A Sarum Processional, with faburden incipits to two responsories added by a later hand on f. 190. Of Irish provenance; owned by Church of St. John the Evangelist in Dublin (inscription on f. 189': 'Iste liber pertinet ad ecclesie Johannis Evangeliste Dublinie'). Later owners include the Irish historian Sir James Ware (1594-1666); Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-74); Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709); James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673-1744); and the antiquarian Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755). Latter's collection passed to Bodleian Library in 1756.
GB-Ob MS. Rawl. liturg. d. 4
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
Sarum Processional with added polyphony: late 15th or early 16th century
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Rawl. liturg. d. 4 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 280 x 165 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of faded white sheepskin over boards; buckle and clasps lost.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
190
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-190
Decoration
Red and blue calligraphic initials
Surface
190 parchment + i paper
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Sarum Processional, with polyphony: 2 motets (faburden incipits only)
Anonymous
190 parchment + i paper folios, 280 x 165. New pencil foliation, 1-190. Original covers of faded white sheepskin over boards; buckle and clasps lost. Red and blue calligraphic initials. On f. 190, a later hand has added faburden incipits to two responsories.
Second half of 14th century, with additions (faburden incipits) in late 15th or early 16th century. Of Irish provenance; owned by Church of St. John the Evangelist in Dublin (inscription on f. 189': "Iste liber pertinet ad ecclesie Johannis Evangeliste Dublinie"). Later owners include the Irish historian Sir James Ware (1594-1666); Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-74); Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709); James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673-1744); and the antiquarian Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755). Latter's collection passed to Bodleian Library in 1756.
190
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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. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.
Young, Karl. 1951. The Drama of the Medieval Church. Oxford. Pages: I,168-72,347-50,563. Notes: physical description (partial).
Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Oxford. Pages: III,517. 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: I,107. Notes: physical description.
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Anna de Bakker
Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
Pointed out that the third piece (listed in the second inventory item) begins "Sanctus Audoenus" (not Andreanus, as previously stated), and explainined that this presumably refers to St Audoin/Audoen/Ouen, who also had a church dedicated to him in Dublin.
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation 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