GB-Ob MS. Mus. e. 21

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

choirbook fragment: Late 15th century

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Mus. e. 21
Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format landscape
Measurements 200 x 250 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBM e.21
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Provenance
  • England
Contents 8 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook. Copied by a single scribe. Copied in England. Used as covers for Bodleian Library Mus. e. 1–5 in the late 16th century (Sadler Partbooks); now preserved separately.

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Extent

Original folios trimmed from much larger size.

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Physical Description

Poor condition; much music illegible

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Binding

New covers of gray cloth on cardboard.

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-12

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Foliation

1-10v

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Surface

iii paper + 10 parchment + ii paper

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DIAMM Note

Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Mass (Gloria and Credo fragments only) Anonymous

iii paper + 10 parchment + ii paper folios, 200 x 250 (original folios trimmed from much larger size). Apparently the only surviving remnants of a choirbook. Poor condition; much music illegible. New pencil foliation, 1-12. New covers of gray cloth on cardboard. Copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration.

Late 15th century. Copied in England. Used as covers for OxfBM e.1-5 in late 16th century; now preserved separately.

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

10v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1r–3v Credo-Setting A - Anonymous

Credo-Setting A

Anonymous
Appears on: 1r–3v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Et Incarnat[us] [C]Rucifix[us] eeiam pro nobis
General Note

Annotations/Corrections: at end 'verte'; Notes: Incomplete;

4r–4v Gloria-Setting B - Anonymous

Gloria-Setting B

Anonymous
Appears on: 4r–4v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: no clef
Voice Text: g[loriam] tua[m] domine deus rex
General Note

Annotations/Corrections: at end 'verte'; Notes: incomplete. Faint impressions of red lines and black notes superimposed.;

5r–8r Credo-Setting A - Anonymous

Credo-Setting A

Anonymous
Appears on: 5r–8r
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: g2
Voice Text: Et incarnat[us] est de sp[irit]u sancto
General Note

Notes: Incomplete;

8v Gloria-Setting A - Anonymous

Gloria-Setting A

Anonymous
Appears on: 8v
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: g2
Voice Text: … te cu[m] s[an]c[t]o
General Note

Notes: Very worn and hard to read. Incomplete. Some pen trials at the bottom of the page. UV shows imprint of later writing reads 'Tenor'];

9r Credo-Setting B - Anonymous

Credo-Setting B

Anonymous
Appears on: 9r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: no clef
Voice Text: …tre natu[m] a[n]te o[m]nia
General Note

Notes: Incomplete. Impression of red staves and blue initials imprinted over top of staves.;

9v Gloria-Setting B - Anonymous

Gloria-Setting B

Anonymous
Appears on: 9v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: [worn away - ? Tu sol[us] altisi' on RH line?]
General Note

Notes: Very worn and hard to read. Incomplete. UV shows imprint of word in large letters - Bassus;

10r Credo-Setting A - Anonymous

Credo-Setting A

Anonymous
Appears on: 10r
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: no clef
Voice Text: tre[m] omnipoltentem factore[m] celi
General Note

Notes: Incomplete. Imprints of red staves lines, black text and blue initial.;

10v Gloria-Setting A - Anonymous

Gloria-Setting A

Anonymous
Appears on: 10v
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: [Q]vi sedes ad dextera[m] patris
General Note

Notes: Worn. Incomplete. UV shows imprint of word in large letters: Medius;

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Credo-Setting A Anonymous 1r–3v
Credo-Setting A Anonymous 5r–8r
Credo-Setting A Anonymous 10r
Credo-Setting B Anonymous 9r
Gloria-Setting A Anonymous 8v
Gloria-Setting A Anonymous 10v
Gloria-Setting B Anonymous 4r–4v
Gloria-Setting B Anonymous 9v

Images © Bodleian Library, Oxford

Set: TUDOR PARTBOOKS

Type: Project Collection

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 41

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 42

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 43

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 44

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 57

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 59

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 60

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 61

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 62

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B187

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Altus]

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Bassus]

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Discantus]

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Tenor]

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 807

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 808

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 809

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 810

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 811

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GB-Och Mus. 45

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IRL-Dm [pr. bk.] Z4. 3. 1-5

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US-NYp Mus. Res. Drexel 4182

denotes primary source study

Lack, Graham. 1981. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Mus. E.21: A Paleographical Study and Transcription. King’s College London, Masters.

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.

Russell, Theodore C. 1967. Cantus Firmus Technique in the Music of Fifteenth Century Manuscripts of English Provenance. Student Musicologists at Minnesota, 52-77. Pages: 72-3. Notes: mention of MS.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain.  London: Routledge. Pages: 260-1. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1951. Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Pages: 43. Notes: physical description.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

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