GB-Ouc University College MS. 192 (Some leaves part of Royal Choirbook)

University College, Oxford, England

fragments: 15th century: c.1420-30

Archive University College, Oxford, England (GB-Ouc)
Shelfmark University College MS. 192 (Some leaves part of Royal Choirbook)
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 432 x 325 27a orig. c.430 x 305 now 210 x 305, 28: 215 x 310; 27b and c: 117 x 156 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: GB-Ob192
  • CCM: OxfBU 192
  • olim (Former shelfmark): (When last accessed by DIAMM this manuscript was housed in the Bodleian Library)
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • black void mensural
  • coloration in red
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 6 compositions, 2 from 1 composer, 4 are anonymous.
General Description

Modern guard book containing miscellaneous collection of paper fragments recovered from bindings (ii + 30 + i). Four fragments, the remnants of two unrelated musical manuscripts, are mounted on new ff. 27-28 (numbered 27a, 27b, 27c, 28).

(1) 27a (now half-leaf only) & 28: once part of 'Lost Choirbook I'; other fragments from same manuscript now CambriU 4435 (16a-d), CambriU 5963, and ff. 89-92 of OxfM 267 (BentL). Ff. 27a-27a' copied by main scribe of original choirbook; ff. 28-28' contain later addition in a different hand (continues piece on ff. 92-92' of OxfM 267).

(2) 27b, 27c: portions of a single folio; apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript. Copied by a single scribe.

Of English origin; possibly copied for chapel of King Henry VI (BentP). Original manuscripts disassembled in 16th century; folios used as binding material. Bindings which incorporated fragments 27a and 28 now lost, but believed to be work of Nicholas Spierinck, a Netherlandish stationer who settled in Cambridge c. 1505 and died c. 1545. Books later came to University College, Oxford; musical fragments removed from bindings in 19th century. Owned by University College, Oxford, but deposited in Bodleian Library.

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Binding

Modern covers of blue cloth on cardboard

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Notation

27a and 28 black full mensural notation on red staves with red coloration. 27 b & c in black void mensural notation

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Ruling

(1) 27a: red staves; staff height 15. (2) 27b, 27c: no initials or decoration; staff height 16.

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Foliation

27a, b, c all r+v; 28 r+v (in Bodley)

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-30 (main corpus)

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Decoration

(1) 27a: one large primary initial in black ink; blue secondary initial on background of red tracery. (2) 27b, 27c: no initials or decoration.

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Surface

Parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 4: 15. Jh.; 3 Blätter Pergament aus verschiedenen Handschriften; f. 27a: 215x 305 mm; f. 27b/c: 120 x 155 mm; f. 28: 310 x 215 mm. Moderne Foliierung der Fragmentsammlung; f. 27a: 7 rote Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer und schwarz-roter Mensuralnotation erhalten (ursprünglich 10-12 Systeme); f. 27b/c: 8 schwarze Fünfliniensysteme mit weißer Mensuralnotation erhalten; f. 28: 10 schwarze Fünfliniensysteme mit schwarzer Mensuralnotation.

Diese zu drei verschiedenen Handschriften gehörenden und außer f. 28 nur fragmentarisch erhaltenen Blätter stammen aus dem 15. Jh.: f. 27a um 1415; f. 27b/c um 1420; f. 28 um 1420/40. Das erste Fragment (f. 27a) gehörte möglicherweise zur gleichen Handschrift wie Fragment GB-Cu5963. Zu f. 28 findet sich ein Ergänzungsblatt aus derselben Handschrift in GB-Omc267, f. 92.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Credo-Sanctus pair, 3 Credos, 1 motet = 5 (fragmentary)

Damett-2, anon-3

ii + 30 + i paper folios, 432 x 325. Modern guard book containing miscellaneous collection of fragments recovered from bindings. New pencil foliation, 1-30. Modern covers of blue cloth on cardboard. Only items within scope of this catalogue are 4 parchment fragments mounted on new ff. 27-28 (numbered 27a, 27b, 27c, 28), remnants of two unrelated musical manuscripts:

(1) 27a: originally ca. 430 x 305, now half-leaf only, 210 x 305. 28: 215 x 310. Once part of a choirbook; other fragments from same manuscript now CambriU 4435 (16a-d), CambriU 5963, and ff. 89-92 of OxfM 267 (BentL). Black mensural notation on red staves, with red coloration. Ff. 27a-27a' copied by main scribe of original choirbook; ff. 28-28' contain later addition in a different hand (continues piece on ff. 92-92' of OxfM 267). Staff height 15. One large primary initial in black ink; blue secondary initial on background of red tracery.

(2) 27b, 27c: 117 x 156. Portions of a single folio; apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript. White mensural notation. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 16. No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1420-30 (BentL). Copied in England. Original manuscripts disassembled in 16th century; folios used as binding material. Bindings which incorporated fragments 27a and 28 now lost, but believed to be work of Nicholas Spierinck, a Netherlandish stationer who settled in Cambridge ca. 1505 and died ca. 1545. Books later came to University College, Oxford; musical fragments removed from bindings in 19th century. Owned by University College, Oxford, but deposited in Bodleian Library.

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OXFORD. Bodleian Library. MS University College 192 [see also CambriU 4435, CambriU 5963, CanberN 4052/2/1, OxfBDON b.31-2, OxfM 267]

Physical: Once part of same original manuscript as CambriU 4435, CambriU 5963, CanberN 4052/2/1, OxfBDON b.31-2, and ff. 89-92 of OxfM 267.

Provenance: Of English origin; possibly copied for chapel of King Henry VI (BentP).

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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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, 27: 1-69.

Bent, Margaret. 1984. The Progeny of Old Hall: More Leaves from a Royal English Choirbook. Gordon Athol Anderson (1929-1981) in Memoriam, Musicological Studies, vol. 49. 2 vols.1-54. Henryville, Ottawa, and Binningen: Institute of Mediaeval Music. Notes: contents list; facsimile; discussion.

Sadie, Stanley (editor). 1980. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.  London. Pages: XVII,606. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Bent, Margaret. 1972. A Lost English Choirbook of the Fifteenth Century. International Musicological Society: Report of the Eleventh Congress, 257-62. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances.

Schlager, Karlheinz (editor). 1971-. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Series A/I, vol. Einzeldrucke vor 1800.  Kassel. Pages: B IV/4,667-8. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits.

Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 61-2; II/1,29; II/2,47-8; III,46-52.

Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1958. Changing Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music. The Musical Quarterly, 44: 1-18.

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 52-3. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances.

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Richard Dudas

Friday, 22 November, 2019

inventory updated to show concordances with Old Hall (2 Damett Credos) folio 27a corresponds to Damett's Credo on 60v and 61 in OH (it would have originally been the verso side of a folio, as it specifically duplicates the music on OH 60v) folio 27av corresponds to Damett's Credo on 79v and 80 in OH (it would have originally been the recto side of a folio - as it duplicates the music on the top of OH 80. I recall that Margaret Bent points out this correspondence in her 1968 dissertation, since the duplicate source fills-in the music missing from the damaged page in OH.) Note that the text of this middle voice does not begin with "Patrem omnipotentem", although the text of the upper voice on the missing facing page would have.

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

Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description