GB-Ybi Mus. 1 (York Masses)

Borthwick Institute for Archives, York, England

fragments: 15th century: c.1490-1515

Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives, York, England (GB-Ybi)
Shelfmark Mus. 1 (York Masses)
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 400 x 282 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: YorkB 1
External Links
Provenance
  • England
Contents 17 pieces from 3 composers
General Description

Copied by a single scribe. Possibly copied in Lincoln (BaillieYM). Incorporated in binding of volume of Consistory Court Acts sometime in the sixteenth century; deposited in Diocesan Registry, York. Music folios were recovered from binding c. 1940 by Rev. Dr. J. S. Purvis, and later deposited in Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. Originally 46 folios.

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Physical Description

Many folios now fragmentary; some stained by water, but most extant music still legible.

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Binding

Rebound in 1970 in modern covers of brown cloth over pasteboard, but portion of earlier parchment cover preserved.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Ca. 1490-1515 (BaillieYM)

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Ruling

Staff height 20

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-22.

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Foliation

1-22v + front cover

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Index

No index remains.

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 G-S-A Mass, 3 Gloria-Credo pairs, 2 Sanctus-Agnus pairs, 4 Kyries = 10 (most fragmentary or incomplete)

Cuk-1, Horwud-1, anon-8

22 paper folios of an original 46?, ca. 400 x 282, recovered from book binding (see below). Many folios now fragmentary; some stained by water, but most extant music still legible. New pencil foliation, 1-22. Rebound in 1970 in modern covers of brown cloth over pasteboard, but portion of earlier parchment cover preserved. No index remains. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 20. No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1490-1515 (BaillieYM). Possibly copied in Lincoln (BaillieYM). In late 16th century, folios removed from original context and incorporated in binding of volume of Consistory Court Acts deposited in Diocesan Registry, York. Music folios recovered from binding ca. 1940 by Rev. Dr. J. S. Purvis; later deposited in Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie
General Note

K45

1v Kyrie O rex clemens -
Appears on: 1v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie O rex clemens
General Note

K46

2 Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie
General Note

K47

2v–3 Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v–3
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie
General Note

K48

3v–7 Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous
Appears on: 3v–7
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria
General Note

GC7

[-] Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo
General Note

GC7

7v–11 Gloria Custodi nos - Anonymous

Gloria Custodi nos

Anonymous
Appears on: 7v–11
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria [Custodi nos]
General Note

GC8

[-] Credo Custodi nos - Anonymous

Credo Custodi nos

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo [Custodi nos]
General Note

GC8

12–12v Sanctus - Anonymous

Sanctus

Anonymous
Appears on: 12–12v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sanctus
General Note

SA3

[-] Agnus Dei - Anonymous

Agnus Dei

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Agnus
General Note

SA3

13–16 Sanctus - Anonymous

Sanctus

Anonymous
Appears on: 13–16
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sanctus
General Note

SA4

[-] Agnus Dei - Anonymous

Agnus Dei

Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Agnus
General Note

SA4

16v–20 Missa Venit dilectus meus: Gloria -
Appears on: 16v–20
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria (Mass Venit dilectus meus)
General Note

M22

[-] Missa Venit dilectus meus: Sanctus -
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Sanctus (Mass Venit dilectus meus)
General Note

M22

[-] Missa Venit dilectus meus: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Agnus (Mass Venit dilectus meus)
General Note

M22

20v–22v Et in terra pax [Gloria] - Anonymous
Appears on: 20v–22v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria
General Note

GC9

[-] Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] - Anonymous
Appears on: [-]
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo
General Note

GC9

Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Agnus Dei Anonymous [-]
Agnus Dei Anonymous [-]
Credo Custodi nos Anonymous [-]
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 3v–7
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous 20v–22v
Gloria Custodi nos Anonymous 7v–11
Kyrie eleison Anonymous 1
Kyrie eleison Anonymous 2
Kyrie eleison Anonymous 2v–3
Kyrie O rex clemens 1v
Missa Venit dilectus meus: Agnus Dei [-]
Missa Venit dilectus meus: Gloria 16v–20
Missa Venit dilectus meus: Sanctus [-]
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous [-]
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous [-]
Sanctus Anonymous 12–12v
Sanctus Anonymous 13–16

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

Benham, Hugh Raymond. 1977. Latin Church Music in England c. 1460-1575.  London. Pages: 111-3, passim.

Bent, Margaret. 1973. The Transmission of English Music 1300-1500: Some Aspects of Repertory and Presentation. Studien zur Tradition in der Musik: Kurt von Fischer zum 60. Geburtstag, edited by Margaret Bent, 65–83. Munich: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler. Pages: 76.

Aston, Peter. 1972. The Music of York Minster.  London. Pages: 4.

Westrup, Jack A (editor). 1954-. New Oxford History of Music.  London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: III, 327-8.

Baillie, Hugh, and Philippe Oboussier. 1954. The York Masses. Music and Letters, 19ff.

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. Tudor Church Music: Appendix with Supplementary Notes.  London. Pages: 12.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description