Faburdens for four litanies added at bottom of ff. 57'-58 and ff. 59'-60. Faburden on ff. 57'-58 copied by one scribe; the others were copied by a second scribe. Copied in England. Apparently owned in 16th century by Robertus Paternoster, in 17th century by Jacobi Dowdall, in 1672 by Giles Burrowes, in 18th century by the French antiquarian N. J. Foucault (d. 1721). Acquired by Thomas Rawlinson at auction of Foucaults library; purchased in 1734 by the antiquarian Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755), whose collection passed to Bodleian Library in 1756. Contains polyphonic contents identical to MS. Auct. T inf. 3.17.
GB-Ob MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 45
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
Sarum Processional with added polyphony: Early 16th century
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 45 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 218 x 150 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 4 compositions, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of brown leather on wooden boards.
Notation
Faburden on ff. 57'-58 in chant, and black full mensural; other faburdens in black void mensural
Date
Early 16th century (TrowFNS)
Ruling
some 4-line staves
Foliation
57v-58, 59v-60v
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-105
Decoration
Painted initials in blue, red, tan, and brown.
Surface
i paper + 105 parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Sarum Processional, with polyphony: 4 litanies (faburdens)
Anonymous
i paper + 105 parchment folios, 218 x 150. New pencil foliation, 1-105. New covers of brown leather on wooden boards. Faburdens for four litanies added at bottom of ff. 57'-58 and ff. 59'-60'. Faburden on ff. 57'-58 in chant notation and black mensural notation; other faburdens in white mensural notation on 4-line staves, copied by a different scribe. Polyphonic contents identical to those of OxfB III.17. Painted initials in blue, red, tan, and brown.
Early 16th century (TrowFNS). Copied in England. Apparently owned in 16th century by Robertus Paternoster, in 17th century by Jacobi Dowdall, in 1672 by Giles Burrowes, in 18th century by the French antiquarian N. J. Foucault (d. 1721). Acquired by Thomas Rawlinson at auction of Foucaults library; purchased in 1734 by the antiquarian Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755), whose collection passed to Bodleian Library in 1756.
60v
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Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1962. Faburden in Practice. Musica Disciplina, 16: 11-34. Pages: 20,31. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).
Charles, Sydney Robinson. 1959. The Music of the Pepys Ms 1236. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 114. Notes: mention of MS.
Trowell, Brian. 1959. Faburden and Fauxbourdon. Musica Disciplina, 13: 43-78. Pages: 63. Notes: mention of MS.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 411-2. Notes: contents list; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Oxford. Pages: III, 514.
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,106.
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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