GB-Lbl Harley 2945

British Library, London, England

Sarum Processional with added polyphony: 15th century

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark Harley 2945
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 187 x 130 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: LonBLH 2945
Notations
  • black void mensural
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous.
General Description

A Sarum Processional with polyphony on ff. 65-70. The chant to the even-numbered verses of the psalms 'Laudate pueri' and 'In exitu Israel' has been erased, and replaced with an alternative voice part in white mensural notation (probably intended as lowest voice of three-part setting in fauxbourdon). Psalms apparently intended for alternatim performance, with odd-numbered verses in chant, even-numbered verses in polyphony. Copied in England. Owned in 18th century by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). Subsequent history same as for LonBLH 1512.

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Binding

Covers of brown leather over wooden boards.

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Notation

black void mensural notation

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Date

15th century (main corpus); portions in white mensural notation added in early 16th century (TrowFNS).

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Ruling

uses existing 4-line staves. 9.5 mm

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-171.

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Foliation

65 r+v, 66, 67-70

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Decoration

Painted initials in blue or red.

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Surface

iii paper + 171 parchment + iii paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Sarum Processional, with polyphony: 2 psalms

Anonymous

iii paper + 171 parchment + iii paper folios, 187 x 130. New pencil foliation, 1-171. Covers of brown leather over wooden boards. Painted initials in blue or red. On ff. 65-70, chant for even-numbered verses of two psalms ("Laudate pueri," "In exitu Israel") erased, replaced by alternative voice part in white mensural notation (probably intended as lowest voice of three-part setting in fauxbourdon). Psalms apparently intended for alternatim performance, with odd-numbered verses in chant, even-numbered verses in polyphony.

15th century; portions in white mensural notation are later additions. Copied in England. Owned in 18th century by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). Subsequent history same as for LonBLH 1512.

Vol 4

Date: 15th century (main corpus); portions in white mensural notation added in early 16th century (TrowFNS).

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Laudate pueri Dominum - - Anonymous

Laudate pueri Dominum

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Psalm
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Laudate pueri dominum
[-] Alleluia. In exitu Israel - - Anonymous

Alleluia. In exitu Israel

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Psalm
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Alleluia. In exitu Israel
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Alleluia. In exitu Israel Anonymous [-]
Laudate pueri Dominum Anonymous [-]

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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, 27: 1-69.

Trowell, Brian. 1980. Faburden-New Sources, New Evidence: A Preliminary Survey. Modern Musical Scholarship, 28-78. Stocksfield, Boston, Henley, and London. Pages: 68,74,76. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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.

Rankin, Susan K. 1975-76. Shrewsbury School, Manuscript VI: A Medieval Part Book? Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 102: 129-44. Pages: 137-8. Notes: contents list; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1962. Faburden in Practice. Musica Disciplina, 16: 11-34. Pages: 15-6,24,26. Notes: contents list; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Trowell, Brian. 1959. Faburden and Fauxbourdon. Musica Disciplina, 13: 43-78. Pages: 61. Notes: contents list; discussion.

Stevens, Denis W. 1955. Processional Psalms in Faburden. Musica Disciplina, 9: 105-10. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Wanley, Humphrey. 1808-12. A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum.  London. Pages: II,721. Notes: physical description (partial).

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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