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.
| Archive | All Souls College, Oxford, England (GB-Oas) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 330 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 362 x 417 and 335 x 417, originally c. 500 x 420 mm |
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| Provenance |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of brown cloth over boards.
Notation
Black mensural notation with red coloration
Ruling
Staff height 19 (f. 18) and 17 (f. 19).
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-60 (guard book)
Foliation
18-19v
Decoration
Fragment of red inked calligraphic initial on f. 19; some text in red ink.
Surface
Parchment
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
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.
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Royal Choirbook IIa
Fragments of a whole · 9 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Bent, Margaret. 1996. A new canonic Gloria and the changing profile of Dunstaple. Plainsong and Medieval Music, 5: 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, 27: 1-69.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 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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Monday, 23 January, 2017
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