GB-Ob MS. Lyell 72

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

chant book with added polyphony: 13th century

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Lyell 72
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Other
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 111 x 82 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: OL 72
Notations
  • square
External Links
Provenance
  • France
Contents Contains 7 compositions, 7 are anonymous.
General Description

North Italian Processional. At f. 98 there is a Kyriale, which suddenly begins with the Ite preceding the Mass Cunctipotens. This section ends at f. 107v, and a sequentiary beginning with Laetabundus goes through, strictly speaking from f. 108 to the end. The polyphony is made up of a few sequences and motets in this section. The 2 sequences are unmeasured, while the upper voices of the motets are divided up clearly into longs and breves. From Aquileia (Father van Dijk).

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Physical Description

Missing pages in the original have been appropriately filled in in several places, both words and music, by a modern hand

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Binding

60 mm. thick wooden boards with bevelled edges, which are covered in brown half-leather ornamented with blind tooling; there is a clasp.

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Notation

square notes

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Ruling

5 or 6 red four-line staves per page

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Foliation

177 ff

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Foliation

f. 91 and 155 are numbered twice by the small modern pencil foliation at t.r.r. Modern ink foliations (older than the pencil one) occur at t.l.v. and t.r.r., but are mostly cut away and erroneous

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Decoration

Initials are red, and there are occasional illuminations of religious significance, e.g. whole-page illuminations on f. 9v and 69v.

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Surface

vellum; folios i, ii and 175 are modern blank parchment flyleaves

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 1: A 14th century North Italian vellum Processional meas. 111x82 mm. and containing ii + 177 folios. The folios i, ii and 175 are modern blank parchment flyleaves, while f. 91 and 155 are numbered twice by the small modern pencil foliation at t.r.r. Modern ink foliations (older than the pencil one) occur at t.l.v. and t.r.r., but are mostly cut away and erroneous. Missing pages in the original have been appropriately filled in in several places, both words and music, by a modern hand. The binding consists of 60 mm. thick wooden boards with bevelled edges, which are covered in brown half-leather ornamented with blind tooling; there is a clasp. At f. 98 there is a Kyriale, which suddenly begins with the Ite preceding the Mass Cunctipotens. This section ends at f. 107v, and a sequentiary beginning with Laetabundus goes through, strictly speaking from f. 108 to the end. The polyphony is made up of a few sequences and motets in this section. It is interesting to note that the 2 sequences are unmeasured, while the upper voices of the motets are divided up clearly into longs and breves. The music is generally notated on 5 or 6 red four-line staves per page in square notes. Initials are red, and there are occasional illuminations of religious significance, e.g. whole-page illuminations on f. 9v and 69v. Father van Dijk considers the manuscript dates from the second half of the century and originated in Aquileia.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
159–61 Verbum bonum et suave personemus illud ave - Anonymous

Verbum bonum et suave personemus illud ave

Anonymous
Appears on: 159–61
Genres: Sequence
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Verbum bonum et suave personemus illud ave
Layout

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161v–162v Ave, gloriosa mater salvatoris / Duce creature, virgine Marie / Domino - Anonymous

Ave, gloriosa mater salvatoris / Duce creature, virgine Marie / Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 161v–162v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Ave, gloriosa mater salvatoris | Duce creature, virgine Maria
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: [Domino]
Layout

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Item Bibliography

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1, vol. 3, Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: [facs.] plates CII-CIII.

163–164 Virgo mater gloriosa, margarita - Anonymous

Virgo mater gloriosa, margarita

Anonymous
Appears on: 163–164
Genres: Sequence
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Virgo mater gloriosa, margarita
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Item Bibliography

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1, vol. 3, Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: [facs.] plates CIII-CIV.

164v O Maria, maris stella plena gratie / In veritato - Anonymous

O Maria, maris stella plena gratie / In veritato

Anonymous
Appears on: 164v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: O Maria, maris stella plena gratie
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: [Veritatem]
General Note

incomplete

Layout

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172v–173 Virgo, decus castitatis, virgo / Alleluia - Anonymous

Virgo, decus castitatis, virgo / Alleluia

Anonymous
Appears on: 172v–173
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Virgo, decus castitatis, virgo
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: [Alleluya]
Layout

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Item Bibliography

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1, vol. 3, Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: [facs.] plate CVI.

173–173v Mellis stilla, maris stella, rosa / Domino - Anonymous

Mellis stilla, maris stella, rosa / Domino

Anonymous
Appears on: 173–173v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Mellis stilla, maris stella, rosa
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: [Domino[
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1, vol. 3, Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: [facs.] plates CVI-CVII.

173v–174 O Maria, mater pia, mater / Go - Anonymous

O Maria, mater pia, mater / Go

Anonymous
Appears on: 173v–174
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: O Maria, mater pia, mater
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: [Go]
Layout

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Item Bibliography

Gallo, Franco Alberto, and Giuseppe Vecchi (editors). 1968. I più antichi monumenti sacri italiani. I: Edizione fotografica, Monumenta Lyrica Medii Aevi Italica, 3: Mensurabilia, 1, vol. 3, Mensurabilia, 1.  Bologna: Universita degli studi di Bologna. Pages: [facs.] plate CVII.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Ave, gloriosa mater salvatoris / Duce creature, virgine Marie / Domino Anonymous 161v–162v
Mellis stilla, maris stella, rosa / Domino Anonymous 173–173v
O Maria, maris stella plena gratie / In veritato Anonymous 164v
O Maria, mater pia, mater / Go Anonymous 173v–174
Verbum bonum et suave personemus illud ave Anonymous 159–61
Virgo mater gloriosa, margarita Anonymous 163–164
Virgo, decus castitatis, virgo / Alleluia Anonymous 172v–173

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Apfel, Ernst. 1959. Studien zur Satztechnik der mittelalterlichen englischen Musik. 2 vols. Pages: I, 24f, 38ff.

Gennrich, Friedrich. 1958. Ein altfranzösischer Motetten-Kodex. Faksimile-Ausgabe der Handschrift La Clayette, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouvelle acquisition francaise 13521. Pages: . 369-369V, f. 375 (facsimiles of nos. 2 and 6 after Cl).

Seay, Albert. 1957. Le Manuscrit 695 de la Bibliothèque Communale d'Assise. Revue de Musicologie, 39: 10ff. Pages: 32if (transcription of no. 1 after As) 18, 24ff.

Handschin, Jacques. 1949. The Summer Canon and its Background. Musica Disciplina, 3: 55-94, volume 5 (1951), 65-113. Pages: I, 60; II, 71, 81, 83, 94.

Rokseth, Y. 1935+1939. Les Polyphonies du XIVe siecle. 4 vols. Pages: I-II, nos. 53, 52, 58, 40 (facsimile and transcription of nos. 2, 4-6 after Mo) IV, 196, 259, 261f.

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Wooldridge, Harry Ellis, and H V Hughes (editors). 1897 and 1913. Early English Harmony from the 10th to the 15th Century. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society. Pages: pl. 20-21 (facsimile of no. 2 after LoHa).

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