Apparently the only surviving remnant of a Superius partbook (from an original set of 3?). Copied by a single scribe. Probably copied in Durham, for use at Cathedral Priory (Benedictine).
| Archive | Chapter Library, Durham, England (GB-DRc) |
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| Shelfmark | Endpapers and Bindings 25 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | c.175-275 x 420-53, trimmed from original c. 320 x 460 (i.e., folio size of c. 320 x 230) mm |
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| Contents | Contains 4 compositions, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Poor condition; some music now illegible. Wright 2013 reports that the work on f. 2v previously reported to be a Credo (Bowers 1983) is no longer decipherable and its classification therefore cannot be confirmed.
Binding
Restored and mounted within protective sheets; preserved loose in modern paper folder.
Notation
Black chant: mensural values greater than one beat indicated by repeated notes on same pitch
Date
Ca. 1450 (BentSF).
Ruling
on red staves; staff height 14.
Foliation
1-2v
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
Parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 K-G-C Mass (incomplete), 1 Agnus (fragmentary) = 2 Anonymous
1 fragmentary parchment bifolio, ca. 175-275 x 420-53, trimmed from original size of ca. 320 x 460 (i.e., folio size of ca. 320 x 230). Apparently the only surviving remnant of a superius partbook (from an original set of 3?).
Poor condition; some music now illegible. Restored and mounted within protective sheets; preserved loose in modern paper folder. Black chant notation on red 5-line staves; mensural values greater than one beat indicated by repeated notes on same pitch. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 14. No initials or decoration.
Ca. 1450 (BentSF). Probably copied in Durham, for use at Cathedral Priory (Benedictine).
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‡ denotes primary source study
Wright, Peter (editor). 2013. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music, VIII: Settings of the Gloria and Credo. Early English Church Music, vol. 55. London: Stainer and Bell for the British Academy. Notes: edition of Gloria on 2r-2v.
Wright, Peter (editor). 2006. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music, V: Settings of the Sanctus and Agnus dei. Early English Church Music, vol. 47. London: Stainer and Bell for the British Academy. Pages: No. 23 is an edition of a work from this MS.
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.
Bowers, Roger, and Andrew B Wathey. 1983. New Sources of English Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Polyphony. Early Music History, 3: 123-73. Pages: 128-36.
Bent, Margaret, and Roger Bowers. 1981. The Saxilby Fragment. Early Music History, 1: 1-27. Pages: 17.
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.
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Wednesday, 17 January, 2018
Bibliography udpdated and physical description note added.
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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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