Only music is 3-voice piece, 'By a forest as I cum passe,' on ff. 19'-21. (Text refers to death of Cardinal Wolsey in 1530). Scribal concordance with LeedsU s.s. Possibly copied in Cambridge. Formerly part of a larger volume of late l5th-century theological tracts, in which two pieces of music were added on blank openings during the 1530's. For subsequent history, see LeedsU s.s. See also Lbl Add. 28598.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 50856 |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 218-7 x 203 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some moisture damage, but music still legible.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-48.
Foliation
19v-21
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
Paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Collection of printed and manuscript theological writings, with polyphony:
1 English/Latin secular piece
Anonymous
48 paper folios, 281-7 x 203. Some moisture damage, but music still legible. New pencil foliation, 1-48. Only music is 3-voice piece, "By a forest as I cum passe," on ff. 19'-21. (Text refers to death of Cardinal Wolsey in 1530). Scribal concordance with LeedsU s.s. No initials or decoration.
Ca. 1530-6. Possibly copied in Cambridge. Formerly part of a larger volume of late l5th-century theological tracts, in which two pieces of music were added on blank openings during the 1530's. For subsequent history, see LeedsU s.s.
See also Lbl Add. 28598
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Mortimer, Jean E, and Ronald H Martin. 1971. The Epitome Margaritae Eloquentiae of Laurentius Gulielmus de Saona. Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, vol. XIV, Part IV. Leeds.
Willetts, Pamela J. 1970. Handlist of Music Manuscripts aquired 1908-1967. Pages: 51.
Stevens, John E. 1961. Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court. Cambridge. Pages: 435.
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: II, 19.
Fowler, J T. 1891. Ripon Minster Library. The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal, 11: 200-1.
Fowler, J T. 1873. Ripon Minster Library and Its Founder. The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal, 2: 371-402. Pages: 384, 396-7.
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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