Recovered from book bindings. Once part of same original manuscript as CambriU 5963, CanberN 4052/2/1, OxfBDON b.31-2, ff. 27a-28 of OxfBU 192, and ff. 89-92 of OxfM 267. Copied by a single scribe. Of English origin; possibly copied for chapel of King Henry VI (BentP).
GB-Cu Add. 4435 (Part of Royal Choirbook)
University Library, Cambridge, England
choirbook fragment: 15th century: c 1400
| Archive | University Library, Cambridge, England (GB-Cu) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. 4435 (Part of Royal Choirbook) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | a: 120 x 108; b: 142 x 136; c: 178 x 63; d: 268 x 40 mm |
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| Provenance |
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| Contents | Contains 3 compositions, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
black/red mensural
Ruling
red staves
Foliation
16a, b, c, d recto + verso
Foliation
No original foliation remains; modern foliation, 12a-12d ('12' amended to '16' by later inscription on first folio).
Decoration
Black inked Gothic initials with floral tracery.
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 2: Four parchment fragments meas. respectively 120 x 108, 142 x 136, 178 x 63 and 268 x 40 mm. Except for strip d, all the fragments seem to be top left-hand corners with ornamented black initials from a motet manuscript in Ars Nova notation with red coloration dating from c. 1400. The incipits given are those which are clearly the beginning of a polyphonic voice. Fol. a has 3 five-line staves, f. b has 4 and f. c a few notes on 5.5 staves. Fol. b verso refers to Edwardus, and so may be connected with the Confessor in item 3. The recto of strip d ends with the words "Jhesu dulcis", while the verso contains a T.
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6 motets (all fragmentary)
Anonymous
4 fragmentary parchment folios, 120 x 108, 142 x 136, 176 x 63, and 268 x 40, respectively, recovered from book bindings. Once part of same original manuscript as CambriU 5963, CanberN 4052/2/1, OxfBDON b.31-2, ff. 27a-28 of OxfBU 192, and ff. 89-92 of OxfM 267. No original foliation remains; modern foliation, 12a-12d ("12" amended to "16" by later inscription on first folio). Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Copied by a single scribe. Black inked Gothic initials with floral tracery.
Ca. 1420-30 (BentL). Of English origin; possibly copied for chapel of King Henry VI (BentP). [see also CambriU 5963, CanberN 4052/2/1, OxfBDON b.31-2, OxfBU 192, OxfM 267]
d verso
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Royal Choirbook
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GB-Cu Add. 4435 (Part of Royal Choirbook)
Current source
‡ 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.
Bent, Margaret. 1984. The Progeny of Old Hall: More Leaves from a Royal English Choirbook. Gordon Athol Anderson (1929-1981) in Memoriam, Musicological Studies, vol. 49. 2 vols.1-54. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen: Institute of Mediaeval Music.
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. 1972. A Lost English Choirbook of the Fifteenth Century. International Musicological Society: Report of the Eleventh Congress, 257-62.
Bent, Margaret. 1968. New and Little-Known Fragments of English Medieval Polyphony. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 21: 137-56.
Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 65, 142; II, 31-2; III, 263-6.
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1958. Changing Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music. The Musical Quarterly, 44: 1-18. Pages: 6.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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