Collection of treatises on music (by Jean de Muris, John Hothby, and others), with examples: 2 textless tenor parts, several fragments. Copied by several scribes, including John Tucke. of New College, Oxford. Owned by William Tucke in 16th century. Acquired by British Museum in 1836. LonLP 466 partly copied from this manuscript.
GB-Lbl Add. MS 10336
British Library, London, England
theory treatise: late 15th - early 16th century: c.1500
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 10336 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 147 x 110 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of blue leather on cardboard.
Notation
not indicated
Date
Treatises are from 14th and 15th centuries, but copied in 16th century
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-115, begins with first parchment flyleaf and omits various blank folio
Foliation
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Decoration
Some primary initials and illustrations in red ink.
Surface
vi paper + i parchment + i paper + 128 paper + i parchment + vi paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Collection of treatises on music, with examples: 2 textless tenor parts, several fragments
Dunstable-1, anonymous
vi paper + i parchment + i paper + 128 paper + i parchment + vi paper folios, 147 x 110. New pencil foliation, 1-115, begins with first parchment flyleaf and omits various blank folios. New covers of blue leather on cardboard. Treatises are from 14th and 15th centuries (by Jean de Muris, John Hothby, and others), but copied in 16th century by several scribes, including John Tucke (see below); LonLP 466 partly copied from this manuscript. Some primary initials and illustrations in red ink.
Ca. 1500 (HugheCM). Of English origin; compiled (and partly copied) by John Tucke, of New College, Oxford. Owned by William Tucke in 16th century. Acquired by British Museum in 1836.
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‡ denotes primary source study
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.
Bent, Margaret, Ian D Bent, and Brian Trowell (editors). 1970. John Dunstable complete works. Musica Britannica, vol. VIII. London. Pages: VIII [rev. ed.], 156, 207.
Charles, Sydney Robinson. 1962. The Provenance and Date of the Pepys Ms 1236. Musica Disciplina, 16: 57-71. Pages: 61.
Charles, Sydney Robinson. 1959. The Music of the Pepys Ms 1236. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 19, 116-40.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: II, 1; III, 305, 311, 313.
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1936. Über Leben und Werke von Dunstable. Acta Musicologica, 8: 102-19. Pages: 117.
Davey, Henry. 1921. History of English Music. London. Pages: 64.
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1836], 30.
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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