Only ff. 2'-3', 4'-5, and 8' contain music; remainder contain miscellaneous notes and accounts of one John White, dated 12 Henry IV (= 1411). Music copied by a single scribe. Note by later owner ('Honest Tom Martin of Palgrave') claims manuscript was copied by Friar John Brackley of Norwich, friend and advisor to Paston family. However, neither the music hand nor two other scribal hands which appear in the manuscript match Brackley's script, preserved in London, British Library, MS Additional 34888 (GreC). Owned by the antiquarian Joseph Ritson, who presented it to British Museum.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 5666 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 136 x 97 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 5 compositions, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New (1960) covers of maroon cloth and leather on boards, with inscription tooled in gold on spine: 'Presented by J. Ritson. English songs, etc.'
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Two systems of new foliation: first (ink), 1-21, begins with first original paper folio and omits stub between 4/5; second (pencil), 1-22, begins with parchment folio, includes stub, and omits blank folio following f. 8. (References hereafter are to second foliation).
Foliation
2v-3v, 4v-5, 8v
Surface
ii paper + i parchment [= former front cover] + 22 paper + i paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Latin carol, 3 English carols, 1 English secular piece = 5 (only one voice present for most pieces)
Anonymous
ii paper + i parchment [= former front cover] + 22 paper + i paper folios, 136 x 97. Two systems of new foliation: first (ink), 1-21, begins with first original paper folio and omits stub between 4/5; second (pencil), 1-22, begins with parchment folio, includes stub, and omits blank folio following f. 8. (References hereafter are to second foliation). Only ff. 2'-3', 4'-5, and 8' contain music; remainder contain miscellaneous notes and accounts of one John White, dated 12 Henry IV (= 1411). New (1960) covers of maroon cloth and leather on boards, with inscription tooled in gold on spine: "Presented by J. Ritson. English songs, etc." No index.
Music copied by a single scribe. Note by later owner ("Honest Tom Martin of Palgrave") claims manuscript was copied by Friar John Brackley of Norwich, friend and advisor to Paston family. However, neither the music hand nor two other scribal hands which appear in the manuscript match Brackley's script, preserved in London, British Library, MS Additional 34888 (GreC).
Early 15th century. Copied in England. Owned by the antiquarian Joseph Ritson, who presented it to British Museum.
2v-3
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‡ denotes primary source study
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.
Stevens, John E. 1961. Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court. Cambridge. Pages: 444,448,450.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: 1,137-8; II,465. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Stevens, John E. 1952. Early Tudor Songbooks. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,418,429,437,444. Notes: contents list (partial).
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: IV,1,110,120,123,125. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); transcription (partial).
Greene, Richard Leighton (editor). 1935, 2nd 1977. The Early English Carols. Oxford. Pages: 308, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); texts (partial).
Davey, Henry. 1921. History of English Music. London. Pages: 64. Notes: mention of MS.
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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