Originally part of MS Additional C. 87 in this library. Copied by a single scribe. Copied in England. Acquired by Bodleian Library not later than c. 1875.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Add. C. 87* |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 300 x 215 (II says 300 x 213) mm |
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| Provenance |
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| Contents | Contains 8 compositions, 5 from 3 composers, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Now bound separately in new covers of tan cloth on cardboard.
Watermark
One watermark generally resembles Briquet #11684; second watermark (flower with eight petals) not in Briquet.
Notation
Not indicated.
Date
Ca. 1450 (HugESM); ca. 1460 (HughM).
Ruling
13.5
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 221-226, not reflecting original sequence (ff. 221-224-222-223 originally formed a sequence, and ff. 225-226 also belong together).
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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(= MadanSC 30252)
1 G-C-S Mass (incomplete), 1 Gloria (incomplete), 1 Credo, 1 Sanctus fragment, 2 motets = 6
Bedingham-1, Benet-3, Plummer-1, anon-1
i + 6 + i paper folios, 300 x 213. New pencil foliation, 221-226. Originally part of MS Additional C. 87 in this library; now bound separately in new covers of tan cloth on cardboard. Copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration. One watermark generally resembles Briquet #11684; second watermark (flower with eight petals) not in Briquet.
Ca. 1450 (HugESM); ca. 1460 (HughM). Copied in England. Acquired by Bodleian Library not later than ca. 1875.
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Kovarik, Edward. 1968. A Newly-Discovered Dunstable Fragment. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 21: 21-33. Pages: 33. Notes: mention of MS.
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Russell, Theodore C. 1967. Cantus Firmus Technique in the Music of Fifteenth Century Manuscripts of English Provenance. Student Musicologists at Minnesota, 2: 52-77. Pages: 60,71. Notes: mention of MS.
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Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 302-3. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
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Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 5-6. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: X,514-5.
Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Oxford. Pages: V, 768.
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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