GB-Ob MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

fragment: 15th century: c.1490

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 518 x 415 (originally ca. 595 x 415) mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBLL a.9
  • olim (Former shelfmark): MadanSC 41962
Notations
  • black full mensural
  • coloration in red
Provenance
  • England
Contents 2 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Fragments of monophonic music, bearing polyphonic Magnificat fragments on ff. 5-6. These were copied by a single scribe, and are the remnants of a choirbook comparable to EtonC 178. They were copied in England.

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Binding

New covers of black cloth on cardboard.

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Notation

black mensural notation with red coloration

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Date

Ca. 1490 (HughlF).

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Foliation

5-6v

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Foliation

Modern ink foliation, 1-6

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Decoration

Painted initials in red and blue on f. 6'; many lines of text in red ink.

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Surface

Parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Magnificat fragments (Fayrfax)-1, anon-1

i + 6 + i parchment folios, 518 x 415 (originally ca. 595 x 415). Modern ink foliation, 1-6. New covers of black cloth on cardboard. Ff. 1-4 contain monophonic music in chant notation; ff. 5-6 (remnants of a choirbook comparable to EtonC 178) contain polyphonic Magnificat fragments, in black mensural notation with red coloration, copied by a single scribe. Painted initials in red and blue on f. 6'; many lines of text in red ink.

Ca. 1490 (HughlF). Copied in England.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
5–6 Magnificat Regale -
Fayrfax, Robert (1464–1521)

Magnificat Regale

Fayrfax, Robert (1464–1521)
Appears on: 5–6
Genres: BVM, Canticle, Magnificat
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Magnificat Regale
General Note

O334
6v Magnificat octavi toni: Anima mea [K.290] - Anonymous

Magnificat octavi toni: Anima mea [K.290]

Anonymous
Appears on: 6v
Genres: Canticle, Magnificat
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Magnificat
General Note

O302
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Fayrfax, Robert (1464–1521)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Magnificat octavi toni: Anima mea [K.290] Anonymous 6v
Magnificat Regale
Fayrfax, Robert (1464–1521)
5–6

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‡ denotes primary source study

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, 1-69.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Benham, Hugh Raymond. 1977. Latin Church Music in England c. 1460-1575.  London. Pages: 58. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Sandon, Nicholas. 1976-77. The Henrician Partbooks at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 106-40. Pages: 114. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Warren, Edwin B. 1969. Life and Works of Robert Fayrfax. Musicological Studies and Documents.  American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 38, 44, 60, 111.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 153. Notes: contents list; concordances; incipits.

Warrem, Edwin B (editor). 1959-66. Robert Fayrfax (ca. 1464-1521): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, 88.

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1952. An Introduction to Fayrfax. Musica Disciplina, 83-104. Pages: 90,95. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances.

Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music.  London. Pages: XII, 170.

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 31-2.

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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