Reassembled from 11 vertically-cut strips. Written space 310 mm high; gothica textualis quadrata.
GB-SA Typ. GC. A79. GR
University Library, St Andrews, Scotland
fragment: late 14th to early 15th century
| Archive | University Library, St Andrews, Scotland (GB-SA) |
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| Shelfmark | Typ. GC. A79. GR |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | c 385 x 20 orig. at least 385 x 240 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
English Ars nova notation
Ruling
nine freely-ruled red five-line staves (24-33 mm); frame rules, and a text guide in red beneath bottom stave (recto and verso).
Foliation
strips numbered 1-10, 12
Foliation
r+v
Decoration
capitals in text splashed in red.
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM Supplement: 1 fol. (reassembled from 11 vertically-cut strips, numbered 1-10, 12). Parchment. Each strip now c. 385 x 20 mm. Leaf originally at least 385 x 240 mm. Written space 310 mm high. Ruling: nine freely-ruled red five-line staves (24-33 mm); frame rules, and a text guide in red beneath bottom stave (recto and verso). Script: gothica textualis quadrata. Notation: English Ars nova. Decoration: capitals in text splashed in red.
Written in England. Leaf cut into twelve strips, used at the centres of gatherings in Typ. GC. A79GR (Werner Rolewinck, Fasciculus temporum ... [Nicolaus Götz; Sélestat, 1478] [Hain *6922; BMC, I, p. 239]). This book was rebound in October 1959, when ten strips (1-4, 6-8, 10-12) were removed; strips 5 and 9 remain in the book, after fols. 1 and 66, and strip 11 has since been lost. The strips are now loosely joined with adhesive tape, and kept separately. The binding is of blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, with one central clasp; stamps are an eagle, and a rose that can be identified with Oldham, pl. XXVI, No. 376 (his Binder D, responsible for bindings of books dating from the years 1483-1486; see Oldham, p. 31). Owned: William Fowler, S.T.D., Principal of Aberdeen in 1657. Various names written s. xvi on fol. 2. I am grateful to Dr John Milsom for drawing my attention to this source.
NOTES ON CONTENTS
One voice only; ed. OH, I/1, pp. 171-176. Also in Cgc, MS 230/116, fol. 2-2v (see above p. 15); Lbl, Add. MS 57950, Ms. 47-48 (No. 60).
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strips verso
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‡ denotes primary source study
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.
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Margaret Bent
Thursday, 24 October, 2024
The strips that make up this folio contain on the recto and verso the top part only of Old Hall no. 60, ff. 47-48, where the anonymous setting is given in score
Margaret Bent
Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
Typo fixed
Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description