Contains three antiphon settings of English origin; hymn Dulcis Jesu memoria for Feast of St Bernard (20 August), antiphons Inviolata, Regina celi, Magnificats.

Copied in France, c. 1460-70, for Confraternity of Notre-Dame de la Treille, Collegiate Church of St Peter, Lille. Copied by one or two scribes, including possibly the organist Jacques Hourier. (Cf. a chapel endowment of 8 May 1461 (Edmond Hautcoeur, Cartulaire de l'Eglise collegiale de Lille, (Lille, 1894), vol. 2, 1030 ff. - see Strohm 1993).

Later incorporated into binding of record of rents and revenues of cure of Saint-Julien (Lorraine), dated 1515. Owned in 20th century by David Eugene Smith, Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University and a collector of mathematical rare books and manuscripts; Smith collection donated to Columbia University in 1931. Discovered in 1980 by Stephen Bonime in a box of uncatalogued fragments from the David Eugene Smith Collection in this library. Formerly part of binding of Western MS 28; now enclosed in plastic protective envelopes.

Bishop's crook (Midoux # 229).

black void mensural

Modern pencil foliation, 1-7. Re-foliated A1-3, B1-2, C1-2 recognising continuity of pieces across fragments, and reversing the view of recto-verso for some fragments..

inked calligraphic initials.

Paper

3 Magnificats, 6 motets = 9 (all incomplete)

(Dunstable/Power)-1, (Frye?)-1, anon-7

7 fragmentary paper folios, ca. 260-70 x 165-80 (one folio measures 135 x 75), discovered in 1980 by Stephen Bonime in box of uncatalogued fragments from David Eugene Smith Collection in this library. Formerly part of binding of Western MS 28; now enclosed in plastic protective envelopes. Modern pencil foliation, 1-7. Copied by one or two scribes. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark: bishop's crook (Midoux # 229).

Mid or late 15th century. Probably copied in northeastern France. Later incorporated into binding of record of rents and revenues of cure of Saint-Julien (Lorraine), dated 1515. Owned in 20th century by David Eugene Smith, Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University and a collector of mathematical rare books and manuscripts; Smith collection donated to Columbia University in 1931.

We thank Dr. Stephen Bonime, who is writing an article on the manuscript, for his assistance in the preparation of this entry.