Written space at least 180 mm wide; frame rules and double text guides. Written in England. Used to form strips at each end of [pr. bk.] Gal. G. 4. 29, Marcus Antonius Constantius [pseud., for Stephen Gardiner], Confutatio cavillationem quibus sacrosanctum Eucharistiae sacramentum ab impiis Capernaitis impeti solet (Johannes de Roigny; Paris, 1552). Owned by William Latymer, Dean of Peterborough, 1559-1583, and Prebendary of Westminster, 1560-1583 (d. 1583); possibly from the collection in his house at Westminster (see W. Wheatley, The History of Edward Latymer and his Foundations, 2nd rev. edn. [Beccles, 1953], p. 26). Bequeathed with several others in 1584: 'Gulielmus Latimer nuper unus prebendarius huius Ecclesie hunc librum dono dedit Bibliothecae huius Collega Westm', 1584'. Old shelf-mark 'B. 4. 4'.

possibly a standard Westminster Abbey design (see Gal.B.2.41), of stamped calf over pith boards, 16th or 17th century

Unstemmed semibreves, without dot of division, used syllabically, and major semibreves

Red five-line staves (18.5 mm high), ruled with a rastrum

r+v

unfoliated

Script is gothica textualis sine pedibus, with some semi-quadrata elements. Major initials in gold, blue and red; text under T in red.

parchment

RISM Supplement: 1 fol. (fragmentary; unfoliated). Parchment. Now 130 x 205 mm. Written space at least 180 mm wide. Ruling: red five-line staves (18.5 mm) ruled with a rastrum; frame rules and double text guides. Script: gothica textualis sine pedibus, with some semi-quadrata elements. Notation: unstemmed semibreves, without dot of division, used syllabically, and major semibreves. Decoration: major initials in gold, blue and red; text under T in red.

Written in England. Used to form strips at each end of [pr. bk.] Gal. G. 4. 29, Marcus Antonius Constantius [pseud., for Stephen Gardiner], Confutatio cavillationem quibus sacrosanctum Eucharistiae sacramentum ab impiis Capernaitis impeti solet (Johannes de Roigny; Paris, 1552). Owned: William Latymer, Dean of Peterborough, 1559-1583, and Prebendary of Westminster, 1560-1583 (d. 1583); possibly from the collection in his house at Westminster (see W. Wheatley, The History of Edward Latymer and his Foundations, 2nd rev. edn. [Beccles, 1953], p. 26). Bequeathed with several others in 1584: 'Gulielmus Latimer nuper unus prebendarius huius Ecclesie hunc librum dono dedit Bibliothecae huius Collega Westm', 1584'. Old shelf-mark 'B. 4. 4'. Binding, possibly a standard Westminster Abbey design (see Gal.B.2.41), of stamped calf over pith boards, s. xvi/xvii. I am grateful to Dr John Milsom for drawing my attention to this source.

NOTES ON CONTENTS

1-2 Both settings trope Spiritus et alme. 1 Tr and Mot only, of three voices. Also in US-Cu, MS 654, fol. 2, with a different Mot text. 2 In three voices, two in score over a single text, followed by T.

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