GB-Cu Ii.v.18

University Library, Cambridge, England

non-music MS with interpolated music: Mid-15th century

Archive University Library, Cambridge, England (GB-Cu)
Shelfmark Ii.v.18
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 290 x 221 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: CambriU Ii.5.18
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 5 compositions, 5 are anonymous.
General Description

Mass fascicle (ff. 219-228) used as cover padding beneath original binding, removed & incorporated in ms. (Add 2764 (1), q.v., was removed from the same manuscript where it was a quire liner.) Copied in England.

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Binding

Modern cardboard covers with black leather spine.

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Liminary Note

The names of former owners, Henry Byllinge, Wm. Ravenscroft, and Thomas Rauncroft (Ravenscroft?), appear on the flyleaves.

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Notation

not indicated

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Ruling

14.5 mm

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Foliation

219v-228

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Foliation

Original foliation and new pencil foliation.

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Mass

Anonymous

ii + 325 + ii paper folios, 290 x 221. Original foliation and new pencil foliation. Modern cardboard covers with black leather spine. The names of former owners, Henry Byllinge, Wm. Ravenscroft, and Thomas Rauncroft (Ravenscroft?), appear on the flyleaves. Ff. 219-228, on which the Mass is found, were originally part of the binding of this manuscript; they were removed on 15 July 1915 and placed in the manuscript proper.

Mid-15th century (HugESM); before 1480 (DaveyH). Copied in England.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
219v–221 Mass Quem malignus spiritus: Kyrie Rex genitor 3 - Anonymous

Mass Quem malignus spiritus: Kyrie Rex genitor

Anonymous
Appears on: 219v–221
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Kyrie rex genitor
General Note

M6
221v–223 Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Et in terra pax [Gloria] 3 - Anonymous

Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Anonymous
Appears on: 221v–223
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
223v–224v Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 3 - Anonymous

Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Anonymous
Appears on: 223v–224v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Patrem omnipotentem
General Note

incomplete: folio missing between 224 & 225 with T & Ct from "Et resurrexit" to the end
225–226 Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Sanctus 3 - Anonymous

Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Sanctus

Anonymous
Appears on: 225–226
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sanctus
General Note

incomplete: folio missing between 224 & 225 with Discantus of Sanctus & Pleni; Benedictus/Osanna complete
226v–228 Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Agnus Dei 3 - Anonymous

Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Agnus Dei

Anonymous
Appears on: 226v–228
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Agnus dei
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Mass Quem malignus spiritus: Kyrie Rex genitor Anonymous 219v–221
Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Agnus Dei Anonymous 226v–228
Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 221v–223
Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous 223v–224v
Missa Quem malignus spiritus: Sanctus Anonymous 225–226

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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.

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 (editor). 1979. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music II: Four Anonymous Masses. Early English Church Music, vol. 22.  London: Stainer and Bell.

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

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell.

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

Davey, Henry. 1921. History of English Music.  London.

Frere, Walter Howard. 1894-1932, repr. Hildesheim, 1967. Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical and Latin-Liturgical Mss. of the Middle Ages Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society.

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Margaret Bent

Monday, 12 November, 2018

Description of GB-Cu Ii.v.18 updated to correct mis-description that these were flyleaves; also that of Add 2764 (1).

DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Liminary Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Surface Note

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