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

Metropolitan Archives, London, England

monophonic song in non-musical MS: c. 1274

Archive	Metropolitan Archives, London, England (GB-Llma)
Shelfmark	COL/CS/01/001/001 (Liber de Antiquis Legibus)
Surface	Vellum
Measurements	1268 × 1274; 245 x 170 mm
Other Identifiers	olim (Former shelfmark): Cust. 1
External Links	Catalogue record
Provenance	England
Contents	Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous.

General Description

Historical materials relating to London, including a chronicle, lists of mayors, sheriffs, and bishops; extracts from William of Malmesbury’s Gesta regum anglorum; lists of English bishops and archbishops; Latin verses; song with French and English texts. Copied by two original scribes, with additions by several more.

Helen Deeming, 2011

Physical Description

some texts listed in contents list are missing

Helen Deeming, 2011

Surface

vellum

Helen Deeming, 2011

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
160v–161v	Eyns ne soy	1	-	Anonymous
Eyns ne soy Anonymous Appears on: 160v–161v Genres: Contrafactum Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: Eyns ne soy General Note these two contrafacta both laid out below the melody
160v–161v	Ar ne kuthe	1	-	Anonymous
Ar ne kuthe Anonymous Appears on: 160v–161v Genres: Contrafactum Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Dutch Voice Text: Ar ne kuthe General Note these two contrafacta both laid out below the melody

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Ar ne kuthe – 160v–161v Eyns ne soy – 160v–161v

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Ar ne kuthe	Anonymous	160v–161v
Eyns ne soy	Anonymous	160v–161v

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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

Catto, Jeremy. 2004. Fitzthedmar, Arnold. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000, 61 vols.vol.19, p. 945. Oxford.

Robinson, P.R. 2003. Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c.888-1600 in London Libraries. 2 vols. London. Pages: vol.1, p.32 and vol.2, plate 27.

Stevens, John E. 1994. Alphabetical Check-List of Anglo-Norman Songs. Plainsong and Medieval Music, 3: 1-22. Pages: pp. 9-10.

Page, Christopher. 1976. A Catalogue and Bibliography of English Song from Its Beginnings to c1300. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 13: 67-83. Pages: pp. 74-75.

Ker, Neil R. 1969-1992. Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. 4 vols. Oxford. Pages: vol.1, pp.22-27.

Ker, Neil R. 1964. Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, vol. 3. London. Pages: p. 127.

Stapleton, Thomas. 1846. De antiquis legibus liber : Cronica maiorum et vicecomitum Londoniarum: et quedam, que contingebant temporibus illis ab anno MCLXXVIIIo ad annum MCCLXXIVm; cum appendice. London: Sumptibus Societatis Camdenensis.

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