GB-Ob MS. Digby 2

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

monophonic song leaves in a larger MS: 13th century

Archive	Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark	MS. Digby 2
External Links	Catalogue Description
Provenance	England
Contents	Contains 3 compositions, 3 are anonymous.

General Description

Compendium of philosophical treatises, computational notes and poetry (in Latin, English and French), with three songs set to music.

Helen Deeming, 2011

Date

Watson, DMO, no.416, suggests that it was written in 1282, possibly in Oxford.

Helen Deeming, 2011

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
4v–5	In te concipitur	1	-	Anonymous
In te concipitur Anonymous Appears on: 4v–5 Genres: Monophonic song Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: In te concipitur
5	In ecclesiis caeli gloria	1	-	Anonymous
In ecclesiis caeli gloria Anonymous Appears on: 5 Genres: Monophonic song Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: In ecclesiis celi gloria
5v	Ave pura vas argenti	1	-	Anonymous
Ave pura vas argenti Anonymous Appears on: 5v Genres: Monophonic song Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Ave pura vas argenti

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Ave pura vas argenti – 5v In ecclesiis caeli gloria – 5 In te concipitur – 4v–5

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Ave pura vas argenti	Anonymous	5v
In ecclesiis caeli gloria	Anonymous	5
In te concipitur	Anonymous	4v–5

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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

Macray, William Dunn. 1999. Digby Manuscripts. Bodleian Quarto Catalogues, vol. 9, reprinted with notes by Richard William Hunt and Andrew G. Watson. edited by William Dunn Macray, Oxford.

Newhauser, Richard, and John Alford (editors). 1995. Literature and Religion in the Later Middle Ages: Philological Studies in Honor of Siegfried Wenzel. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies. Binghamton NY. Pages: 297-317.

Reichl, Karl. 1995. "No more ne willi wiked be": religious poetry in a Franciscan manuscript (Digby 2). Literature and Religion in the Later Middle Ages: Philological Studies in Honor of Siegfried Wenzel, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies. edited by Karl Reichl, 297-317. Binghamton NY.

Watson, Andrew G. 1984. Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 465- 1600 in Oxford Libraries. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Pages: no. 416.

Lewry, O. 1980. The miscellaneous and the anonymous: William of Montoriel, Roger Bourth and the Bodleian MS Digby 2. Manuscripta, 24: 67-75.

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Helen Deeming, 2011

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