GB-Lbl Sloane 1210

British Library, London, England

non-music MS with interpolated music: 2nd half of 14th century

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark Sloane 1210
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 210 x 140 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: GB-Lbm 1210
  • RISM: Sl
Notations
  • Long-breve
  • mensural
Relationships
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Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 14 compositions, 14 are anonymous.
General Description

A grammatical treatise with 2 musical flyleaves at the beginning and the 5 at the end ,probably from a modestly-sized manuscript. These contain 14 pieces: the majority are three-part works, but 4 are in only two parts. There are 3 isorhythmic motets, a Gloria, Credo and troped Kyrie, as well as a hymn and 6 other pieces with Latin texts in note-against-note discant style. Most of the pieces are written in neat 14th century hands, but the hand of nos. 11 and 12 (and no. 13 is similar) is rough: it is reminiscent of Paris, Bibl. Nat., fonds latin, 11266, although rectangular notes and minims are conspicuously absent. Besseler discerns 5 different hands here. This MS belonged successively to Dom. John Palmer, John Gigur (magister in collegio de Tateshale) and Dom William Stokes.

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Binding

typical Sloane, in tan leather with the Sloane arms in gilt on both front and back covers and a gilt title on the spine; 19th century

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Notation

various (items 1-3 and 5-9 are in Fauvel notation with dots of division, no. 6 also having the signum rotundum. Long-breve notation prevails in no. 4 and nos. 10-14. Only nos. 2 and 3 employ minims, and no. 2 also contains the semibreve with an obliquely descending tail at the left)

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Ruling

generally five-line, but also some four-line staves

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Foliation

1-1v, 1-1v, 138-143v

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Foliation

folios are numbered 1-143 with 1* following f. 1. in red ink at t.r.r.; f. 1 * is in pencil.

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Surface

Parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 2: A parchment manuscript meas. 210 x 140 mm. and containing 144 folios numbered 1-143 with 1* following f. 1. The ms corpus is a grammatical treatise dated 1420, while the 2 musical flyleaves at the beginning and the 5 at the end seem to come from a modestly-sized manuscript dating from the second half of the 14th century. Variety of form and notation is, however, a feature of the 14 pieces. The majority are three-part works, but 4 are in only two parts. There are 3 isorhythmic motets, a Gloria, Credo and troped Kyrie, as well as a hymn and 6 other pieces with Latin texts in note-against-note discant style. The number of staves varies from 9 to 11 per page, and their colour may be red or brown. Although they are generally five-line, four-line staves appear too. Most of the pieces are written in neat 14th century hands, but the hand of nos. 11 and 12 (and no. 13 is similar) is rough and reminiscent of Paris, Bibl. Nat., fonds latin, 11266 with its rectangular notes, minims being conspicuously absent. Besseler discerns 5 different hands here. Items 1-3 and 5-9 are in Fauvel notation with dots of division, no. 6 also having the signum rotundum. Long-breve notation prevails in no. 4 and nos. 10-14. Only nos. 2 and 3 employ minims, and no. 2 also contains the semibreve with an obliquely descending tail at the left. The codex belonged successively to Dom. John Palmer, John Gigur (magister in collegio de Tateshale) and Dom William Stokes. The binding is a typical Sloane one in 19th century tan leather with the Sloane arms in gilt on both front and back covers and a gilt title on the spine. There are 2 blank unnumbered paper flyleaves at the front and 3 at the back. The 19th century foliation is mainly in red ink at t.r.r. though f. 1 * is in pencil.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] - Anonymous

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: ... adoratur et conglorificatur. Amen.
General Note

ending of a Patrem

Layout

score
1v–1* Triumphus patet hodie laetitie / et illuc quiescere - Anonymous

Triumphus patet hodie laetitie / et illuc quiescere

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v–1*
Genres: Troped chant
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Triumphus patet hodie letitie
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: . . . et illuc quiescere
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
General Note

text cut away at beginning of Mot; begins at words "genu flectere et summo opere"

Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 24-25.

1* Veni, mi dilecte, jam aperiuntur - Anonymous

Veni, mi dilecte, jam aperiuntur

Anonymous
Appears on: 1*
Genres: Cantilena
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Veni, mi dilecte, iam aperiuntur
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 25.

1*v Arbor Ade veteris, fructum ferens sceleris unda comprehenderis Noe qui elegeris - Anonymous

Arbor Ade veteris, fructum ferens sceleris unda comprehenderis Noe qui elegeris

Anonymous
Appears on: 1*v
Genres: Cantilena
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Arbor Ade veteris, fructum ferens sceleris unda comprehenderis Noe qui elegeris
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 26.

138–139 Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Anonymous
Appears on: 138–139
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus
Layout

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139–139v Kyria christifera plebis modulantis Aulula florigera plasmata regentis Nostra luens scelera more medentis - Anonymous

Kyria christifera plebis modulantis Aulula florigera plasmata regentis Nostra luens scelera more medentis

Anonymous
Appears on: 139–139v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Kyria christifera plebis modulantis Aulula florigera plasmata regentis Nostra luens scelera more medentis
Layout

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139v–140 Virgo salvavit hominem quem parens - Anonymous

Virgo salvavit hominem quem parens

Anonymous
Appears on: 139v–140
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Virgo salvavit hominem quem parens
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 30-31.

140 O lux beata trinitas - 1a pars (of 2): O lux beata trinitas et principalis - Anonymous

O lux beata trinitas - 1a pars (of 2): O lux beata trinitas et principalis

Anonymous
Appears on: 140
Genres: Hymn
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: O lux beata trinitas et principalis
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 31.

140v–141 Quare fremuerunt gentes insane quorum fiunt - Anonymous

Quare fremuerunt gentes insane quorum fiunt

Anonymous
Appears on: 140v–141
Genres: Troped chant
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Quare fremuerunt gentes insane quorum fiunt
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Quare fremuerunt gentes insane quorum fiunt
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 32-33.

141v Omnes in Domino diem festum celebrantes - Anonymous

Omnes in Domino diem festum celebrantes

Anonymous
Appears on: 141v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Omnes in domino diem festum celebrantes
Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 34.

141v Alleluia. O miranda domina merito - Anonymous

Alleluia. O miranda domina merito

Anonymous
Appears on: 141v
Genres: Alleluia, Proper
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: [c4]
Voice Text: Alleluya. O miranda domina merito
General Note

opening cut off, but only by a note or two

Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 34.

142 In rosa primula cum ver florigerat / In matre virgine salus exoritur - Anonymous

In rosa primula cum ver florigerat / In matre virgine salus exoritur

Anonymous
Appears on: 142
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: In rosa primula cum ver florigerat | In matre virgine salus exoritur
Layout

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Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 35.

Bent, Margaret, and Mark E Everist. 1982. Cambridge, St. John's College MS 84 (D.9). Early Music History, 2: 315-321. Pages: [facs.] fig.15.

142v–143 Zelo tui langueo, virgo regia / Reor nescia que sit sapientia - Anonymous

Zelo tui langueo, virgo regia / Reor nescia que sit sapientia

Anonymous
Appears on: 142v–143
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Zelo tui langueo, virgo regia
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Reor nescia que sit sapientia
Voice: Tenor
Languages: none
Clef: c5
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plates 36-37, 213.

143v O vera Reina, nuntius a summo patre mittitur / Ave, tu plena gratia, Maria tecum Dominus - Anonymous

O vera Reina, nuntius a summo patre mittitur / Ave, tu plena gratia, Maria tecum Dominus

Anonymous
Appears on: 143v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c1
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: b flat between 3/4
Voice Text: O vera Reina, nuntius a summo patre mittitur | Ave, tu plena gratia, Maria tecum dominus
General Note

surface rubbed and frequently illegible; outer margin cut off

Layout

score

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 38.

Bent, Margaret, and Mark E Everist. 1982. Cambridge, St. John's College MS 84 (D.9). Early Music History, 2: 315-321. Pages: [facs.] figs. 12, 13.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Alleluia. O miranda domina merito Anonymous 141v
Arbor Ade veteris, fructum ferens sceleris unda comprehenderis Noe qui elegeris Anonymous 1*v
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 138–139
In rosa primula cum ver florigerat / In matre virgine salus exoritur Anonymous 142
Kyria christifera plebis modulantis Aulula florigera plasmata regentis Nostra luens scelera more medentis Anonymous 139–139v
O lux beata trinitas - 1a pars (of 2): O lux beata trinitas et principalis Anonymous 140
O vera Reina, nuntius a summo patre mittitur / Ave, tu plena gratia, Maria tecum Dominus Anonymous 143v
Omnes in Domino diem festum celebrantes Anonymous 141v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous 1
Quare fremuerunt gentes insane quorum fiunt Anonymous 140v–141
Triumphus patet hodie laetitie / et illuc quiescere Anonymous 1v–1*
Veni, mi dilecte, jam aperiuntur Anonymous 1*
Virgo salvavit hominem quem parens Anonymous 139v–140
Zelo tui langueo, virgo regia / Reor nescia que sit sapientia Anonymous 142v–143

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‡ denotes primary source study

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1978. Polyphonic Music for a Chapel of Edward . Music & Letters, 59, no. 4: 420-428.

Apfel, Ernst. 1959. Studien zur Satztechnik der mittelalterlichen englischen Musik. 2 vols. Pages: II, 17f (facsimile off. 138v-140); 76-81 (diplomatic facsimile of nos. 9 and 15 in score with ligatures reduced to single notes); I, 58, 60ff, 74, 78ff;.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain.  London: Routledge. Pages: 150f (transcription of Lbm 1210 8).

[No Author] 1958. Larousse de la Musique II . Pages: 208 (facsimile of end of Lbm 1210 7 and upper two voices of Lbm 1210 8).

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1954-1960. New Oxford History of Music. 89ff. Pages: 96 (transcription of opening of Lbm 1210 5 and end of Lbm 1210 6); 95f.

Reaney, Gilbert. 1953. John Dunstable and Late Medieval Music in England. The Score, 8: 22ff. Pages: 26 (transcription of opening of Lbm 1210 9).

Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1949-79. Gymel. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 1st Edition, 5: col.1143. Pages: col. 1143 (transcription of opening of Lbm 1210 7).

Besseler, Heinrich. 1926. Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters: II. Die Motette von Franko von Köln bis Philipp van Vitry. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 8: 137-258. Pages: I, 223ff;.

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde.  Leipzig. Pages: I, 270 (transcription of opening of Lbm 1210 6).

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