Copied for the court of Henry VII (CollM).
GB-Cu Nn.6.46
University Library, Cambridge, England
manuscript of polyphony: Very early 16th century: c 1500
| Archive | University Library, Cambridge, England (GB-Cu) |
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| Shelfmark | Nn.6.46 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 583 x 443 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 7 compositions, 7 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern cardboard covers with brown leather spine
Notation
Black/red mensural notation
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation
Foliation
i+ 18 + i, r+v
Decoration
Painted initials. A portrait of an English king, probably Henry VII, holding the Tudor rose is found on f. 2; another portrait, of a man holding a set of keys, may be that of the composer Lloyd.
Surface
i paper + 18 parchment + i paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass, 3 puzzle canons = 4
(Lloyd)-1, anon-3
i paper + 18 parchment + i paper folios, 583 x 443. Modern pencil foliation. Modern cardboard covers with brown leather spine. No index. Black/red mensural notation. Painted initials. A portrait of an English king, probably Henry VII, holding the Tudor rose is found on f. 2; another portrait, of a man holding a set of keys, may be that of the composer Lloyd.
Ca. 1500. Copied for the court of Henry VII (CollM).
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Dart, Thurston. 1955. Cambrian Eupompus. The Listener, 1359: 497.
Collins, H B (editor). 1927. Missa "O quam suavis". The Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society. Pages: vii-xxxi; iv-v; 1-82.
Davey, Henry. 1921. History of English Music. London. Pages: 90.
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. Pages: II, 118, #859.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration 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