This fragment is apparently the only surviving remnant of a late 15th-century choirbook of unkown extent and contents. Copied by a single scribe; as in EtonC 178 and LonLP 1, the text is written partly in black, partly in red ink, to indicate the distinction between 'full' and 'solo' sections. Probably copied at Canterbury Cathedral. During the reign of Elizabeth I, this half-leaf was used as a cover for a volume containing the record of an archidiaconal visitation of the Deanery of Westbere, northeast of Canterbury. The verso of the leaf faced outward, and formed the front of the book; the insctiption ' Lib. 3 / Decan: Cantuar: x Westbere / 1560' was added. At present, the half-folio is part of a collection of miscellaneous leaves from various music manuscripts preserved under the call number 'Additional 128'.

voices are laid out in cantus collateralis

kept loose in a large black box.

not indicated

No foliation or numbering.

r+v

Parchment

Sandon's CANT 2 (fragment of c. 1300 transcr. by him) corresponds with 128/5 which is now lost - the current 128/5 is something different.

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

1 Magnificat (fragmentary and incomplete)

Anonymous

1 Parchment half-folio, c. 315 x 485 (The complete original leaf probably measured c.a. 720 x 485). No foliation or numbering. Copied by a single scribe; as in EtonC 178 and LonLP 1, the text is written partly in black, partly in red ink, to indicate the distinction between "full" and "solo" sections. The voices are laid out in cantus collateralis format. during the reign of Elizabeth I, this half-leaf was used as a cover for a volume containing the record of an archidiaconal visitation of the Deanery of Westbere, northeast of Canterbury. the verso of the leaf faced outward, and formed the front of the book; the insctiption " Lib. 3 / Decan: Cantuar: x Westbere / 1560" was added. This fragment is apparently the only surviving remnant of a late 15th-century choirbook of unkown extent and contents. At present, the half-folio is part of a collection 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. 1490-1500 (SandonF). Probably copied at Canterbury Cathedral. In 1977 the manuscript was reported missing from the library.