MS. Bodl. 637
Summary Catalogue no.: 2024
Contents
The chief divisions are: after the Holy Water service, the Temporale (fol. 3v), the Sanctorale (fol. 125v), the Commune Sanctorum (fol. 158v): votive masses, proses, etc. (fol. 165v), see Frere's Bibl. Musico-Liturgica (1901), p. 104. Mr. Bannister notes that the volume was written for a church or cathedral (not monastery) which possessed a cope of Edward the Confessor (fol. 153v: 'in qua excellencior persona vtatur capa regis eiusdem'), and that there are Winchester saints in the litanies (fols. 175v, 180v, etc.). The only place known to have had such a cope is Westminster abbey, but the Westminster use differs from the present volume. At fol. 191 is a Salve of the Holy Cross, perhaps not found elsewhere (beg. 'Salue festa dies toto uenerabilis euo | Qua pia crux Cristi fulget & alta petit', with musical notes).
Physical Description
Musical notation.
Decoration
Initials (damaged). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 992)
Binding
Plain stamped brown leather on boards, clasps lost, contemporary English work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'William [?] Tornar', possibly Cormar, late 15th cent.
Oriel College, Oxford: 'Liber colegij beate Marie Oxonie', 16th cent.
Acquired not after 1602.
MS. Bodl. 637- endleaves (fols. ii, 193)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Unfinished.
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
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Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-21: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.