A collection of documents with polyphony on f. 110. Verso contains tenor part for an 'Asperges me,'; recto lists religious obligations of an Augustinian monastery to other houses in confraternity. Leaf with music probably copied at former Augustinian abbey at Cirencester, Gloucester. Once belonged to Prof. James Buckman (d. 1884), who superintended some excavations at ci. Presented to British Museum by Miss Corinna Hutchison in 1915.
GB-Lbl Add. MS 39255 N
British Library, London, England
non-music MS with interpolated music: late 14th or early 15th century
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 39255 N |
| Surface | Other |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 85 x 115 (CCM says 84 x 114) mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
bound in a modern guard book: modern covers of maroon leather and cloth on boards.
Notation
black mensural notation with hatchet-shaped longs and breves
Ruling
13 mm
Foliation
110v
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-118
Surface
paper (corpus); parchment (music leaf)
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Miscellaneous documents, with polyphony: 1 motet
Anonymous
ii + 118 + ii paper folios [modern guard book], upon which are mounted a collection of documents. Modern pencil foliation, 1-118. Modern covers of maroon leather and cloth on boards. Parchment leaf, 84 x 114, now mounted on f. 110 is only item within scope of this catalogue. Verso contains tenor part for an "Asperges me," copied in black mensural notation with hatchet-shaped longs and breves; recto lists religious obligations of an Augustinian monastery to other houses in confraternity.
Late 14th or early 15th century (music); list of religious obligations dates from late 13th century. Leaf with music probably copied at former Augustinian abbey at Cirencester, Gloucester. Once belonged to Prof. James Buckman (d. 1884), who superintended some excavations at ci. Presented to British Museum by Miss Corinna Hutchison in 1915.
110v
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‡ denotes primary source study
Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1911-15], 399.
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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