Bound as flyleaves in Speculum Exemplorum, a collection of religious fables and historical incidents printed at Deventer, The Netherlands, in 1481. The two folios, originally measuring c. 330 x 220, are similar but not identical to one another in details of layout and calligraphy. Copied in England. The incunabulum itself was a gift to Charles Eliot Norton in 1905; purchased in 1913 with the Norton Fund, to be added to the library of Charles Eliot Norton. The polyphonic music on the flyleaves was first noticed by James Walsh, Keeper of Printed Books.
US-CAh Inc 8948 (32.5)
Harvard University Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass., United States
fragment: mid 15th century
| Archive | Harvard University Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass., United States (US-CAh) |
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| Shelfmark | Inc 8948 (32.5) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Measurements | 283 x 205 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 4 compositions, 2 from 1 composer, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
The front flyleaf, containing the Kyrie fragments, is badly faded and practically illegible.
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
not received yet
Foliation
1-2v
Surface
Parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Several Kyries (fragmentary), 3 Glorias (fragmentary)
(Dunstable)-2, anonymous
2 parchment folios, 283 x 205, bound as flyleaves in Speculum Exemplorum, a collection of religious fables and historical incidents printed at Deventer, The Netherlands, in 1481. The front flyleaf, containing the Kyrie fragments, is badly faded and practically illegible. The two folios, originally measuring ca. 330 x 220, are similar but not identical to one another in details of layout and calligraphy.
Mid-15th century. Copied in England. The incunabulum itself was a gift to Charles Eliot Norton in 1905 and was given to the Harvard library in 1913. The polyphonic music on the flyleaves was first noticed by James Walsh, Keeper of Printed Books.
inside back board (offset of rear flyleaf 2v)
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‡ denotes primary source study
Wright, Peter (editor). 2013. Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Music, VIII: Settings of the Gloria and Credo. Early English Church Music, vol. 55. London: Stainer and Bell for the British Academy. Notes: edition of one of the glorias.
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.
Wolff, Barbara Maehrenholz. 1992. Music Manuscripts at Harvard: A Catalogue of Music Manuscripts from the 14th to the 20th centuries in the Houghton Library and the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library. 52. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Library.
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.
Kovarik, Edward. 1968. A Newly-Discovered Dunstable Fragment. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 21: 21-33.
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Margaret Bent
Saturday, 5 January, 2019
Problems with inventory disentangled. Leaves re-designated.
Margaret Bent
Thursday, 3 January, 2019
number of Kyries now altered to "several (three?)" Dunstaple Glorias updated & third Gloria (tenor only) added. I haven't swapped v/r as indicated above (old r = new v, etc) partly because images are labelled with old r/v. If this is a problem we will need to change image titles too. (Dunstaple's Gloria Spiritus et alme on back board not changed.)
Peter Wright
Wednesday, 17 January, 2018
bibliography updated
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