Formerly front and rear pastedowns of DD/WHb 3182 (a Wycliffite New Testament, 14/15th century, written probably by a group of provincial scribes), now removed. Written space 165-170 mm wide; text guide lines are visible. Possibly a bifolium. Coped by three hands: two writing a poor gothica textualis semi-quadrata (fols. A, Br-v) and the third writing a moderate anglicana (fol. Av). Written in England. Scribbles, etc., on the rear flyleaves of MS DD/WHb 3182 (unfoliated) include: 'Item payde to Henry Scotull for thys same boke, xxj d. [sic] iiij d', 'Dominus Johannes Turveye nuper rector de Lyston London dioc', 'Will. Smyth, precium libri vj s. viij d.', 'John Huntyng of Bryndelly in com. ...', and a partly legible note about a 'boke callyd dives et pauper', all s. xv2/2; 'precium huius libri nichil', s. xvi in. An illegible medieval title is written in ink on the back cover. The music leaves were removed and placed separately in the late 1970s. Owned: the Button-Walker-Heneage family at Coker Court. Deposited 1958.

Each leaf folded and trimmed to form flyleaves and pastedowns.

Red whittawed leather over oak boards with a single clasp (now lost); probablyoriginal (15th century)

English ternary breve-semibreve; English Ars nova with mensuration signs and ligature shapes of Robert de Brunham

twelve freely-ruled red five-line staves (15-18 mm)

A-Bv

foliated A, B

cue entered for initial 'M' to 4 (not supplied).

Parchment

RISM Supplement: 2 fols, (fragmentary; formerly front and rear pastedowns, now removed and foliated A, B). Parchment. Now 218 x 177 mm (fol. 1) and 280 x 177 mm (fol. 2); originally c. 300 x c. 220 mm. Written space 165 - 170 mm wide. Ruling: twelve freely-ruled red five-line staves (15-18 mm); text guide. Collation: in origin possibly a bifolium. Script: three hands, two writing a poor gothica textualis semi-quadrata (fols. A, Br-v) and the third writing a moderate anglicana (fol. Av). Notation: English ternary breve-semibreve in 1 - 3; English Ars nova with mensuration signs in 4, and ligature shapes of Robert de Brunham. Decoration: cue entered for initial 'M' to 4 (not supplied).

Written in England. Each leaf folded and trimmed to form the flyleaves and pastedowns of DD/WHb 3182, a Wycliffite New Testament, s. xiv/xv, written probably by a group of provincial scribes. The binding, of red whittawed leather over oak boards with a single clasp (now lost), is probably the original, s. xv in. Scribbles, etc., on the rear flyleaves of MS DD/WHb 3182 (unfoliated) include: 'Item payde to Henry Scotull for thys same boke, xxj d. [sic] iiij d', 'Dominus Johannes Turveye nuper rector de Lyston London dioc', 'Will. Smyth, precium libri vj s. viij d.', 'John Huntyng of Bryndelly in com. ...', and a partly legible note about a 'boke callyd dives et pauper', all s. xv2/2; 'precium huius libri nichil', s. xvi in. An illegible medieval title is written in ink on the back cover. The music leaves were removed and placed separately in the late 1970s. Owned: the Button-Walker-Heneage family at Coker Court. Deposited 1958.

NOTES ON CONTENTS

1 Fragmentary; one voice of a motet. 2 Ed. PMFC 16, No. 57; middle voice based on Sarum Sanctus 4 (GS, pl. 15*) up a fifth. 3 One voice, revealing substantial voice-exchange; text includes '... salutis rex piaculum ...'. 4 Ed. PMFC 16, No. 91; middle voice carries eighth-tone Magnificat (AM, pi. 442).

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