita
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Congaudens super te fundata
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Tu celestium primas civium
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Tu civium primas per imperium
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 124-125.

253v–254 Suspiria merentis anime / Meroris stimulo fessus - Anonymous

Suspiria merentis anime / Meroris stimulo fessus

Anonymous
Appears on: 253v–254
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Meroris stimulo fessus
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Suspiria merentis anime
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 126-127.

254v–255 Thomas gemma Cantuarie / Thomas cesus in Doveria - Anonymous

Thomas gemma Cantuarie / Thomas cesus in Doveria

Anonymous
Appears on: 254v–255
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Thomas gemma Cantuarie
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c5
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Thomas cesus in Doveria
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 128-129, 210-211.

Dittmer, Luther A (editor). 1957. The Worcester Fragments: A Catalogue Raisonné and Transcription, s.l. Musicological Studies and Documents.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: [facs.] no. 67.

255v Doleo super te, frater mi / Amoris / Absalon, fili mi, fili mi - Anonymous

Doleo super te, frater mi / Amoris / Absalon, fili mi, fili mi

Anonymous
Appears on: 255v
Genres: Troped chant
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Amoris
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Absalon, fili mi, fili mi
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Doleo super te, frater mi
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 130.

256 Mutato modo geniture / preclusa virtus que nature - Anonymous

Mutato modo geniture / preclusa virtus que nature

Anonymous
Appears on: 256
Genres: Cantilena
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Mutato modo geniture | preclusa virtus que nature
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
General Note

in score

Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 112-113.

256v–257 Origo juri jam propalatus / Virga Jesse que stas in signum - Anonymous

Origo juri jam propalatus / Virga Jesse que stas in signum

Anonymous
Appears on: 256v–257
Genres: Troped chant
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Orto sole serene novitatis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: [O] virga Iesse qui stas in signum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c5
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 132-133, 154-155.

257v–258 Salomonis inclita mater / Dei sapientia tu felix - Anonymous

Salomonis inclita mater / Dei sapientia tu felix

Anonymous
Appears on: 257v–258
Genres: Cantilena
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Salomonis inclita mater | Dei sapientia tu felix
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 136-137, 184.

258v–259 Ave, caeli regina virginum - Anonymous

Ave, caeli regina virginum

Anonymous
Appears on: 258v–259
Genres: Cantilena
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Ave, celi regina virginum
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 136-137.

259v Patrie pacis lucide gubernatrix / Patria gaudentium cum regina - Anonymous

Patrie pacis lucide gubernatrix / Patria gaudentium cum regina

Anonymous
Appears on: 259v
Genres: Troped chant
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Patria gaudentium cum regina
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Patrie pacis lucide gubernatrix
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 138.

260 Ave, caro Christi mortem / passa que fuisti longa - Anonymous

Ave, caro Christi mortem / passa que fuisti longa

Anonymous
Appears on: 260
Genres: Cantilena
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Ave, caro Christi mortem | passa que fuisti longa
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 139-140.

260–260v Ad rose titulum - Anonymous

Ad rose titulum

Anonymous
Appears on: 260–260v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
General Note

unique to this source
262 Regina preminencie / Gemma nitens sole splendidior - Anonymous

Regina preminencie / Gemma nitens sole splendidior

Anonymous
Appears on: 262
Genres: Cantilena
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gemma nitens sole splendidior

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 155.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Ad rose titulum Anonymous 260–260v
Ave, caeli regina virginum Anonymous 258v–259
Ave, caro Christi mortem / passa que fuisti longa Anonymous 260
Doleo super te, frater mi / Amoris / Absalon, fili mi, fili mi Anonymous 255v
Mulier magni meriti / Multum viget virtus Anonymous 246v–247
Mutato modo geniture / preclusa virtus que nature Anonymous 256
Origo juri jam propalatus / Virga Jesse que stas in signum Anonymous 256v–257
Patrie pacis lucide gubernatrix / Patria gaudentium cum regina Anonymous 259v
Princeps apostolorum turme Anonymous 247v
Regina preminencie / Gemma nitens sole splendidior Anonymous 262
Salomonis inclita mater / Dei sapientia tu felix Anonymous 257v–258
Suspiria merentis anime / Meroris stimulo fessus Anonymous 253v–254
Thomas gemma Cantuarie / Thomas cesus in Doveria Anonymous 254v–255
Tu civium primas per imperium / Tu caelestium primas civium / O cuius vita fulsit ita / Congaudens super te fundata Anonymous 252v–253
Virgo Maria patrem parit / O stella marina nos a / Virgo Maria, flos divina / Flos genuit regina qui Anonymous 248v–249

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‡ denotes primary source study

Bent, Margaret, Peter M Lefferts, and Jared C. Hartt. 2021. The Dorset Rotulus: Contextualizing and Reconstructing the Early English Motet. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music.  Boydell Press.

Lefferts, Peter M, and Margaret Bent (compilers). 1982. New Sources of English Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 273-362.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1978. Polyphonic Music for a Chapel of Edward . Music & Letters, 420-428.

Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1960. Popular and Secular Music in England (to c. 1470). New Oxford History of Music, edited by Manfred F Bukofzer,  London: Oxford University Press. Pages: III, 114.

Apfel, Ernst. 1959. Studien zur Satztechnik der mittelalterlichen englischen Musik. 2 vols. Pages: II, 66f (transcription of CGC 1, 3-5, 9 and 12), 89f (transcription of CGC 11); I, 51f, 72f, 75.

Dittmer, Luther A (editor). 1957. The Worcester Fragments: A Catalogue Raisonné and Transcription, s.l. Musicological Studies and Documents.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: no. 67 (transcription of CGC 6); 46f.

Dittmer, Luther A. 1957. The Dating and the Notation of the Worcester Fragments. Musica Disciplina, 5-11. Pages: 6.

Levy, K J. 1951. New material on the early motet in England. A Report on the Princeton MS. Garrett 119. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 220-239. Pages: 234ff (partial transcription of CGC 6); 224, 228, 230f.

Handschin, Jacques. 1949. The Summer Canon and its Background. Musica Disciplina, 55-94, volume 5 (1951), 65-113. Pages: II, 89f (transcription of CGC 7); II, 88ff.

Handschin, Jacques. 1948. Der Toncharakter. Pages: 257f (partial transcription of CGC 14).

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Margaret Bent

Thursday, 17 August, 2023

Margaret Bent

Sunday, 23 July, 2023

bibliography updated; title of 'Patrie pacis lucide' corrected

Joseph Mason

Friday, 24 April, 2020

Virgo Maria ... : concordant with Pembroke College (Cambs) MS 228, ms updated accordingly

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