4 strips from a single folio, apparently the only remnants of a choirbook. Copied by two scribes. Copied in England. Fragments removed from original context and used in bindings of three books during late 15th or early 16th century. Latter books subsequently owned by Thomas Nevile, Dean of Canterbury and Master of Trinity College 1593-1615. Books presented to Trinity College by Nevile c. 1611-2, and received call numbers B. 10. 5, R. 5. 34, and R. 7. 14. Musical fragments removed from bindings in 1982. The single fragment has been reconstructed from binding strips that were originally in Trinity MSS B. 10. 5, R. 5. 34 and R. 7. 14.
| Archive | Trinity College, Cambridge, England (GB-Ctc) |
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| Shelfmark | B.11.34 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Measurements | c. 212 x 314 as presently mounted mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
Black/red mensural with red full coloration and black void semiminims.
Ruling
red staves; 15.5 mm
Foliation
r+v
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
Parchment
DIAMM Note
This single fragment has been reconstructed from binding strips that were originally in Trinity MSS B. 10. 5, R. 5. 34 and R. 7. 14.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Credos (both fragmentary) Humfray-1, anon-1
4 parchment strips from a single folio, ca. 212 x 314 as presently mounted, recovered from bindings of three books in this library: MSS B.10.5, R.5.34 and R.7.14; fragments mounted in perspex in 1982. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red full coloration and black void semiminims. Copied by two scribes. Staff height 15. No initials or decoration.
Early 15th century. Copied in England. Fragments removed from original context and used in bindings of three books during late 15th or early 16th century. Latter books subsequently owned by Thomas Nevile, Dean of Canterbury and Master of Trinity College 1593-1615. Books presented to Trinity College by Nevile ca. 1611-2, and received call numbers B. 10. 5, R. 5. 34, and R. 7. 14. Musical fragments removed from bindings in 1982; now preserved separately under above call number.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Wright, Peter (editor). 2013. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music, VIII: Settings of the Gloria and Credo. Early English Church Music, vol. 55. London: Stainer and Bell for the British Academy. Notes: editions of both works.
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.
Bowers, Roger, and Andrew B Wathey. 1983. New Sources of English Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 3: 123-73. Pages: 124-8.
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.
Bent, Margaret. 1968. New and Little-Known Fragments of English Medieval Polyphony. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 21: 137-56. Pages: 142-3.
James, Montague Rhodes. 1900-4. The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge: A Descriptive Catalogue. 3 vols. Cambridge. Pages: I, 293-4.
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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