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

Metropolitan Archives, London, England

monophonic song leaves in a non-music MS: c. 1274

Archive Metropolitan Archives, London, England (GB-Llma)
Shelfmark COL/CS/01/001/001 (Liber de Antiquis Legibus)
Surface Vellum
Numbering System None
Measurements 1268 × 1274; 245 x 170 mm
Other Identifiers
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Cust. 1
External Links
Provenance
  • England
Contents 2 pieces from 1 composers
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

161

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
160v–161v Eyns ne soy - Anonymous

Eyns ne soy

Anonymous
Appears on: 160v–161v
Genres: Contrafactum
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 - Anonymous

Ar ne kuthe

Anonymous
Appears on: 160v–161v
Genres: Contrafactum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Dutch
Voice Text: Ar ne kuthe
General Note

these two contrafacta both laid out below the melody

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

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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, 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, 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.  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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