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).
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) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Liturg. 408 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 139 x 94 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of tan leather on cardboard, with tooled borders.
Notation
Bassus in black void mensural notation, faburden in dots beneath original chant
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
Ruling
fifth staff line added for 'Salve festa dies' on ff. 113a'-113b
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-155, omits front flyleaves and uses '21,' '98,' and '113' twice.
Foliation
2v, 113a verso-113b
Surface
vii paper + 156 parchment + ii paper
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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).
113a verso
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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, 27: 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, vol. 1-5. 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
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description