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
Numbering System None
External Links
Provenance
  • England
Contents 3 pieces from 1 composers
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 Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
4v–5 In te concipitur - Anonymous

In te concipitur

Anonymous
Appears on: 4v–5
Genres: Monophonic song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: In te concipitur
5 In ecclesiis caeli gloria - Anonymous
Appears on: 5
Genres: Monophonic song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: In ecclesiis celi gloria
5v Ave pura vas argenti - Anonymous
Appears on: 5v
Genres: Monophonic song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Ave pura vas argenti
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
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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denotes primary source study

Macray, William Dunn. 1999. Digby Manuscripts. Bodleian Quarto Catalogues. 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, 67-75.

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Helen Deeming, 2011

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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