MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Guard book of liturgical fragments
Physical Description
Composite: guardbook
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From bindings of printed books and manuscripts.
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9 – Part 1
Contents
(fol.1)
Antiphonal, Use of Sarum Temporale: end of the office of the Innocents, beginning of the metrical office of St. Thomas of Canterbury
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: one leaf
Layout
2 cols.
Musical Notation:
Square notation on 19 staves of 4 red lines
History
Origin: 15th cent.
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9 – Part 2
Contents
(fol.2)
Antiphonal, Use of Sarum Sanctorale: portion of the matins of St.Vincent. Ker, Paste downs in Oxford bindings no.1144;
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: one leaf
Layout
2 cols.
Musical Notation:
Square notation on 16 staves of 4 red lines
History
Origin: 15th cent.
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9 – Part 3
Contents
(fol.3)
Breviary, Use of Sarum Temporale: portions of matins and lauds of the office of the Innocents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: one leaf
Layout
2 cols.
Musical Notation:
Square notation on 19 staves of 4 red lines
History
Origin: 15th cent.
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9 – Part 4
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: lower part of a leaf
Layout
2 cols.
Musical Notation:
Square notation on staves of 4 red lines
History
Origin: 15th cent.
MS. Lat. liturg. a. 9 – Part 5
Contents
(fol.5)
Choir book (containing settings of the Magnificat for five voices, see A. Hughes, Medieval Polyphony in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1951, p.31 and Ker, cp.cit, no.1161) Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 2 leaves
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian library staff
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), pp. 70, 73, 214
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.