Chartulary with polyphony on recto of first parchment folio. Copied in England. Once belonged to Lichfield Cathedral. Later owned by the antiquarian Elias Ashmole (1617-92); bequeathed to Oxford University in 1677. Housed in Ashmolean Museum 1683-1860, then transferred to Bodleian Library.
GB-Ob MS. Ashmole 1527
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
non-music MS with added polyphony: 1st half of 16th century
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Ashmole 1527 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 308 x 211 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions from 2 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather over cardboard; new spine.
Notation
One motet in black full mensural notation, one in black void mensural notation (2 scribes)
Ruling
Staff height 15
Foliation
i r+v
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-12 + original ink foliation, 1-103 (last two folios unnumbered).
Decoration
Initials and rubric for one motet in red ink; no other decoration.
Surface
ii paper + 117 parchment + xii paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Chartulary, with polyphony: 2 motets (fragmentary)
W. Cornyshe-1, Cotterell-1
ii paper + 117 parchment + xii paper folios, 308 x 211. New pencil foliation, 1-12 + original ink foliation, 1-103 (last two folios unnumbered). Original covers of brown leather over cardboard; new spine. Polyphony on recto of first parchment folio: one motet in black mensural notation, with black void coloration; other motet in white mensural notation, copied by a different scribe. Staff height 15. Initials and rubric for one motet in red ink; no other decoration.
First half of 16th century. Copied in England. Chartulary once belonged to Lichfield Cathedral. Later owned by the antiquarian Elias Ashmole (1617-92); bequeathed to Oxford University in 1677. Housed in Ashmolean Museum 1683-1860, then transferred to Bodleian Library.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Hamilton, Elizabeth Patricia Kathleen. 2009. A Study of Early Sixteenth-Century English Music Fragments from the DIAMM Database. University of Ottawa, MA. http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/en/handle/10393/20241.
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.
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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
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