A miscellaneous collection of court records and documents, with polyphony. Constitutes Vol. XXV of 'Heath and Verney Papers'. Ff. 1-2 are a single bifolio, 354 x 255, folded in half to form 2 folios, 255 x 177. Only piece of music, 'In willdernys ther fond I Bes' (also in LonBL 5665) is on f. 2', roughly copied, in quasi-score format. Copied in England. Bifolio containing music later owned by the lawyer and judge Sir Robert Heath (1575-1649); eventually included in collected papers of Heath and Verney families acquired by British Museum in 1917.
GB-Lbl Egerton 3002
British Library, London, England
non-music MS with interpolated music: Early 16th century
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Egerton 3002 |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | widely varying sizes; now mounted on modern paper sheets, ca. 450 x 330 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of red leather on cardboard.
Notation
not indicated
Date
Early 16th century? (music); other contents date from 1501 to 1730.
Foliation
2v
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-161.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Miscellaneous 16th-18th century court records and documents, with polyphony:
1 English secular piece
Anonymous
161 paper folios, of widely varying sizes, now mounted on modern paper sheets, ca. 450 x 330. Modern foliation, 1-161. New covers of red leather on cardboard. This miscellaneous collection constitutes Vol. XXV of "Heath and Verney Papers" (see below). Ff. 1-2 are actually a single bifolio, 354 x 255, folded in half to form 2 folios, 255 x 177. Only piece of music, "In willdernys ther fond I Bes" (also in LonBL 5665) is on f. 2', roughly copied, in quasi-score format.
Early 16th century? (music); other contents date from 1501 to 1730. Copied in England. Bifolio containing music later owned by the lawyer and judge Sir Robert Heath (1575-1649); eventually included in collected papers of Heath and Verney families acquired by British Museum in 1917.
2v
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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.
Willetts, Pamela J. 1970. Handlist of Music Manuscripts aquired 1908-1967. Pages: 72. Notes: mention of MS.
Stevens, John E. 1961. Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court. Cambridge. Pages: 442. Notes: contents list; concordances.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXXVI,157. Notes: contents list; concordances.
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1916-20],326. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances.
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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