1 anonymous textless polyphonic piece in a composite volume of miscellaneous writings, bound together, consisting of iv + 169 + ii folios. The music is on f. 145', at end of mystery play of St. Mary Magdalene. The volume was owned by the Oxford mathematician Thomas Allen (1542-1632), and bequeathed to Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-65). It was then part of the Digby collection presented to Bodleian Library in 1634.
GB-Ob MS. Digby 133 (The Digby Plays)
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
non-music MS with added polyphony: Early 16th century, c.1505
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Digby 133 (The Digby Plays) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 210 x 147 mm |
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General Description
Binding
New covers of brown leather on cardboard
Notation
chant notation
Foliation
145v
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-169
Surface
paper
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Miscellaneous writings, with polyphony: 1 textless piece
Anonymous
iv + 169 + ii paper folios, 210 x 147. Composite of several unrelated items later bound together. New pencil foliation, 1-169. New covers of brown leather on cardboard. Music on f. 145', copied in chant notation at end of mystery play of St. Mary Magdalene. No decoration.
Ca. 1505 (StaE). Copied in England. Owned by the Oxford mathematician Thomas Allen (1542-1632); bequeathed to Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-65). Digby collection presented to Bodleian Library in 1634.
145v
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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.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 27. Notes: physical description (partial).
Stainer, John F. R, and Cécie Stainer (editors). 1901. Reprinted: Farnborough, 1967. Sacred and Secular Songs, together with other MS. compositions in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Early Bodleian Music, vol. 1-2. Oxford. London. Pages: I,xxiv, facs. 110; II,192. Notes: physical description (partial); facsimile.
Frere, Walter Howard. 1894-1932, repr. Hildesheim, 1967. Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical and Latin-Liturgical Mss. of the Middle Ages Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society. Pages: (I,138. Notes: mention of MS.
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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