A copy of the Old and New Testaments. The polyphonic piece is found on the second front flyleaf; the verso of this flyleaf contains chant. Copied in England.
GB-DRc MS A.IV.23
Chapter Library, Durham, England
non-music MS with added polyphony: Early/Mid-15th century
| Archive | Chapter Library, Durham, England (GB-DRc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS A.IV.23 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 164 x 106 mm |
| Other Identifiers |
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| Notations |
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| Provenance |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
19th-century covers of red-brown leather with gold title on spine
Notation
black void mensural notation
Ruling
red 5-line staff; 8 mm
Foliation
ii
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-329.
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM
- Jh.; 329 Blätter Pergament + 2 Vorsatz- und 1 Nachstoßbll. Pergament, 164 x 106 mm. Moderne Bleistiftfoliierung von f. 1-329 (ab 2. Vorsatzbl.). - Einband : 19. Jh. (1846 ?); rötlich-braunes Leder mit Goldtitel auf dem Rücken des Einbandes.
Die Handschrift enthält das Alte und Neue Testament in einer Minuskel des 15. Jh. Auf dem 2. Vorsatzbl., das verkehrt steht, findet sich die einzige musikalische Eintragung: je Seite 5 rote Fünfliniensysteme mit weißer Mensuralnotation des frühen 15. Jh. auf f. recto und Choralnot. auf f. verso.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Gloria (fragmentary)
Anonymous
ii + 329 + i parchment folios, 164 x 106. Modern pencil foliation, 1-329. 19th-century covers of red-brown leather with gold title on spine. The polyphonic piece, in white mensural notation on a red 5-line staff, is found on the second front flyleaf of this 15th-century copy of the Old and New Testaments; the verso of this flyleaf contains chant.
Early-middle 15th century. Copied in England.
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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.
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.
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.
Reaney, Gilbert. 1961. Some Little-Known Sources of Medieval Polyphony in England. Musica Disciplina, 15: 15-26. Pages: 23.
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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
Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description