GB-Cu Ee.i.12

University Library, Cambridge, England

non-music MS with interpolated music: Late 15th century: 1492

Archive University Library, Cambridge, England (GB-Cu)
Shelfmark Ee.i.12
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 200 x 142 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: CambriU Ee.1.12
Notations
  • stroke
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents 3 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Poetry by Jacobus Ryman. Music is later addition to main corpus; monophony on ff. 1-1' and f. 46'; polyphony on f. 81. Of English Franciscan origin. Presented to Cambridge University Library by George I, King of England, in 1715; belonged earlier to John Moore, Bishop of Ely (d. 1714).

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Binding

New covers of marbled paper over boards; maroon leather spine

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Notation

stroke notation

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Ruling

irregular hand-ruled

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Foliation

81 r+v

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-114 ('107,' '110,' '111,' '112' omitted)

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials in main corpus; no initials or decoration for music.

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Surface

v paper +110 parchment + iv paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Poetry by Jacobus Ryman, with polyphony:

1 hymn (without text), 1 motet (without text), 1 unidentified textless piece = 3

Anonymous

v paper +110 parchment + iv paper folios, 200 x 142. New pencil foliation, 1-114 ("107," "110," "111," "112" omitted). New covers of marbled paper over boards; maroon leather spine. Music is later addition to main corpus; monophony on ff. 1-1' and f. 46', copied in stroke notation or square chant notation; polyphony on f. 81, copied in stroke notation. Inked calligraphic initials in main corpus; no initials or decoration for music.

1492 (date in manuscript). Of English Franciscan origin. Presented to Cambridge University Library by George I, King of England, in 1715; belonged earlier to John Moore, Bishop of Ely (d. 1714).

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

81

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
81 Salvator mundi Domine - Anonymous

Salvator mundi Domine

Anonymous
Appears on: 81
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salvator mundi
General Note

O450
81 Miserere mihi Domine - Anonymous

Miserere mihi Domine

Anonymous
Appears on: 81
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Miserere mihi
General Note

O344
81 untexted - -

untexted

Appears on: 81
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
General Note

X8
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Miserere mihi Domine Anonymous 81
Salvator mundi Domine Anonymous 81

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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, 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. 2 vols.1-54. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen: Institute of Mediaeval Music.

Trowell, Brian. 1980. Faburden-New Sources, New Evidence: A Preliminary Survey. Modern Musical Scholarship, 28-78. Stocksfield, Boston, Henley, and London. Pages: 52,65,70,73-4,76.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Hardwick, C. 1858-67. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge.  Cambridge and London. Pages: II,11-2.

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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