GB-NTu ROB 405 (Petre Gradual)

University (Robinson) Library, Newcastle, England

Sarum Gradual with polyphonic additions: 1370 with polyphonic additions c. 1460

Archive	University (Robinson) Library, Newcastle, England (GB-NTu)
Shelfmark	ROB 405 (Petre Gradual)
Surface	Other
Numbering System	Foliation
Format	portrait
Measurements	irregular: 370-380 x 220-240 mm
Relationships	Bernard Quaritch Ltd (booksellers) (owner) Petre family (owner)
External Links	Information about the source Images iiif Manifest
Provenance	England
Contents	8 pieces from 3 composers

General Description

The Petre Gradual was sold abroad through Bernard Quaritch, and the only known record (i.e. the only available remnant) of it until 2014 was a set of negative photostats in the British Library which must have been obtained in 1952 or thereabouts. The British Library handlist of facsimiles gives the description as 'Photostats of music added on leaves in a Sarum gradual, formerly the property of the Petre family; 14th-15th cent. ff. 38-42'. Although DIAMM information suggests there were originally 8 pages with polyphony copied on them, only 5 were available at the BL, and these have been paginated and are the images available here.

The Gradual was rediscovered in the Robinson Collection at Newcastle University by Magnus Williamson in 2014 and has since been digitized by the University's Special Collections deptartment.

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Notation

not indicated

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Ruling

14.5-15 mm

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Foliation

foliated

DIAMM, 2025

Surface

parchment

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Inventory

The inventory (including folio numbers) provided here still needs double-checking and further details.

DIAMM, 2025

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
110v	Sanctus	-	Anonymous
Sanctus Anonymous Appears on: 110v Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Sanctus General Note S47
110v	Agnus Dei	-	Anonymous
Agnus Dei Anonymous Appears on: 110v Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Agnus General Note A28
172r	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	-	Anonymous
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous Appears on: 172r Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Gloria General Note G56
172v	Et in terra pax [= Gloria no. 4]	-	Anonymous
Et in terra pax [= Gloria no. 4] Anonymous Appears on: 172v Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Gloria General Note Curtis-Wathey G57
184v	Kyrie eleison	-	Anonymous
Kyrie eleison Anonymous Appears on: 184v Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie General Note K49
185r	Kyrie eleison	-	Power, Leonel (–1445)
Kyrie eleison Power, Leonel (–1445) Appears on: 185r Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie General Note K19
185r	Kyrie eleison	-	Anonymous
Kyrie eleison Anonymous Appears on: 185r Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie General Note K50
185r	Kyrie eleison	-	Lambe, Walter
Kyrie eleison Lambe, Walter Appears on: 185r Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie General Note K15

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Agnus Dei – 110v Et in terra pax [= Gloria no. 4] – 172v Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 172r Kyrie eleison – 185r Kyrie eleison – 184v Sanctus – 110v
Lambe, Walter	Kyrie eleison – 185r
Power, Leonel (–1445)	Kyrie eleison – 185r

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Agnus Dei	Anonymous	110v
Et in terra pax [= Gloria no. 4]	Anonymous	172v
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Anonymous	172r
Kyrie eleison	Anonymous	184v
Kyrie eleison	Power, Leonel (–1445)	185r
Kyrie eleison	Anonymous	185r
Kyrie eleison	Lambe, Walter	185r
Sanctus	Anonymous	110v

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‡ denotes primary source study

‡ McCarthy, Kerry, and Magnus Williamson. 2024. Notes on the Petre Gradual. Manuscripts, Materiality, and Mobility: Essays on Late Medieval Music in Memory of Peter Wright, Studi e Saggii. edited by Kerry McCarthy and Magnus Williamson, 83-108. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana. https://www.lim.it/en/miscellaneous-books/6785-manuscripts-materiality-and-mobility-9788855433471.html#/2-tipo_prodotto-book.

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.

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Magnus Williamson

Monday, 25 September, 2023

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Magnus Williamson

Friday, 19 January, 2018

Shelf mark corrected; URL added; basic edits to description field. Needs new description.

Nicolas Bell

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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