A bifolium from the centre of a gathering, written in England c.1400. Used in between 1475 and 1500 with fols. 159, 162 and a further bifolium (fols. 160 - 161) from a 13th century noted breviary to form the fly-leaves and pastedowns at each end of a cartulary copy of an extent, 11 Edward IV (1471-1472), for the manors of Cockfield, Brentfen, Strickland, Muryell and Yoxford, held by John Hopton, armiger (d. 1478). Deposited at the Suffolk Record Office in 1952, at Keble College, Oxford, 1983-1990, and again at the Suffolk Record Office in 1990. Repaired and boxed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, in 1990. Fol. 162, formerly the back pastedown, has been lifted and the verso, hidden by the chemise when the book was first described, can now be read. Owned: John Hopton, armiger and his heirs; the Blois family at Cockfield Hall, Yoxford.

White whittawed leather over oak boards; contemporary with the manuscript. The original chemise in red whittawed leather survives with leather ties, and the remains of two strap-and-pin fastenings. A medieval title (now illegible) is written on the back cover.

Ars nova; red full coloration

twelve red five-line staves (14 mm) ruled with a rastrum; frame rules, and double text guides.

unfoliated bifolium, here designated i and ii; 159 r+v, 162 r+v

cues for major initials for 1 and 3.

Parchment

RISM Supplement:

IPSWICH, SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, HA30: 50/22/13.15, FOLS. i-ii.

s. xiv ex

2 fols, (unfoliated, here designated i and ii). Parchment. Now 320 x 230 mm. Written space 278-280 x 180-184 mm. Ruling: twelve red five-line staves (14 mm) ruled with a rastrum; frame rules, and double text guides. Collation: a bifolium from the centre of a gathering. Script: gothica textualis quadrata of moderate quality. Notation: Ars nova; red full coloration in 1 and 2, and cauda hirundinis. Decoration: cues for major initials for 1 and 3.

Written in England. Used, s. xv 3/4, with fols. 159, 162 (see below), and a further bifolium (fols. 160 - 161) from a noted breviary, s. xiii, to form the fly-leaves and pastedowns at each end of a cartulary copy of an extent, 11 Edward IV (1471-1472), for the manors of Cockfield, Brentfen, Strickland, Muryell and Yoxford, held by John Hopton, armiger (d. 1478). The binding, of white whittawed leather over oak boards, is contemporary with the manuscript; the original chemise in red whittawed leather survives with leather ties, and the remains of two strap-and-pin fastenings. A medieval title (now illegible) is written on the back cover. Fols. i-ii, and 159 and 162 may have been drawn from different manuscripts, or may represent entirely separate copying stints within one book compiled over a period of time. Scribbles, s. xv-s. xvi, including a roughly written 'T' on fol. ii that also appears in the extent, added in margins after use in binding. Deposited at the Suffolk Record Office in 1952, at Keble College, Oxford, 1983-1990, and again at the Suffolk Record Office in 1990. Repaired and boxed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, in 1990. Fol. 162, formerly the back pastedown, has been lifted and the verso, hidden by the chemise when the book was first described, can now be read. Owned: John Hopton, armiger and his heirs; the Blois family at Cockfield Hall, Yoxford.

NOTES ON CONTENTS

1 Two of three voices; ed. PMFC 5, pp. 172-177, No. 31, and Günther, pp. 49-52; T carries plainsong In omnem terram (F-Pn, MS lat. 12044, fol. 226, and elsewhere; see Günther, pp. liii-liv). Also in F-CH, MS 564, fols. 70v-71; I-Bc, MS Q. 15, fols. 225v-226, 342v;Tonly in I-Fl, MS Redi 71, fol. 24. Attributed to ' J. Alanus' in text of duplum. 2 Ed. Bent and Howlett, 'Subtiliter alternare ... ', pp. 68-77; on St John the Baptist. 3 Two of four voices; ed. PMFC 5, No. 23, and Günther, pp. 4-7. Also in B-Ba, Archives Ecclésiastiques, 758, fol. 53v; D-Nst, fragm. lat. 9, fol. 1; E-Bc, MS 971, fols. 8v-9; F-CH, MS 564, fols. 62v-63; in index of F-Pn, MS n.a.fr. 23190 (No. 57); lost F-Sm, MS 222 C. 22, fol. 81v (burnt 1870).

PSWICH, SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, HA30: 50/22/13.15, FOLS. 159,162

s. xiv/xv

2 fols, (foliated 159, 162; fol. 162 was originally the rear flyleaf [see above]). Parchment. Now 320 x 235 mm. Written space 297 x 192 mm. Ruling: thirteen brown five-line staves (14 mm) ruled with a rastrum; frame rules (verticals only). Collation: a bifolium from the centre of a gathering of eight leaves; leaf signature 'iiij' on fol. 159. Script: anglicana, with some formata influence. Notation: black void mensural with black full coloration; mensuration signs in 5 and 6; arabic '2' used to indicate alteration in major prolation in 6.

Written in England. Used to form rear flyleaf and pastedown of HA30: 50/22/ 13.1. Otherwise as for fols. i-ii above.

NOTES ON CONTENTS

4 One of probably three or four voices. 5 Ed. Bent, 'TheYoxford Credo', pp. 40-49. T freely adapts plainsong Omni tempore, beginning at the third note (AS, pl. 317). 6 Two of probably three voices; breaks off after 'et niortuos cuius'. O and © used simultaneously at 'Et resurrexit'.

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