GB-Ob MS. Lat. misc. f. 18

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

flyleaves: Late 15th early 16th century

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Lat. misc. f. 18
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 127 x 110 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBLM f.18
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Tenor or contratenor for 'Qua capit ethere' on f. 1'; tenor or contratenor for 'Salve festa dies' on f. 2, copied by a different hand. . Copied in England. Later owned by the antiquarian Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872); purchased by Bodleian Library in 1908 at a Sotheby's sale of items from Phillipps' library.

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Physical Description

Some music obliterated by later trimming.

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Binding

Original(?) covers of brown leather on cardboard, with tooled oval design in center; new spine. Front and back flyleaves (= new ff. 1-2 and 133-135) are remnants of a hymnary.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Late 15th or early 16th century (HughM).

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Foliation

1v-2v

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-135 ('111' applied to two consecutive folios).

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Latin chronicle of England, with polyphony:

1 processional hymn, 1 motet = 2 (fragmentary)

Anonymous

136 parchment folios, 127 x 110. New pencil foliation, 1-135 ("111" applied to two consecutive folios). Original(?) covers of brown leather on cardboard, with tooled oval design in center; new spine. Front and back flyleaves (= new ff. 1-2 and 133-135) are remnants of a hymnary. Tenor or contratenor for "Qua capit ethere" on f. 1'; tenor or contratenor for "Salve festa dies" on f. 2, copied by a different hand. Some music obliterated by later trimming. No initials or decoration.

Late 15th or early 16th century (HughM). Copied in England. Later owned by the antiquarian Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872); purchased by Bodleian Library in 1908 at a Sotheby's sale of items from Phillipps' library.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
[-] Salve festa dies toto venerabilis - Anonymous

Salve festa dies toto venerabilis

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Hymn
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salve festa dies toto venerabilis
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Salve festa dies toto venerabilis Anonymous [-]

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‡ denotes primary source study

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, 1-69.

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.

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 39. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).

Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.  Oxford. Pages: VI,300. Notes: physical description.

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