GB-Ob MS. Liturg. 408

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

Sarum Processional with added polyphony: second half of 14th century

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Liturg. 408
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 139 x 94 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBL 408
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Add. B.20; MadanSC 30622
Notations
  • black void mensural
  • dots above or beneath original chant
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • England
Contents 2 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Bassus for 'Salve festa dies' on f. 2'; Faburden for another 'Salve festa dies' on ff. 113a'-113b. Copied in England. Owned in 1676 by Elias Ashmole. Probably purchased by Bodleian Library from William Maskell c. 1875 (MadanSC).

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Binding

New covers of tan leather on cardboard, with tooled borders.

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Notation

Bassus in black void mensural notation, faburden in dots beneath original chant

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Date

Second half of 14th century (Processional); piece on ff. 113a'-113b added in first half of 15th century, piece on f. 2' added in late 15th or early 16th century

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Ruling

fifth staff line added for 'Salve festa dies' on ff. 113a'-113b

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-155, omits front flyleaves and uses '21,' '98,' and '113' twice.

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Foliation

2v, 113a verso-113b

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Surface

vii paper + 156 parchment + ii paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Sarum Processional, with polyphony: 2 processional hymns

Anonymous

vii paper + 156 parchment + ii paper folios, 139 x 94. New pencil foliation, 1-155, omits front flyleaves and uses "21," "98," and "113" twice. New covers of tan leather on cardboard, with tooled borders. Bassus for "Salve festa dies" on f. 2', in white mensural notation. Faburden for another "Salve festa dies" on ff. 113a'-113b, copied in dots beneath original chant (fifth staff line added).

Second half of 14th century (Processional); piece on ff. 113a'-113b added in first half of 15th century, piece on f. 2' added in late 15th or early 16th century. Copied in England. Owned in 1676 by Elias Ashmole. Probably purchased by Bodleian Library from William Maskell ca. 1875 (MadanSC).

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

113a verso

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
2v Salve festa dies - Anonymous

Salve festa dies

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salve festa dies
General Note

O458
113a verso–113b Salve festa dies ... qua sponso sponsa - Anonymous

Salve festa dies ... qua sponso sponsa

Anonymous
Appears on: 113a verso–113b
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Salve festa dies ... qua sponso sponsa
General Note

O475
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Salve festa dies Anonymous 2v
Salve festa dies ... qua sponso sponsa Anonymous 113a verso–113b

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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.

Trowell, Brian. 1980. Faburden-New Sources, New Evidence: A Preliminary Survey. Modern Musical Scholarship, 28-78. Stocksfield, Boston, Henley, and London. Pages: 67,74,76 [sometimes referred to by former number Add. B.20]. Notes: mention of MS; contents list.

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: 40. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.  Oxford. Pages: V,855. Notes: physical description; contents list.

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

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description