GB-Cjc MS E.8

St John's College, Cambridge, England

monophonic song fragment: 13th century

Archive St John's College, Cambridge, England (GB-Cjc)
Shelfmark MS E.8
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Numbering System None
Measurements 180 x 130 mm
Other Identifiers
  • olim (Former shelfmark): 111
Provenance
  • England
Contents 2 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Devotional and theological extracts, concerning the vices and virtues etc. Songs, lyrics and prayers (Latin, French, English). Main part of MS written by single scribe, with pages of additions by several others.

Helen Deeming, 2011
Physical Description

at least one page lacking at end.

Helen Deeming, 2011

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
106v Stabat juxta Christi crucem - Anonymous
Appears on: 106v
Genres: Contrafactum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Stabat iuxta Christi crucem
General Note

these two contrafacta both laid out below the melody

106v Stond wel moder under roode - Anonymous
Appears on: 106v
Genres: Contrafactum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Stond wel moder under roode
General Note

these two contrafacta both laid out below the melody

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Stabat juxta Christi crucem Anonymous 106v
Stond wel moder under roode Anonymous 106v

denotes primary source study

Newhauser, Richard, and István Pieter Bejczy (editors). 2008. A Supplement to Morton W. Bloomfield et al., 'Incipits of Latin Works on the Virtues and Vices, 1100-1500 A.D.'.  Turnhout: Brepols. Pages: 0015, 4223a.

Dean, Ruth J. 1999. Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts.  London: Anglo-Norman Text Society. Pages: pp. 234, 352.

Wenzel, Siegfried. 1986. Preachers, Poets and the Early English Lyric.  Princeton: Princeton University Press. Pages: p. 51.

Fenlon, Iain (editor). 1982. Cambridge Music Manuscripts, 900-1700.  Cambridge. Pages: pp. 38-40.

Bloomfield, Morton W, Bertrand-Georges Guyot, Donald R. Howard, and Thyra B. Kabealo (editors). 1979. Incipits of Latin Works on the Virtues and Vices, 1100-1500 A.D., Including a Section of Incipits of Works on the Pater Noster.  Cambridge MA: Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 1572, 1753, 3727.

Page, Christopher. 1976. A Catalogue and Bibliography of English Song from Its Beginnings to c1300. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 67-83. Pages: pp. 72-73CarvW.

Stevens, Denis W (editor). 1959-. Robert Carver: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: pp. 38-40.

James, Montague Rhodes. 1913. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of St John's College, Cambridge.  Cambridge. Pages: pp.144-145.

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Helen Deeming, 2011

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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