GB-Lbl Add. MS 39958

British Library, London, England

rotulus: 15th - 16th century: c.1500

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark Add. MS 39958
Surface Parchment
Numbering System None
Format roll
Measurements music extends 172 down the roll. 187 wide mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: LonBL 39958
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  • England
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

An inventory and rental of Pershore Abbey (Worcestershire), taken by Nicolaus de Seyneburi and John Wescote. Motet 'Gaude Ma[ria] cunctas here[ses]' copied on back of roll; music extends down parchment for 172 mm. Of English origin; copied at Benedictine abbey in Pershore, Worcestershire. Presented to British Museum by Robert Steele in 1920.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Ca. 1500 (music); inventory dated Vigil of Feast of St. Edburga [December 12], 1376.

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Foliation

roll, verso

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Surface

Parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 motet

Anonymous

Parchment roll (two membranes), 187 mm. wide, upon which is copied an inventory and rental of Pershore Abbey (Worcestershire), taken by Nicolaus de Seyneburi and John Wescote. Motet "Gaude Ma[ria] cunctas here[ses]" copied on back of roll; music extends down parchment for 172 mm.

Ca. 1500 (music); inventory dated Vigil of Feast of St. Edburga [December 12], 1376. Of English origin; copied at Benedictine abbey in Pershore, Worcestershire. Presented to British Museum by Robert Steele in 1920.

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

verso

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
verso Gaude, Maria virgo, cunctas hereses - Anonymous

Gaude, Maria virgo, cunctas hereses

Anonymous
Appears on: verso
Genres: Contrafactum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gaude, Maria virgo, cunctas hereses
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Gaude, Maria virgo, cunctas hereses Anonymous verso

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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, 1-69.

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.

Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1916-20], 268.

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