GB-Ob MS. Lat. liturg. a. 6

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

fragment: Late 15th century

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Lat. liturg. a. 6
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 478 x 315 & 179 x 330 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBLL a.6
  • olim (Former shelfmark): MadanSC 30556
Provenance
  • England
Contents 3 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

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).

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Binding

Modern covers of green cloth on cardboard

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Late 15th century (HughM).

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-124.

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Foliation

109 r+v, 113 r+v

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Decoration

Painted initials in red and blue on ff. 109-109'; no decoration on ff. 113-113'.

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Surface

i paper + 124 parchment + i paper

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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).

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

109v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
109–109v Magnificat octavi toni: Anima mea [K.368] -
Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?)

Magnificat octavi toni: Anima mea [K.368]

Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?)
Appears on: 109–109v
Genres: BVM, Canticle, Magnificat
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Magnificat fragment (Anima mea dominum)
General Note

the fragment on 109 (Deposuit potetentes / Suscepit Israel) is from the same Magnificat as the Anima mea section on 109v -- the recto/verso is inverted. The piece is probably by Busnois, being very like the attributed Busnois Magnificat in Brussels 5557 [R J Mitchell].
113 Et in terra pax [Gloria] [fragment] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria] [fragment]

Anonymous
Appears on: 113
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Et in terra pax (Gloria fragment)
113v Agnus Dei (fragment) - Anonymous

Agnus Dei (fragment)

Anonymous
Appears on: 113v
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Agnus fragment (...na nobis Da)
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Agnus Dei (fragment) Anonymous 113v
Et in terra pax [Gloria] [fragment] Anonymous 113
Magnificat octavi toni: Anima mea [K.368]
Busnoys, Antoine (ca. 1430–1492) (?)
109–109v

‡ denotes primary source study

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Sandon, Nicholas. 1976. Fragments of Medieval Polyphony at Canterbury Cathedral. Musica Disciplina, 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

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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