Possibly part of a roll. Written space is at least 235 x 164 mm, with frame rules, double text-guides in pencil, and ruled indentations (15 mm) for initials. The script is a gothica textualis rotunda. Written in England. Used in a binding, probably over wooden boards, unidentified but probably in the Cathedral Library or Archive; a small fragment of printed matter adheres to the recto of the leaf. Offsets of large green initials appear on the verso, possibly from other parts of this source, or from the material that it was used to bind. Placed in Add. MS 128 in the late 1970s; mounted and repaired, c. 1985. Contains a Hymn to the Virgin. The beginning of Tr and ends of Mot and T lost.

unstemmed semibreves, without dot of division, used melismatically

twelve freely-ruled red five-line staves (11-13 mm); irregular

foliated 'CANT 6' on verso

r+v

text under T and paraphs in red; one-line initials at the opening of individual voice-parts not supplied

parchment

Pasted to thick parchment: verso completely obscured.

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

RISM Supplement: 1 fol., possibly part of a roll (fragmentary; foliated 'CANT 6' on verso). Parchment. 250 x 196 mm. Written space at least 235 x 164 mm. Ruling: twelve freely-ruled red five-line staves (11-13 mm); frame rules, double text-guides in pencil, and ruled indentations (15 mm) for initials. Script: gothica textualis rotunda. Notation: unstemmed semibreves, without dot of division, used melismatically. Decoration: text under T and paraphs in red; one-line initials at the opening of individual voice-parts not supplied. Verso blank.

Written in England. Used in a binding, probably over wooden boards, unidentified but probably in the Cathedral Library or Archive; a small fragment of printed matter adheres to the recto of the leaf. Offsets of large green initials appear on the verso, possibly from other parts of this source, or from the material that it was used to bind. Placed in Add. MS 128 in the late 1970s; mounted and repaired, c. 1985. Hymn to the Virgin.

NOTES ON CONTENTS

Beginning of Tr and ends of Mot and T lost.

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