GB-Lbl Cotton Tiberius A.vii

British Library, London, England

non-music MS with interpolated music: Early 15th century

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark Cotton Tiberius A.vii
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 240 x 169 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: GB-LbmCT7
  • CCM: LonBLC Tiber. A.vii
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
  • England
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Only f. 38' contains music. Copied in England. Owned by the antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631); subsequent history same as for LonBLC Nero E.viii.

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Physical Description

Music partly obliterated by trimming

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Binding

Modern covers of tan leather on boards, 1884

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Notation

black void mensural notation

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Ruling

mostly hand-ruled, some staves more regular: 22.2-22.7 mm

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Foliation

38v

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-168

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Surface

iii paper + 168 paper and parchment + iii paper

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 4: 14./15. Jh.; 167 Blätter Papier und Pergament, 295 x 230 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-167. - Einband: 1884; mit braunem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel.

Diese Sammelhandschrift des 14./15. Jh. enthält Gedichte, Chroniken unter anderem. Als f. 38 erscheint ein einzelnes Pergament-Blatt (ca. 240 x 165 mm) mit 12 Fünfliniensystemen und weißer Mensuralnotation des frühen englischen 15. Jh.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Miscellaneous historical and poetical writings, with polyphony: 1 Gloria (incomplete)

Anonymous

iii paper + 168 paper and parchment + iii paper folios, 295 x 230 (f. 38, a parchment folio, measures ca. 240 x 169). New pencil foliation, 1-168. Modern (1884) covers of tan leather on boards. Only f. 38' contains music (partly obliterated by trimming). White mensural notation (not black mensural notation, as stated by HugESM).

Early 15th century. Copied in England. Owned by the antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631); subsequent history same as for LonBLC Nero E.viii.

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

38v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
38v Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Anonymous
Appears on: 38v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Et in terra ...
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Mensuration: o
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Et in terrapax ...
Layout

parts
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 38v

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Wright, Peter (editor). 2013. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music, VIII: Settings of the Gloria and Credo. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer and Bell for the British Academy. Notes: edition.

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.

Bent, Margaret. 1973. The Transmission of English Music 1300-1500: Some Aspects of Repertory and Presentation. Studien zur Tradition in der Musik: Kurt von Fischer zum 60. Geburtstag, edited by Margaret Bent, 65–83. Munich: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler. Pages: 77-8.

Russell, Theodore C. 1967. Cantus Firmus Technique in the Music of Fifteenth Century Manuscripts of English Provenance. Student Musicologists at Minnesota, 52-77. Pages: 68-9.

Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 65-6, Plate III; II/1, 34, 62; II/2, 7, 93; III, 306-10.

Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1950. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Pages: 57, 94, 109.

Planta, J. 1802. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, Deposited in the British Museum.  London. Pages: 241. Notes: physical description (partial).

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

Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description