GB-SAXlevettscrivener Sibton Abbey account book

Private collection of J E Levett-Scrivener, Saxmundham, England

non-music MS with interpolated music: 15th century: c.1461

Archive Private collection of J E Levett-Scrivener, Saxmundham, England (GB-SAXlevettscrivener)
Shelfmark Sibton Abbey account book
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 210-20 x 218 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: IpswichR 15.7
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Ipswich, Suffolk Record Office HA3:50/9/15.7(1)
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

Music copied on new f. 51'. Presumably copied at Sibton Cistercian Abbey, Suffolk. Sibton monastic estates conveyed to Duke of Norfolk and others in 1536; manor of Sibton sold to John Scrivener in 1610. Manor still owned by Scrivener family.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Ca. 1461 (StMP).

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Ruling

Staff height ca. 15-16 (irregular).

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Foliation

51v

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-58; new ff. 1-8 and 17-58, respectively, also have original ink foliation, 1-8 + 1-42

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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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Account book of Sibton Abbey, with polyphony: 1 French(?) secular piece*

*Piece has text incipit "To iours" only. FallowsES suggests possibility that original text was English.

Anonymous

58 paper folios, 295 x 218 (new f. 51 measures 210-20 x 218; lower portion cut away). Modern pencil foliation, 1-58; new ff. 1-8 and 17-58, respectively, also have original ink foliation, 1-8 + 1-42. Original parchment covers. Music copied on new f. 51'. Staff height ca. 15-16 (irregular). No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1461 (StMP). Presumably copied at Sibton Cistercian Abbey, Suffolk. Sibton monastic estates conveyed to Duke of Norfolk and others in 1536; manor of Sibton sold to John Scrivener in 1610. Manor still owned by Scrivener family, but estate records, including present manuscript, deposited in Suffolk Record Office by Capt. E. Levett-Scrivener in 1948.

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

51v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
51v 'Pessuale' / "To iours" - Anonymous

'Pessuale' / "To iours"

Anonymous
Appears on: 51v
Genres: Chanson
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Voice Text: 'Pessuale' / "To iours"
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
'Pessuale' / "To iours" Anonymous 51v

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‡ denotes primary source study

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 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Fallows, David. 1976-7. English Song Repertories of the Mid-fifteenth Century. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 106: 61-79. Pages: 74.

Stevens, John E. 1961. Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court.  Cambridge. Pages: 457,467.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

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