GB-Lrcp 734

Royal College of Physicians, London, England

choirbook fragment: 16th century

Archive	Royal College of Physicians, London, England (GB-Lrcp)
Shelfmark	734
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	None
Format	portrait
Measurements	c. 595 x c. 395. Individual half-leaves are c. 290 x c. 395 mm
Notations	black full mensural coloration in red
Provenance	England
Contents	5 pieces from 1 composers

General Description

Pages have been trimmed at the edges and parchment strip to join the two half-leaves has been added in restoration. Taken from (1) Decretales Gregorii; (2) Decretum Gratiani; (3) Decretalium Liber Sextus, all from the same Oxford bindery (sample image taken from Decretum Gratiani).

Part of the so-called 'Lost Choirbook II':

GB-Chester, Cheshire and Chester Archives, ZCX/1

GB-London, Royal College of Physicians, MS 734

GB-Nottingham, Archives Office, PR 20,332

GB-Oxford, All Souls College, MS 330

GB-Oxford, New College, printed books Ω.14.5 and C.1.2

DIAMM, 2017

Notation

Black mensural notation with red coloration

DIAMM, 2017

Ruling

height of stave: 15-18 mm

DIAMM, 2017

Foliation

1-2v

DIAMM, 2017

Surface

parchment

DIAMM, 2017

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1a–1bv	Salve regina mater misericordiae	-	Anonymous
Salve regina mater misericordiae Anonymous Appears on: 1a–1bv Genres: Marian antiphon, Motet, Salve Regina Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: O clemens virgo / Benedictum fructum ventris tui
2a	O intemerata et in aeternum	-	Anonymous
O intemerata et in aeternum Anonymous Appears on: 2a Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: O intemerata et in eternum
2av–3a	O Johannes beatissimus	-	Anonymous
O Johannes beatissimus Anonymous Appears on: 2av–3a Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: O Johannes beatissimus
3av–3bv	Vos enim estis illi duo Triplex	-	Anonymous
Vos enim estis illi duo Triplex Anonymous Appears on: 3av–3bv Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Vos enim estis illi duo (Triplex)
backboard	unidentifiable fragments	-	-
unidentifiable fragments Appears on: backboard Voice: [no designation] Languages: insufficient Voice Text: unidentifiable fragments

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	O Johannes beatissimus – 2av–3a O intemerata et in aeternum – 2a Salve regina mater misericordiae – 1a–1bv Vos enim estis illi duo Triplex – 3av–3bv [No description] – backboard

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
O intemerata et in aeternum	Anonymous	2a
O Johannes beatissimus	Anonymous	2av–3a
Salve regina mater misericordiae	Anonymous	1a–1bv
Vos enim estis illi duo Triplex	Anonymous	3av–3bv

Images © Royal College of Physicians of London

Set: Royal Choirbook IIa

Type: Fragments of a whole

No images available

AUS-CABam MS W01273

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D-LEu Inc. Civ. Lips. 260

US-CLwr Spec.Coll. 3 Lge/ML431.D24 (Fayrfax fragments)

‡ denotes primary source study

Hughes, Dom Anselm. None. Anshelm Hughes's papers.

Bent, Margaret. 1996. A new canonic Gloria and the changing profile of Dunstaple. Plainsong and Medieval Music, 45-67.

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

Wednesday, 1 May, 2019

changed composition to 'Salve regina' (8855) - concordant with the one in GB-Oas MS 330, O503 in the revised Curtis-Wathey handlist

DIAMM, 2016

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