GB-Ob MS. Lat. liturg. e. 14

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

chant book with added polyphony: 15th century (Ritual); polyphony added in 16th century (HugC)

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Lat. liturg. e. 14
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 216 x 151 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBLL e.14
Notations
  • black void mensural
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

Franciscan Ritual, with later polyphonic addition on f. 56. Score format.

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Binding

New covers of brown leather on cardboard.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

red staves; staff height 16mm

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Foliation

New pencil/ink foliation, 1-71.

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Foliation

56v

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Decoration

Red and blue painted initials.

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Surface

i paper + 70 parchment + i paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Franciscan Ritual, with polyphony: 1 motet

Anonymous

i paper + 70 parchment + i paper folios, 216 x 151. New pencil/ink foliation, 1-71. New covers of brown leather on cardboard. Polyphonic piece is later addition on f. 56', copied in white mensural notation on red staves; score format. Staff height 16. Red and blue painted initials.

15th century (Ritual); polyphony added in 16th century (HugC). Copied in England.

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

56v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
56v Franciscan Ritual - - Anonymous

Franciscan Ritual

Anonymous
Appears on: 56v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: insufficient
Voice Text: [Franciscan Ritual]
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Franciscan Ritual Anonymous 56v

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‡ 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, vol. 1. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Hughes, Andrew. 1969. The Choir in Fifteenth-Century English Music: Non-mensural Polyphony. Essays in Musicology in Honor of Dragan Plamenac on His 70th Birthday, 127-45. Pittsburgh. Pages: 137-8. Notes: contents list; transcription.

Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: II/1,42; II/2,5,88; III,262. Notes: contents list; transcription.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Ruling 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