Treatises (by Jean de Muris, John Hothby, Simon Tunstede, and others) are from 14th and 15th centuries, but copied in 16th century by William Chelle, Precentor of Hereford, partly from LonBL 10336 (including Dunstable tenor part). Copied at Hereford. According to an inscription on f. 48', Chelle later gave the manuscript to John Parkar. In early 17th century, manuscript came to Lambeth Palace Library. Collection transferred to Cambridge in 1648; returned to Lambeth Palace in 1664.
| Archive | Lambeth Palace Library, London, England (GB-Llp) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 466 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 202 x 145 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of stamped leather on cardboard, with two panels containing various figures and heraldic motifs
Watermark
Watermark is Briquet # 12594
Notation
not indicated
Date
1526 (date in manuscript).
Foliation
9v
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-73, includes back flyleaf.
Decoration
Some initials and music in red ink
Surface
i parchment + viii paper + 72 paper + i parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Collection of treatises on music, with example:
1 textless tenor part
Dunstable
i parchment + viii paper + 72 paper + i parchment folios, 202 x 145. New pencil foliation, 1-73, includes back flyleaf. Blank folios: 18', 43'-48, 49-72' (later scribblings on ff. 69', 70', 72'). Original covers of stamped leather on cardboard, with two panels containing various figures and heraldic motifs. No index. Treatises (by Jean de Muris, John Hothby, Simon Tunstede, and others) are from 14th and 15th centuries, but copied in 16th century by William Chelle (see below), partly from LonBL 10336 (including Dunstable tenor part). Some initials and music in red ink. Watermark is Briquet # 12594.
1526 (date in manuscript). Copied at Hereford. The compiler, scribe, and original owner was William Chelle, Precentor of Hereford. According to inscription on f. 48', Chelle later gave the manuscript to John Parkar. In early 17th century, manuscript came to Lambeth Palace Library. Collection transferred to Cambridge in 1648; returned to Lambeth Palace in 1664.
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Charles, Sydney Robinson. 1962. The Provenance and Date of the Pepys Ms 1236. Musica Disciplina, 16: 57-71. Pages: 61. Notes: mention of MS.
Charles, Sydney Robinson. 1959. The Music of the Pepys Ms 1236. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 19-20,116. Notes: mention of MS.
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1936. Über Leben und Werke von Dunstable. Acta Musicologica, 8: 102-19. Pages: 117. Notes: contents list; concordances.
James, Montague Rhodes, and Claude Jenkins. 1930-2. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Lambeth Palace. Cambridge. Pages: 644-5. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Frere, Walter Howard. 1894-1932, repr. Hildesheim, 1967. Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical and Latin-Liturgical Mss. of the Middle Ages Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society. Pages: I,7. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Todd, Henry J. 1812, reprint 1965. A Catalogue of the Archiepiscopal Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace. London. Pages: 59-60. 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