Recovered from bindings. No music on ff. 1-9; remaining folios are remnants of three different music manuscripts, copied by three or more scribes. CurtisWathey divides this source into three parts: Eng. misc. c. 291/I (10v-12); Eng. misc. c. 291/II (13-16v); Eng. misc. c. 291/III (17r-v). Possibly copied in Warwick, for use at St. Mary's Church (inscription on f. 1). Purchased by N. R. Ker at a Bernard Halliday sale in 1942; given to Bodleian Library. Two additional fragments discovered elsewhere in Bodleian Library by Dr. Bruce Barker-Benfield in 1979 were recognised by Andrew Wathey as belonging to f. 13 of this manuscript; now included with it.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Eng. misc. c. 291 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | ff.10-12: 145 c. 215, ff.13-16: 300 x 215-20, f.17: 220-195 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 8 compositions, 8 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Now preserved loose in modern guard book.
Watermark
On f. 17: hand with 'R' at base of palm (apparently not in Briquet or Heawood); no watermark visible on ff. 10-16.
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
12-13 mm, rather irregular along staves (not rastrum-ruled)
Foliation
10-17v
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-17.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
9 parchment + 8 paper
DIAMM Note
Curtis Wathey divides this source into three parts:
Eng. misc. c. 291/I (10v-12)
Eng. misc. c. 291/II (13-16v)
Eng. misc. c. 291/III (17r-v)
RISM Description
Curtis Wathey divides this source into three parts:
Eng. misc. c. 291/I (10v-12)
Eng. misc. c. 291/II (13-16v)
Eng. misc. c. 291/III (17r-v)
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2 Credos, 1 Sanctus, 4 Mass Proper sections, 1 motet = 8 (fragmentary)
Anonymous
9 parchment + 8 paper folios, of varying sizes (ff. 1-2: 350 x 235; f. 3: 175 x 90; ff. 4-5: 165 x 120; f. 6: 330 x 205; f. 7: 165 x 120; ff. 8-9: 310 x 235; ff. 10-12: 145 x 215; ff. 13-16: 300 x 215-20; f. 17: 220 x 195), recovered from bindings; now preserved loose in modern guard book. New pencil foliation, 1-17. No music on ff. 1-9; remaining folios are remnants of three different music manuscripts, copied by three or more scribes. No initials or decoration. Watermark on f. 17: hand with "R" at base of palm (apparently not in Briquet or Heawood); no watermark visible on ff. 10-16.
4 : Date/provenance: Change "Bernard Haliday" to "Bernard Halliday."
Second half of 15th century (HarmMMB). Possibly copied in Warwick, for use at St. Mary's Church (inscription on f. 1). Purchased by N. R. Ker at a Bernard Halliday sale in 1942; given to Bodleian Library. Two additional fragments discovered elsewhere in Bodleian Library by Dr. Bruce Barker-Benfield in 1979 were recognized by Andrew Wathey as belonging to f. 13 of this manuscript; now included with it.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Wright, Peter (editor). 2006. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music, V: Settings of the Sanctus and Agnus dei. Early English Church Music, vol. 47. London: Stainer and Bell for the British Academy. Pages: No. 12 is an edition of a work from this MS.
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.
Bergsagel, John D (editor). 1963-. Nicholas Ludford (e. 1485-C.1557): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 27. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,ii. Notes: mention of MS.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 391. Notes: contents list (partial).
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