GB-Oas MS 330

All Souls College, Oxford, England

choirbook fragment: Early 16th century

Archive	All Souls College, Oxford, England (GB-Oas)
Shelfmark	MS 330
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	Foliation
Format	portrait
Measurements	362 x 417 and 335 x 417, originally c. 500 x 420 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: OxfA 330
Notations	black full mensural coloration in red
Provenance	England
Contents	2 pieces from 2 composers

General Description

Remnants of one or two choirbooks, recovered from binding of 17th-century college account book. Now mounted lengthwise on paper sheets, 471 x 405, in modern guard book (as ff. 18-19). Each fragment copied by a different scribe. Copied in England.

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Binding

Modern covers of brown cloth over boards.

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Notation

Black mensural notation with red coloration

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Ruling

Staff height 19 (f. 18) and 17 (f. 19).

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-60 (guard book)

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Foliation

18-19v

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Decoration

Fragment of red inked calligraphic initial on f. 19; some text in red ink.

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Surface

Parchment

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DIAMM Note

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 omega.14.5 and C.1.2

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 motets (fragmentary)

Anonymous

2 fragmentary parchment bifolios, 362 x 417 and 335 x 417, recovered from binding of 17th-century college account book, now mounted lengthwise on paper sheets, 471 x 405, in modern guard book. Remnants of one or two choirbooks (original folio size ca. 500 x 420). New pencil foliation, 1-60, in guard book; fragments described here are ff. 18-19. Modern covers of brown cloth over boards. Black mensural notation with red coloration. Each fragment copied by a different scribe. Staff height 19 (f. 18) and 17 (f. 19). Fragment of red inked calligraphic initial on f. 19; some text in red ink.

Early 16th century. Copied in England.

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
[-]	O Maria plena gratia	-	Lambe, Walter
O Maria plena gratia Lambe, Walter Appears on: [-] Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Hic video tertium ordinem
[-]	Salve regina mater misericordiae	-	Anonymous
Salve regina mater misericordiae Anonymous Appears on: [-] Genres: Marian antiphon, Motet, Salve Regina Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Salve regina

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Salve regina mater misericordiae – [-]
Lambe, Walter	O Maria plena gratia – [-]

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
O Maria plena gratia	Lambe, Walter	[-]
Salve regina mater misericordiae	Anonymous	[-]

Images © The Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford

Set: Royal Choirbook IIa

Type: Fragments of a whole

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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

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.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: X, 142, 144. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note; DIAMM Note

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