A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Hatton 81

Summary Catalogue no.: 4060

Contents

Statutes of England, nova statuta, 1 Henry IV to 4 Henry VI

Statutes from the first year of the reign of king Henry IV, and then Henry V up until the fourth year of Henry VI, ch. VI, 'ne nulle manere ressue' (one or more gatherings being lost). Includes 'ordinaciones scaccarii' of 9 Henry IV (fol. 25) and an 'ordinacio facta... de resumptione prioratuum alienigenarum' of 2 Henry V (fol. 38v, cf. fol. 32v)

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 45 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.75 × 8.25 in.

Condition

Fol. 45 is particularly worn

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 884

Good initials

Binding

Contemporary, white sheepskin on boards, clasp lost

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter (after 1425/1426) ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

The name 'John Savile' (early 17th century) is on fol. 45

Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)

Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801

MS. Hatton 81, flyleaves

Contents

(fols 1–2, 44–45)
Motets and conductus (fragments)

Polyphonic music of pre-Ars Nova type. There are two motets and three conductus, by the same composer

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Fol. 1 belongs with fol. 44 and fol. 45 belongs with fol. 2: these were originally 4 consecutive leaves
Dimensions: 297 × 210 mm.
Musical Notation:

Notation.

History

Origin: 14th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937), with further details from DIAMM: Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)