2 parchment folios, 290 x 196-203, recovered from book binding. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook of unknown original size. Probably copied in York (BentS).
GB-Ybi Mus. 2 (Nesciens mater Fragment)
Borthwick Institute for Archives, York, England
fragment: 15th century: c.1400
| Archive | Borthwick Institute for Archives, York, England (GB-Ybi) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. 2 (Nesciens mater Fragment) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 290 x 196-203 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 3 compositions, 2 from 1 composer, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Folios later trimmed at top, obliterating some music and (probably) original foliation.
Notation
Motet on f. [1] in black full mensural notation; other pieces copied by a different scribe, in black void mensural notation with red coloration.
Date
Ca. 1400 (RISM)
Ruling
Staff height 15
Foliation
1-2v
Decoration
One Gothic initial on f. [1'], in blue ink with red filigree work.
Surface
Parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 2: A single parchment bifolio meas. 286 x 197 mm. and dating from shortly after c. 1400. There is no foliation and the back is rather worn. A rather unusual feature is that, while f. 1 is in black Ars Nova notation, f. lv-2v are in white notation with red coloration. Item 2 has the mensuration sign O preceding the two extant parts. The top stave is cut away on all pages, but originally there were 9 brown five-line staves per page. On f. lv there is a blue initial with red filigree, and on f. 1-2 various scribbles include Lamkyn (perhaps a name), Amen dico vobis. All these scribbles seem later than the music, though the one quoted may be 15th century. Only one of the three-part pieces is otherwise known, namely in the Old Hall ms, where it is attributed to Byttering. Unfortunately, the bifolio is not the centre of a gathering, but item 3 is clearly a setting of the Regina celi.
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3 motets (incomplete)
(Byttering)-1, anon-2
2 parchment folios, 290 x 196-203, recovered from book binding. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook of unknown original size; folios later trimmed at top, obliterating some music and (probably) original foliation. Motet on f. [1] in black mensural notation; other pieces copied by a different scribe, in white mensural notation with red coloration. Staff height 15. One Gothic initial on f. [1'], in blue ink with red filigree work.
Ca. 1400 (RISM). ' Probably copied in York (BentS).
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Hughes, Dom Anselm, and Gerald Abraham (editors). 1953. The History Of Music In Sound Vol III: Ars Nova and the Renaissance, 1300-1540 . Pages: 31 f (transcription of Yi 2).
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