Music appears only on ff. 2-2'. The scribe was probably Hugh Fletcher, whose name appears on f. 2'. Copied in England. Later owners include Allen, 1st Earl Bathurst (1684-1775); Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724); and Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741). Harleian manuscripts passed to newly founded British Museum in 1754-5, as one of the foundation collections.
GB-Lbl Harley 1512
British Library, London, England
Sarum Breviary with added polyphony: 16th century
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Harley 1512 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 405 x 265 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of brown and tan cloth and leather over boards.
Notation
partly in stroke notation, with breves and longs broken into repeated semibreves
Foliation
2-2v
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-197
Surface
iv paper + 197 parchment + iv paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Sarum Breviary, with polyphony:
1 puzzle canon, 3 fragmentary pieces = 4
(Binchois)-1, anon-3
iv paper + 197 parchment + iv paper folios, 405 x 265. New pencil foliation, 1-197. New covers of brown and tan cloth and leather over boards. Music on ff. 2-2' only, copied partly in stroke notation, with breves and longs broken into repeated semibreves. The scribe was probably Hugh Fletcher, whose name appears on f. 2'.
16th century. Copied in England. Later owners include Allen, 1st Earl Bathurst (1684-1775); Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724); and Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741). Harleian manuscripts passed to newly founded British Museum in 1754-5, as one of the foundation collections.
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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.
Fallows, David. 1976-7. English Song Repertories of the Mid-fifteenth Century. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 106: 61-79. Pages: 75. Notes: contents list (partial).
Wright, Cyril Ernest. 1972. Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts Preserved in the Department of 'Manuscripts in the British Museum. London. Pages: 66,398. Notes: mention of MS.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: II,402. Notes: contents list.
Wanley, Humphrey. 1808-12. A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London. Pages: II,101. Notes: physical description (partial).
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation 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