Add MS 28550
Robertsbridge Codex
- Library
- British Library, London (United Kingdom)source
- Shelfmark
- Add MS 28550
- Date
- “14th century” (British Library catalogue)
Indexed as the 14th century - Notation
- Tablature
all is written in tablature
Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tablature
- Repertoire
- Estampie, Intabulation, Motet, Hocketsource
The Robertsbridge Codex (1360) is a music manuscript of the 14th century. It contains the earliest surviving music written specifically for keyboard. The term codex is somewhat misleading: the musical section of the source comprises only two leaves, bound together with a larger manuscript from Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England. It contains six pieces, three of them in the form of the estampie, an Italian dance form of the Trecento, as well as three arrangements of motets. Two of the motets are from the Roman de Fauvel.
Contents
| No. | Folio | Piece | Composer | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 | Untitled (no text) | not named | estampie |
| 2 | 43 | Estampie | not named | estampie |
| 3 | 43v | Estampie retrove | not named | estampie |
| 4 | 43v–44 | Adesto sancta trinitas musice modulantibus | not named | intabulation |
| 5 | 44–44v | Tribum quem non abhorruit indecenter ascendere | not named | intabulation |
| 6 | 44v | Flos vernalis | not named | intabulation |
Source for every row: es.wikipedia.org
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Motetus, “London, British Library, Add MS 28550”, https://motetus.org/manuscripts/london-add-28550/.