Script: gothica textualis quadrata. Written in England, possibly at Durham. Used probably s. xvi in. to form a simple wrapper for the Communar's Cartulary, a general cartulary of the communar's office, written c. 1500 (cf. the marks made across the middle of the leaf by the spine of the cartulary) ; the leaf is now folded and bound in the front of the volume. Pen trials and scribbled void note shapes, s. xv/xvi, on verso: 'Hec indentura facta fuerit inter Johannes hominis' ; 'Et amen quod R'. Binding of s. xix.
GB-DRc Communar's Cartulary
Chapter Library, Durham, England
Codex fragment (polyphony), still with host manuscript: 2nd half 14th century
| Archive | Chapter Library, Durham, England (GB-DRc) |
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| Shelfmark | Communar's Cartulary |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 395 x 265 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
English ternary breve-semibreve, cauda hirundinis and mensuration signs
Ruling
twelve freely-ruled brown five-line staves, 16-17.5 mm; rough frame-ruling in dry-point, and double text guides.
Foliation
unfoliated
Foliation
r+v
Decoration
blue three-line initial, elaborately flourished in red, at the opening of 1.
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM Supplement: 1 fol. (unfoliated). 395 x 265 mm. Written space 340 x 230 mm. Ruling: twelve freely-ruled brown five-line staves (16-17.5 mm); rough frame-ruling in dry-point, and double text guides. Script: gothica textualis quadrata. Notation: English ternary breve-semibreve; cauda hirundinis and mensuration signs. Decoration: blue three-line initial, elaborately flourished in red, at the opening of 1.
Written in England, possibly at Durham. Used probably s. xvi in. to form a simple wrapper for the Communar's Cartulary, a general cartulary of the communar's office, written c. 1500 (cf. the marks made across the middle of the leaf by the spine of the cartulary) ; the leaf is now folded and bound in the front of the volume. Pen trials and scribbled void note shapes, s. xv/xvi, on verso: 'Hec indentura facta fuerit inter Johannes hominis' ; 'Et amen quod R'. Binding of s. xix.
NOTES ON CONTENTS
Ed. PMFC 16, No. 26; middle voice carries plainsong Sarum Gloria 9 (this chant is similar to F-Pa, MS 135, fol. 235v). Text is the Gloria trope Spiritus et alme.
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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.
Crosby, Brian. 1986. A Catalogue of Durham Cathedral Music Manuscripts. Oxford. Pages: 9-10.
Bent, Margaret. 1978. A preliminary assessment of the independence of English Trecento notations. Atti del 3º Congresso internazionale sul tema "La musica al tempo del Boccaccio e i suoi rapporti con la letteratura" (Siena--Certaldo 19-22 luglio 1975), L'Ars nova italiana del Trecento, vol. 4. edited by Margaret Bent, 65-82. Certaldo. Pages: 79-80 (facs).
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