IRL-Dtc MS 432

Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

monophonic song leaves in a larger MS: 13th century

Archive Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland (IRL-Dtc)
Shelfmark MS 432
Surface Parchment
Numbering System None
Measurements 150 x 115 mm
Provenance
  • England
Contents 2 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Devotional poems and prayers; French song; Life of St Eustace in French verse; extracts from Gregory’s Dialogi miraculorum; Gratian’s Decretum; short Biblical commentaries.

Helen Deeming, 2011

15v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
6 Quaunt le russinol se cesse - Anonymous
Appears on: 6
Genres: Monophonic song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: Quaunt le russinol se cesse
11 Quant le duez tens renovele ke coiseus cha[n]tent deceme[n]t - Anonymous
Appears on: 11
Genres: Monophonic song
Copying Style

Laid out with space for music on staves, but no music copied

Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Quant le duez tens renovele ke coiseus cha[n]tent deceme[n]t Anonymous 11
Quaunt le russinol se cesse Anonymous 6

Images © 2001 The Provost, Fellows & Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin

denotes primary source study

Dean, Ruth J. 1999. Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts.  London: Anglo-Norman Text Society. Pages: pp. 430, 431, 456, 457, 467 and 487.

Stevens, John E. 1994. Alphabetical Check-List of Anglo-Norman Songs. Plainsong and Medieval Music, 1-22. Pages: pp. 14-16.

Colker, M.L. 1991. Trinity College Library Dublin: Descriptive Catalogue of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin Manuscripts .  Aldershot: published for Trinity College Library Dublin by Scolar Press. Pages: vol. 2, pp.855-866.

Ker, Neil R. 1964. Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks.  London. Pages: p. 9.

Frere, Walter Howard. 1894-1932, repr. Hildesheim, 1967. Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical and Latin-Liturgical Mss. of the Middle Ages Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society. Pages: 735.

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Joseph Mason

Tuesday, 22 August, 2023

"Quant le russinel se cesse" is on f. 6r. There is another song, "Quant le duez tens renovele ke coiseus cha[n]tent deceme[n]t", on f. 11r.

Helen Deeming, 2011

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; DIAMM Note