US-PHf Lewis T325

Free Library, Philadelphia, United States

fragment: early 15th century, 1420s

Archive Free Library, Philadelphia, United States (US-PHf)
Shelfmark Lewis T325
Surface Parchment
Numbering System None
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • coloration in red
External Links
Provenance
  • England
Contents 2 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Half-leaf of an English polyphonic manuscript; Leather stains indicate that it was later used as a paste-down. Recto, contratenor (and stems of top stave of presumably a tenor part) of a tripartite Agnus Dei setting, in [O], C, O mensurations. The second invocation has red text and stepwise descending cadences, almost certainly indicating that it is the lower part of a duet section with the missing cantus. Verso, top part of a setting of Te deum (with red ‘T’), recognised by Peter Wright as the setting by Binchois. The leaf is stored among the boxes of text leaves in the library.

Margaret Bent, 2010
Notation

black mensural with red coloration

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Date

1420s

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Foliation

r+v

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Surface

parchment

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recto

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
recto Agnus Dei - Anonymous

Agnus Dei

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

contratenor (and stems of top stave of presumably a tenor part)
verso Te Deum top part - Anonymous

Te Deum top part

Anonymous
Appears on: verso
Genres: Liturgical work, Te Deum
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Te deum [top part]
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Agnus Dei Anonymous recto
Te Deum top part Anonymous verso

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Margaret Bent, 2010

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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