GB-Cpc MS 314

Pembroke College, Cambridge, England

fragment: 1st half of 15th century: c.1420-30

Archive Pembroke College, Cambridge, England (GB-Cpc)
Shelfmark MS 314
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Pagination
Format portrait
Measurements 405 x 270 except f. 3 (c. 214 x 283) mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: CambriU Pembr. 314
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Incun.C47
Notations
  • coloration in red
  • mensural
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 3 compositions, 1 from 3 composers, 2 are anonymous.
General Description

Copied in England.

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Physical Description

half of f. 3 is missing

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Binding

New blue cardboard covers.

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Notation

15th-century black and black-red notation

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Date

Ca. 1420-30 (RISM); first half of the 15th century (HugESM).

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Ruling

red staves; 15 mm

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Foliation

pp.1-8 [ff 1-4v]

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Foliation

New pencil pagination, 1-8.

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Decoration

Red and blue initials; some lines of text in red.

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Surface

Parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Glorias, 3 Credos, 3 motets, 3 English sacred pieces = 11 (some are fragments)

Dunstable-3, Wyvell-1, anon-7

4 parchment folios; ff. 1, 2, and 4 are ca. 405 x 270, f. 3 is ca. 214 x 283 (half of the leaf is missing). New pencil pagination, 1-8. New blue cardboard covers. Black notation on red staves, with red coloration. Red and blue initials; some lines of text in red. Fragments in supplementary envelopes (designated " A", "B", and "C") are also included with this manuscript. Envelopes A and B contain only monophonic chant. Envelope C contains three fragmentary folios, originally ca. 170 x 110, in very poor condition. These are apparently portions of a partbook in white mensural notation.

Ca. 1420-30 (RISM); first half of the 15th century (HugESM). Copied in England

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Sancta Maria virgo intercede pro toto -
Wyvell

Sancta Maria virgo intercede pro toto

Wyvell
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Marian antiphon
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sancta Maria virgo intercede pro toto
[-] Ave regina caelorum - Anonymous

Ave regina caelorum

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Marian antiphon, Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Ave regina caelorum
p. 7 Quam pulchra es et quam decora -
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?)
Egidius (?)

Quam pulchra es et quam decora

Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?)
Egidius (?)
Appears on: p. 7
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Quam pulchra es et quam decora
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390-1453)
Egidius
Wyvell
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Ave regina caelorum Anonymous [-]
Quam pulchra es et quam decora
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?)
Egidius (?)
p. 7
Sancta Maria virgo intercede pro toto
Wyvell
[-]

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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.

Fenlon, Iain (editor). 1982. Cambridge Music Manuscripts, 900-1700.  Cambridge.

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 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Bent, Margaret, Ian D Bent, and Brian Trowell (editors). 1970. John Dunstable complete works. Musica Britannica, vol. VIII.  London. Pages: VIII,xxvii,2-4, 21-3,112-3.

Russell, Theodore C. 1967. Cantus Firmus Technique in the Music of Fifteenth Century Manuscripts of English Provenance. Student Musicologists at Minnesota, 2: 52-77. Pages: 64.

Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1950. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Pages: 97, passim.

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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