This fragment is one of a number of miscellaneous leaves from various music manuscripts preserved under the call number 'Additional 128'. The recto contains the motetus part of Dunstaple's motet Preco preheminencie / Precursor precessit (Dunstable edition no. 29); the verso contains the triplum Ave miles triumphalis and tenor Criste morte nato mundo vite reserato of an otherwise unknown motet. Both anonymous here. Probably copied at Canterbury Cathedral. The fragment was discovered in 1971 in the wrapping of Literary MS C 11 of the cathedral library (the account book and commonplace book of one William Ingram, a monk at the cathedral between 1503 and 1533).
| Archive | Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, England (GB-CA) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. Ms. 128/6 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Measurements | 490 x 320 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
The leaves are kept loose in a large black box.
Notation
Black notation + black void semiminims and red coloration
Date
Ca. 1430-40 (SandonF)' In view of the suggestion (Bent, Dunstaple book, p. 8) that this motet was performed in Canterbury Cathedral in 1416, a date closer to 1420 for this fragment seems likely and is consistent with the notation and general appearance.
Foliation
r+v
Surface
parchment
DIAMM Note
Recto, motetus part of Dunstaple's motet Preco preheminencie / Precursor precessit (Dunstable edition no. 29); verso, triplum Ave miles triumphalis and tenor Criste morte nato mundo vite reserato of an otherwise unknown motet. Both anonymous here. In view of the suggestion (Bent, Dunstaple book, p. 8) that this motet was performed in Canterbury Cathedral in 1416, a date closer to 1420 for this fragment seems likely and is consistent with the notation and general appearance.
DIAMM Note
NB The CANT numbers (1-5) were allocated by Sandon in his 1976 ‘Fragments’ article. They do not correspond to a reference in the form ‘Add. Ms. 128/(CANT no.)’.
128/2 = not clear whether this was ever anything different
128/5 = CANT 2 (cannot currently be traced) – the current 128/5 is different from CANT contents
128/6 = CANT 3
128/7 = CANT 5 (reported as stolen in 1977) – current 128/7 has no music
128/8 - incorporates the former 128/71 = CANT 1
128/13 – now has no music (seems to have become 128/66)
128/62 = CANT 6
128/65 = CANT 4
128/66 – may be the one formerly 128/13
128/70 – no olim
128/71 – now incorporated into 128/8
CANT 1 = 128/8
CANT 2 = 128/5 (not the current 128/5 though)
CANT 3 = 128/6
CANT 4 = 128/65
CANT 5 = 128/7
CANT 6 = 128/62
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 motets [fragmentary and incomplete)
(Dunstable)-1, anon-1
1 fragmentary parchment folio, ca. 490 x 320. No foliation or numbering. Black notation with black void semiminims and red coloration. This fragment is one of a number of miscellaneous leaves from various music manuscripts preserved under the call number "Additional 128"; the leaves are kept loose in a large black box.
Ca. 1430-40 (SandonF). Probably copied at Canterbury Cathedral. The fragment was discovered in 1971 in the wrapping of Literary MS C 11 of the cathedral library (the account book and commonplace book of one William Ingram, a monk at the cathedral between 1503 and 1533).
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‡ denotes primary source study
Bent, Margaret, and Andrew B Wathey. 2022. Fragments of English Polyphonic Music ca. 1390–1475: A Facsimile Edition.
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.
Allsen, Jon Michael. 1992. Style and Intertextuality in the Isorhythmic Motet, 1400–1440. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. diss.
Bent, Margaret. 1981. Dunstaple. Oxford Studies of Composers, vol. 17. London: Oxford University Press. Pages: 8.
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. Pages: I p.141.
Sandon, Nicholas. 1976. Fragments of Medieval Polyphony at Canterbury Cathedral. Musica Disciplina, 30: 37-53. Pages: 41-4, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; texts; mention of MS; discussion.
Ker, Neil R. 1969-1992. Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. 4 vols. Oxford. Pages: II, 326, 328.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London.
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Surface Note; DIAMM 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