Folios, of varying sizes, recovered from bindings; now preserved in modern guard book. Music found only on f. 109 (478 x 315) and f. 113 (179 x 330); each folio copied by a different scribe. Presumably copied in England. (However, all concordant sources for piece on ff. 109-109' are of Italian origin).
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Lat. liturg. a. 6 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 478 x 315 & 179 x 330 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 3 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of green cloth on cardboard
Notation
not indicated
Date
Late 15th century (HughM).
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-124.
Foliation
109 r+v, 113 r+v
Decoration
Painted initials in red and blue on ff. 109-109'; no decoration on ff. 113-113'.
Surface
i paper + 124 parchment + i paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Gloria fragment, 1 Agnus fragment, 1 Magnificat fragment = 3 Anonymous
i paper + 124 parchment + i paper folios, of varying sizes, recovered from bindings; now preserved in modern guard book. New pencil foliation, 1-124. Modern covers of green cloth on cardboard. Music found only on f. 109 (478 x 315) and f. 113 (179 x 330); each folio copied by a different scribe. Painted initials in red and blue on ff. 109-109'; no decoration on ff. 113-113'.
Late 15th century (HughM). Presumably copied in England. (However, all concordant sources for piece on ff. 109-109' are of Italian origin).
113v
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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.
Sandon, Nicholas. 1976. Fragments of Medieval Polyphony at Canterbury Cathedral. Musica Disciplina, 30: 37-53. Pages: 51. Notes: mention of MS.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 153.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 348. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 30-l. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Oxford. Pages: V,833-4. Notes: physical description.
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,141. Notes: mention of MS.
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Robert J Mitchell
Monday, 15 May, 2023
Magnificat t.8 on 109rv is thought to be the work of Busnois
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date 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