A recent compilation, consisting mainly of 17th to 19th century letters and papers, with two folios of musical manuscript as f. 26-27. The leaves are from France. At the bottom right-hand corner of f. 26 is a note, which reads : 'found in between cover of Old Book at Ampleforth College dated 1481 on August 18th'. The musical fragment was formerly known as the McVeagh fragment after the name of its previous owner.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 41667 I (McVeagh) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 276 x 205 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 6 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
except for De ce que folz pensé, which is a slightly later addition to the corpus, all the other pieces are incomplete. Motets usually take up a double side, so that here either Tr or Mot is missing.
Binding
modern dark red morocco with the following title in gilt on the spine: 'Miscellaneous letters and papers'
Notation
Ars Nova notation
Ruling
9 red five-line staves per page
Foliation
no original foliation.
Foliation
26-27v
Decoration
initials are in red
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 2 Additional ms 41667 is a recent compilation, consisting mainly of 17th to 19th century letters and papers, but on f. 26-27 (letter I according to the present subdivisions of the ms) are to be found two folios of a mid-14th century musical manuscript originating in France and meas. 276 x 205 mm. The notation is Ars Nova, and the text reveals a Picard scribe. There are 9 red five-line staves per page, and initials are in red. Unfortunately, except for De ce que folz pensé, which is a slightly later addition to the corpus, all the other pieces are incomplete. Motets usually take up a double side, so that here either Tr or Mot is missing. At the bottom right-hand corner of f. 26 is a note, which reads : "found in between cover of Old Book at Ampleforth College dated 1481 on August 18th". The present binding is of modern dark red morocco with the following title in gilt on the spine: "Miscellaneous letters and papers". The musical fragment was formerly known as the McVeagh fragment after the name of its previous owner. It bears no original foliation.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Bent, Margaret. 1998. Early Papal Motets. Papal Music and Musicians in Late Medieval and Renaissance Rome, edited by Margaret Bent, 5-43. Oxford University Press.
Fischer, Kurt von, Max Lütolf, and Gilbert Reaney (editors). 1969. Répertoire international des sources musicales. Series B IV, vol. 2. Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music. Pages: 240.
Günther, Ursula. 1957. Der musikalische Stilwandel der französischen Liedkunst in der zweiten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts, dargestellt an Virelais, Balladen und Rondeaux von Guillaume de Machaut sowie datierbaren Kantilenensätzen seiner Zeitgenossen und dierekten Nachfolger. University of Hamburg, Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 181ff (detailed analysis of no. 2);.
Schrade, Leo (editor). 1954 -1956. The Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century. 3 vols. Pages: I, 26 (transcription of no. 3 after F-Pn 146).
Ludwig, Friedrich (editor). 1926-9. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke, 1-3. Leipzig: Publikationen älterer Musik. Pages: II, 21, 38f, 61f.
Besseler, Heinrich. 1926. Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters: II. Die Motette von Franko von Köln bis Philipp van Vitry. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 8: 137-258. Pages: I, 196 (inventory of Lbm 41667).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 354ff facsimile and transcription of no. 2).
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Karen Desmond
Sunday, 23 April, 2017
Corrected spelling of source name.
Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description