MS. Selden Supra 37

Summary Catalogue no.: 3425

Processional, Use of Sarum

The beginning of a Sarum Processional, from Advent to Easter Eve inclusive, with musical notes

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 51 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 9.625 × 7 in.

Condition

In parts stained and rubbed

Musical Notation:

Square notation on 9 red staves to a page (see van Dijk 1957)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 881

Good border

Good initial

History

Origin: c. 1420–1430 ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

Description adapted (November 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 629

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 102

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-11-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)

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