Music appears only on parchment wrapper, apparently the only surviving remnant of a larger liturgical music manuscript. In score format. Copied by a single scribe. Of English origin; perhaps copied in Warwickshire. Bifolio with music removed from original context prior to 1534 and used as wrapper for survey of ecclesiastical benefices in Warwickshire. Volume acquired in 17th century by the antiquarian Simon Archer (1581-1662), of Umberslade, Warwickshire. Archer collection remained in possession of family members until 1946, then deposited at present location.
GB-STb DR37/3/41
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
fragment: Early 15th century
| Archive | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, England (GB-STb) |
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| Shelfmark | DR37/3/41 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 318 x 210 (corpus); 370 x 540 (wrapper) mm |
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| Contents | Contains 5 compositions, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
1 bifolio (used as wrapper)
Binding
front and back cover
Notation
Black mensural with red black full and black void coloration
Date
Early 15th century (HugESM)
Ruling
red staves; staff height 13-14mm (stretched)
Foliation
Original ink foliation in main corpus, 1-61 (several errors and omissions); no foliation visible on parchment wrapper
Decoration
Inked Gothic initials in red and blue, with decorative floral tracery extending into margins.
Surface
69 paper + 1 parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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*Frequently cited in the literature as "Archer MS 2," but no official basis for this designation.
Survey of valuation of ecclesiastical benefices, with polyphony on wrapper: 3 troped Kyries (2 incomplete), 1 illegible piece = 4
Anonymous
69 paper folios, 318 x 210 (some are half-folios or stubs only) + 1 parchment bifolio, ca. 370 x 540, as wrapper. Music appears only on parchment wrapper, apparently the only surviving remnant of a larger liturgical music manuscript. Original ink foliation in main corpus, 1-61 (several errors and omissions); no foliation visible on parchment wrapper. Black mensural notation on red staves, with red full and black void coloration; score format. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 14. Inked Gothic initials in red and blue, with decorative floral tracery extending into margins.
Early 15th century (HugESM). Of English origin; perhaps copied in Warwickshire. Bifolio with music removed from original context prior to 1534 and used as wrapper for survey of ecclesiastical benefices in Warwickshire. Volume acquired in 17th century by the antiquarian Simon Archer (1581-1662), of Umberslade, Warwickshire. Archer collection remained in possession of family members until 1946, then deposited at present location.
back cover
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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.
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. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.
Hughes, Andrew. 1963. English Sacred Music (Excluding Carols) in Insular Sources, 1400-C.1450. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 66; II/1, 33; II/2, 2, 6, 50, 90-1; III, 60-3, 277-80. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; texts; discussion.
Trowell, Brian. 1959. Faburden and Fauxbourdon. Musica Disciplina, 13: 43-78. Pages: 63. Notes: contents list (partial).
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 278. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1958. Changing Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music. The Musical Quarterly, 44: 1-18. Pages: 6. Notes: mention of MS.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; 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