GB-MAmm A. 13

Maidstone Museum, Maidstone, England

monophonic song leaf in a larger MS: 13th century

Archive	Maidstone Museum, Maidstone, England (GB-MAmm)
Shelfmark	A. 13
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Measurements	270 x 195 mm
Provenance	England
Contents	Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.

General Description

Sermons; references, proverbs and short tales, arranged by preaching topic; excerpts from classical and patristic authorities; extracts from long poems in French and English, including Hélinant de Froidmont’s Les vers de la mort and the Proverbs of Alfred; short lyrics in English and French; Latin prayers. The table of preaching topics is laid out with space left for references to be added, additions, annotations and cross-references added by several scribes over time, irregular page size and quality, vertical crease down pages suggests unbound, folded circulation; by early s.xiv, MS may have been at the Hospital of St John, Northampton (hospital’s accounts added to MS).

Helen Deeming, 2011

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
93v	Man mei longe	-	Anonymous
Man mei longe Anonymous Appears on: 93v Genres: Monophonic song Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: English Voice Text: Man mei longe

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Man mei longe – 93v

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Man mei longe	Anonymous	93v

Set: Sources of British Song 1150-1300

Type: Project Collection

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GB-Lbl Harley 3775 ()

GB-Lbl Royal 5 F. vii

GB-Lbl Royal 8 A. xix

GB-Lbl Royal 12 E. i

GB-Lbl Sloane 1580

GB-Llma COL/CS/01/001/001 (Liber de Antiquis Legibus)

GB-Llp MS 457

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GB-Lna E 163/22/1/2

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GB-MAmm A. 13

GB-Ob MS. Ashmole 1285

GB-Ob MS. Bodl. 79

GB-Ob MS. Bodl. 343 (The Bodley Homilies)

GB-Ob MS. Bodl. 937

GB-Ob MS. Digby 2

GB-Ob MS. Douce 139

GB-Ob MS. Laud Misc. 668

GB-Ob MS. Rawl. D. 1225

GB-Ob MS. Rawl. G. 22

GB-Ob MS. Tanner 169*

GB-Otc MS 34

IRL-Dtc MS 432

‡ denotes primary source study

Deeming, Helen. 2009. French Devotional Texts in Thirteenth-century Preachers' Anthologies. Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, c.1100-c.1500, edited by Helen Deeming, 254-65. Woodbridge: York Medieval Press in association with Boydell Press.

Dean, Ruth J. 1999. Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts. London: Anglo-Norman Text Society. Pages: pp. 335, 429-430.

Page, Christopher. 1976. A Catalogue and Bibliography of English Song from Its Beginnings to c1300. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 13: 67-83. Pages: p. 74.

Ker, Neil R. 1969-1992. Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. 4 vols. Oxford. Pages: vol.3, pp.317-321.

Ker, Neil R. 1964. Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, vol. 3. London. Pages: pp.135-158.

Brown, Carleton. 1926. A Thirteenth-Century Manuscript at Maidstone. Modern Language Review, 21: 1-12.

Brown, Carleton. 1926. The Maidstone Text of the ‘Proverbs of Alfred'. Modern Language Review, 21: 249-260.

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Helen Deeming, 2011

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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