15 items over two sets of leaves (when arranged in a different order from the present one, form a complete gathering of eight folios): they include mass items, conductus, and one motet (concordant with the Worcester fragments). The style includes parallel voice technique identical with that later called faburden. The most likely provenance is St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, St George's Chapel Windsor or his household chapel (later called the Chapel Royal).
US-NYpm MS 978
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, United States
Codex fragment (polyphony), removed from host manuscript: mid-14th century
| Archive | Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, United States (US-NYpm) |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | MS 978 |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Provenance |
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| Contents | Contains 16 compositions, 16 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some leaves are cropped causing the loss of notes clefs and text.
Notation
full black mensural: uses a punctus divisionis in many places.
Date
Dating is based on the notation and repertory, but also the texts, two of which mention 'Edwardus', who is being prayed for rather than invoked, and can only therefore be Edward III (1327-77). Another text mentions the war between England and France being in progress, suggesting the date of the source to be between c. 1340 and 1377.
Foliation
Pages 1 and 1a-8 and 8a inclusive
Foliation
The pages of one set of leaves are numbered 1-8 in pencil; those of the other set are numbered 1a to 8a
2v-7r
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‡ denotes primary source study
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1978. Polyphonic Music for a Chapel of Edward . Music & Letters, 59, no. 4: 420-428. Pages: inventory p. 424.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: Vol. 26.
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