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).
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) |
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| Shelfmark | Ee.i.12 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 200 x 142 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of marbled paper over boards; maroon leather spine
Notation
stroke notation
Ruling
irregular hand-ruled
Foliation
81 r+v
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-114 ('107,' '110,' '111,' '112' omitted)
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials in main corpus; no initials or decoration for music.
Surface
v paper +110 parchment + iv paper
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).
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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.
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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.
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