GB-Lbl Add. MS 30520 B

British Library, London, England

fragment: early 16th century

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark Add. MS 30520 B
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements Irregular sizes. First folio now measures ca. 492-500 x 360; second and third folios originally measured ca. 565 x 416 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: LonBL 30520
Notations
  • black void semiminims
  • mensural
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • England
Contents 2 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Ff. 2-3 are apparently the only remaining fragments of a large choirbook of unknown extent, copied by a single scribe, in England. F. 1 is a dedicatory page for King Edward VI, dated October 5, 1549, without music, and unrelated to two other folios. Purchased by British Museum from C. Gough in 1878.

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Physical Description

irregular sizes are due to fraying and tearing

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Binding

Modern covers of blue leather and cloth on boards

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Notation

Black/red mensural notation with black void semiminims and fusae

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Foliation

music fragment, 1-2v [i-ii']

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-3.

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Surface

Parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Gloria-Credo pair, 1 Sanctus-Agnus pair = 2 (both fragmentary and incomplete)

Ashwell-1, Ludford-1

3 fragmentary parchment folios, now of irregular sizes due to fraying and tearing. First folio measures ca. 492-500 x 360; second and third folios originally measured ca. 565 x 416. Modern foliation, 1-3. Ff. 2-3 apparently the only remaining fragments of a large choirbook of unknown extent and contents. F. 1 is a dedicatory page for King Edward VI, dated October 5, 1549, without music, and unrelated to two other folios. Modern covers of blue leather and cloth on boards. Black/red mensural notation with void semiminims and fusae. Copied by a single scribe.

Early 16th century. Copied in England. Purchased by British Museum from C. Gough in 1878.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1–1v 'Le Roy' Gloria-Credo fragment Ludford
Ludford, Nicholas (ca. 1490–1557)

'Le Roy' Gloria-Credo fragment

Ludford, Nicholas (ca. 1490–1557)
Appears on: 1–1v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Ludford
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria-Credo fragment
General Note

2nd tenor and bass (?) of the ‘Benedictus’ and treble and 1st tenor of the ‘Agnus Dei.’
2–2v 'Sancte Cuthberte' Sanctus-Agnus fragment T. Ashwell
Ashwell, Thomas (ca. 1478–ca. 1513)

'Sancte Cuthberte' Sanctus-Agnus fragment

Ashwell, Thomas (ca. 1478–ca. 1513)
Appears on: 2–2v
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: T. Ashwell
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sanctus-Agnus fragment
General Note

2nd tenor and bass (?) of the ‘Gloria in Excelsis’ and treble and 1st tenor of part of the ‘Credo,’ etc
Composer Compositions
Ashwell, Thomas (ca. 1478–ca. 1513)
Ludford, Nicholas (ca. 1490–1557)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
'Le Roy' Gloria-Credo fragment
Ludford, Nicholas (ca. 1490–1557)
1–1v
'Sancte Cuthberte' Sanctus-Agnus fragment
Ashwell, Thomas (ca. 1478–ca. 1513)
2–2v

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Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Russell, Theodore C. 1967. Cantus Firmus Technique in the Music of Fifteenth Century Manuscripts of English Provenance. Student Musicologists at Minnesota, 52-77. Pages: 68.

Baillie, Hugh. 1960. Squares. Acta Musicologica, 178ff. Pages: 178.

Bergsagel, John D. 1960. An Introduction to Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557). Musica Disciplina, 105-30. Pages: 111, 115, 120.

Baillie, Hugh. 1958. Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557). The Musical Quarterly, 196ff. Pages: 202.

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge.  Cambridge. Pages: I, 213.

Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1950. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Pages: 192.

Flood, William H Grattan. 1925. Early Tudor Composers.  London. Pages: 59, 74.

Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1876-81], 87.

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Edward Tambling

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Inventory updated per the British Library catalogue entry. (Several other BL Add mss, uninventoried on DIAMM as yet, are detailed in the BL catalogue & will be added to DIAMM in time.)

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Surface Note

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description