Manuscript addition to three printed year books (3 Henry VI [Pynson, 1510]; 22 Edward IV [Pynson, 1520?]; 1-8 Henry VII [Pynson, n.d.]). Music on ff. 34'-43 (f. 41 blank); other contents include legal writings, recipes, and medical remedies. Music copied by a single scribe. Of English origin; perhaps copied in Northamptonshire. Later owned by the statesman Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), of Houghton, Norfolk; passed to Cholmondeley family in 18th century. Purchased by Bodleian Library in 1955 at a Sotheby's sale of property of Sir George Horatio Charles, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883-1968).
GB-Ob [pr. bk.] Arch. A c.10
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
non-music MS with interpolated music: 16th century: c.1510-20
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | [pr. bk.] Arch. A c.10 |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 280-8 x 195-210 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 6 compositions, 6 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original parchment covers still extant in 1955, but subsequently lost; unbound folios now tied as bundle.
Watermark
resembles Heawood #2473 (several variants)
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
34v-43v (41 blank)
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-65.
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Printed year books and miscellaneous manuscript writings, with polyphony:
1 Mass, 2 motets = 3
Anonymous
65 paper folios, 280-8 x 195-210, forming manuscript addition to three printed year books (3 Henry VI [Pynson, 1510]; 22 Edward IV [Pynson, 1520?]; 1-8 Henry VII [Pynson, n.d.]). New pencil foliation, 1-65. Original parchment covers still extant in 1955, but subsequently lost; unbound folios now tied as bundle. Music on ff. 34'-43 (f. 41 blank); other contents include legal writings, recipes, and medical remedies. Music copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration. Watermark resembles Heawood #2473 (several variants).
Ca. 1510-20. Of English origin; perhaps copied in Northamptonshire. Later owned by the statesman Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), of Houghton, Norfolk; passed to Cholmondeley family in 18th century. Purchased by Bodleian Library in 1955 at a Sotheby's sale of property of Sir George Horatio Charles, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883-1968).
38v
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‡ denotes primary source study
Sandon, Nicholas. 1991. Bodleian Year-Books Mass. Antico Edition, vol. RCM7. Newton Abbot.
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.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 278-9. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
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