The main contents are the Anticlaudianus of Alanus of Lille and a glossed version of Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae. There are various references to Hereford (for instance an epitaph for Humphrey of Hereford on f. 67), although it comes from Lanthony. The polyphony is 1 of 2 pieces of music on f. 113v-114: iIt is one of the rare examples of a two-part composition with an English text, while its composition is a monodie se-quence in Latin.
GB-Occc MS 59
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, England
Codex (complete), miscellany, with added polyphony: 3rd quarter 13th century
| Archive | Corpus Christi College, Oxford, England (GB-Occc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 59 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 200 x 135 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 3 compositions, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
brown leather over wooden boards. There were originally 2 clasps, but 1 is now missing
Notation
Black square notes. A variety of clefs is used too (c, b and a), and the notation is semi-mensural, as can be seen from the alternation of longs and the typically English rhombs.
Ruling
red staves. The number of lines per stave vary: Edi beo has an eight-line stave first, then a six-line one.
Foliation
113v-114
Foliation
modern pencil at t.r.r
Decoration
neat minuscule with red initials; green and red initials.
Surface
parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 1: A parchment manuscript of the I3th century meas. 199 x 135 mm. and containing 120 folios, preceded by a single flyleaf. The foliation is a modern pencil one at t.r.r., and the binding is of brown leather over wooden boards. There were originally 2 clasps, but 1 is now missing. The main contents are the Anticlaudianus of Alanus of Lille and a glossed version of Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae. The first of these works is written in a neat minuscule with red initials, while the latter employs many abbreviations and green as well as red initials. There are various references to Hereford in this ms, for instance an epitaph for Humphrey of Hereford on f. 67; in fact the codex comes from Lanthony. The polyphony is 1 of 2 pieces of music on f. 113v-114 in black square notes on red staves. It is one of the rare examples of a two-part composition with an English text, while its composition is a monodie se-quence in Latin. The number of lines per stave vary. Edi beo has an eight-line stave first, then a six-line one. A variety of clefs is used too (c, b and a), and the notation is semi-mensural, as can be seen from the alternation of longs and the typically English rhombs.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1954-60. New Oxford History of Music. Pages: 324 (transcription of Edi beo).
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1935. The Gymel. The Earliest Form of English Polyphony. Music and Letters, 16: 77ff. Pages: 79 (transcription of Edi beo); 79f.
Morris, R. 1873. Old English Homilies of the Twelfth Century. Pages: 255 (full text of Edi beo), 260-262 (facsimile of the polyphony), 261 (transcription of Edi beo by A. J. Ellis).
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