GB-Olc MS Lat. 89

Lincoln College, Oxford, England

fragments: Early 15th century

Archive Lincoln College, Oxford, England (GB-Olc)
Shelfmark MS Lat. 89
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 295 x 226 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBLC 89
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents 13 pieces from 5 composers
General Description

Composite of two unrelated manuscripts (defined by ff. 1-25 and ff. 26-31) bound together in 17th century. Ff. 1-25 contain Melos Contemplativorum of Richard Rolle of Hampole; ff. 26-31 apparently the only surviving remnants of a liturgical music manuscript. No music on f. 26, which may therefore have been an endleaf to the first ms rather than the first leaf of the second ms? Six Kyries in score format; other pieces in choirbook format. Copied by one main scribe and five additional scribes (SeamanM). Copied in England. Now owned by Lincoln College, Oxford, but deposited in Bodleian Library.

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Physical Description

portions of ff. 30-31 torn away

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Binding

Covers of white parchment over boards probably date from 17th century.

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Watermark

resembles Briquet #11859 and #11868.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Early 15th century, with additions in mid 15th century.

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Ruling

not received yet

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-32.

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Foliation

26, 27-31v

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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3 Kyries, 4 troped Kyries (incomplete or fragmentary), 1 Gloria (incomplete), 2 motets (1 incomplete), 1 carol (monophonic), 2 textless fragments = 13

(Binchois/Dunstable)-1, (Plummer)-1, (Power)-1, anon-10

31 + i paper folios, ca. 295 x 226. Composite of two unrelated manuscripts (defined by ff. 1-25 and ff. 26-31) bound together in 17th century. New pencil foliation, 1-32. Covers of white parchment over boards probably date from 17th century. Ff. 1-25 contain Melos Contemplativorum of Richard Rolle of Hampole; ff. 26-31 apparently the only surviving remnants of a liturgical music manuscript. No music on f. 26; portions of ff. 30-31 torn away. Six Kyries in score format; other pieces in choirbook format. Copied by one main scribe and five additional scribes (SeamanM). No initials or decoration. Watermark resembles Briquet #11859 and #11868.

Early 15th century, with additions in mid 15th century. Copied in England. Now owned by Lincoln College, Oxford, but deposited in Bodleian Library.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
27r Beata mater et innupta (2p. Gloriosa regina mundi 3p. Intercede pro nobis) -
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?)

Beata mater et innupta (2p. Gloriosa regina mundi 3p. Intercede pro nobis)

Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?)
Appears on: 27r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Beata mater et innupta
27v Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous

Et in terra pax [Gloria]

Anonymous
Appears on: 27v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
27v counterpoint exercise(?) - Anonymous

counterpoint exercise(?)

Anonymous
Appears on: 27v
Genres: textless
27v Man assay [monophonic carol] - Anonymous

Man assay [monophonic carol]

Anonymous
Appears on: 27v
Genres: Carol, Monophonic hymn
General Note

staves 9-10
28r Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 28r
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Layout

in score layout
28v Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 28v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Layout

in score layout
29r Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 29r
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Layout

in score layout
29v Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem -
Plummer, John (ca. 1410–ca. 1484)

Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem

Plummer, John (ca. 1410–ca. 1484)
Appears on: 29v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Descendi in hortum meum
30r Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor - Anonymous

Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor

Anonymous
Appears on: 30r
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Layout

in score layout
30r–30v Kyrie Orbis factor - Anonymous

Kyrie Orbis factor

Anonymous
Appears on: 30r–30v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Layout

in score layout
31r–31v Kyrie Rex virginum amator Deus - Anonymous

Kyrie Rex virginum amator Deus

Anonymous
Appears on: 31r–31v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Layout

in score layout
31v Kyrie Lux et origo Iucis -
Power, Leonel (–1445)

Kyrie Lux et origo Iucis

Power, Leonel (–1445)
Appears on: 31v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
31v [textless] - Anonymous

[textless]

Anonymous
Appears on: 31v
Genres: textless
General Note

Short textless passages in C4 clef in a different hand. Distinct from previous piece
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Plummer, John (ca. 1410–ca. 1484)
Power, Leonel (–1445)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[textless] Anonymous 31v
Beata mater et innupta (2p. Gloriosa regina mundi 3p. Intercede pro nobis)
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?)
27r
counterpoint exercise(?) Anonymous 27v
Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem
Plummer, John (ca. 1410–ca. 1484)
29v
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 27v
Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor Anonymous 30r
Kyrie eleison Anonymous 28r
Kyrie eleison Anonymous 28v
Kyrie eleison Anonymous 29r
Kyrie Lux et origo Iucis
Power, Leonel (–1445)
31v
Kyrie Orbis factor Anonymous 30r–30v
Kyrie Rex virginum amator Deus Anonymous 31r–31v
Man assay [monophonic carol] Anonymous 27v

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Gabrielli, Giulia, and Benjamin Barclay. 2015. A new source of Quattrocento music discovered in Bolzano. Early Music, 255-267.

Wright, Peter (editor). 2013. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music, VIII: Settings of the Gloria and Credo. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer and Bell for the British Academy. Notes: edition of Gloria.

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, 1-69.

Wathey, Andrew B. 1983. Newly Discovered Fifteenth-Century English Polyphony at Oxford. Music and Letters, 58-66.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Seaman, Ann-Marie. 1978. The Music of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Lincoln College Latin 89: A Postscript. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 139-40.

Seaman, Ann-Marie, and Richard Rastall. 1976. The Music of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Lincoln College Latin 89. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 95-101.

Greene, Richard Leighton (editor). 1935, 2nd 1977. The Early English Carols.  Oxford. Pages: 321.

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