Polyphonic pieces are later additions on ff. 2, 22'-23, and 86'-87 (f. 1 contains variant triplex for piece on ff. 22'-23). Each piece copied by a different scribe. 'Deo gratias' setting also appears in LonBL 17001 and LonBLC Nero E.viii (in latter source with text 'Amen'). Apparently copied for use in village church of East Drayton, Nottingham.
GB-Ob MS. Lat. liturg. b. 5
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
Gradual with added polyphony: Mid 15th century (HugESM)
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Lat. liturg. b. 5 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 410 x 290 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original(?) covers of white leather on wooden boards
Notation
black full stroke ('Deo gratias') and chant notation (hymn)
Ruling
photographed without scale
Foliation
2 (originally marked 1, but 1 is a stub preceding 2), 22v-23, 86v-87
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-135.
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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York Gradual, with polyphony: 1 hymn, 1 Deo gratias = 2
Anonymous
ii + 134 + i + ii parchment folios, 410 x 290. New pencil foliation, 1-135. Original(?) covers of white leather on wooden boards. Polyphonic pieces are later additions on ff. 1, 22'-23, and 86'-87 (f. 1 contains variant triplex for piece on ff. 22'-23). "Deo gratias" in full stroke notation; hymn in chant notation. Each piece copied by a different scribe. "Deo gratias" setting also appears in LonBL 17001 and LonBLC Nero E.viii (in latter source with text "Amen").
Mid 15th century (HugESM). Apparently copied for use in village church of East Drayton, Nottingham. Owned in early 19th century by Thomas Thorpe; sold in 1824 to the antiquarian Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872). Purchased by James Ward at a Sotheby's sale of items from Phillipps' library in 1896; sold to Bodleian Library in 1901.
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Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,77; II/1,42; II/2,5,87-8; III,261-2. Notes: contents list; transcription; discussion.
Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Oxford. Pages: VI,211. 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: II, vi. 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