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Add MS 57950

Old Hall Manuscript

Library
British Library, London (United Kingdom)source
Shelfmark
Add MS 57950
Date
“c 1410-1420” (British Library catalogue)
Indexed as 1405–1420
Extent
A parchment codex, 112 foliossource
Format
Codex codex Wikidata
Repertoire
Motetsource; Conductus, Mass, Chansonsource
Note
The British Library catalogue states that digital images are currently unavailable.

The Old Hall Manuscript (British Library, Add MS 57950) is the largest, most complete, and most significant source of English sacred music of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, and as such represents the best source for late Medieval English music. The manuscript somehow survived the Reformation, and formerly belonged to St Edmund's College, a Roman Catholic school located at Old Hall Green (hence its name) in Hertfordshire. It was sold to the British Library after an auction at Sotheby's in 1973.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Old Hall Manuscript” (revision 1370344692), Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the source. Quoted as published.

Contents

The folios are given as the cited record gives them; none of them is identified on the library’s images yet, so they are not linked.
No.FolioPieceComposerVoicesGenre
1 1 Gloria not named 3 Gloria
2 1v–2 Gloria not named 3 Gloria
3 2–2v Gloria not named 3 Gloria
4 3 Gloria not named 4 Gloria
5 3v Gloria not named 3 Gloria
6 4 Gloria not named 3 Gloria
7 4v–5v Gloria John Cooke 3 Gloria
8 5v–6 Gloria Aleyn 3 Gloria
9 6v–7 Gloria N. Sturgeon 3 Gloria
10 7v Gloria Thomas Damett 3 Gloria
11 8 Gloria not named 3 Gloria
12 8v–9 Gloria John Burell 3 Gloria
13 9v–10v Gloria Thomas Damett 3 Gloria
14 10v–11v Gloria John Cooke 3 Gloria
15 11v–12 Gloria N. Sturgeon 3 Gloria
16 12v–13 Gloria Roy Henry 3 Gloria
17 13v–14 Gloria Byttering 3 Gloria
18 14v Gloria Byttering 3 Gloria
19 15 Gloria J. Tyes 3 Gloria
20 15v–16 Gloria J. Excetre 3 Gloria
21 16v–17 Gloria Leonel Power 5 Gloria
22 17v–18 Gloria Leonel Power 3 Gloria
23 18v–19 Gloria Leonel Power 4 Gloria
24 19v–20 Gloria Leonel Power 3 Gloria
25 20v–21 Gloria Leonel Power 3 Gloria
26 21v–22 Gloria Pycard 3 Gloria
27 22v–23 Gloria Pycard 3 Gloria
28 23v–24 Gloria Pycard 5 Gloria
29 24v–25 Gloria Rowlard 3 Gloria
30 25v–26 Gloria Queldryk 4 Gloria
31 26v–27 Gloria Gervays 3 Gloria
32 27v–28 Gloria not named 3 Gloria
33 28v Gloria, gloria laus honor Antonio Zacara da Teramo 2 Gloria
34 29 Gloria not named 2 Gloria
35 29v–30 Gloria Pycard 4 Gloria
36 30v–31 Gloria John Cooke 4 Gloria
37 31v–32 Gloria Thomas Damett 3 Gloria
38 32v–33 Gloria John Cooke 3 Gloria
39 33v–34 Gloria Thomas Damett 3 Gloria
40 34v–35 Gloria N. Sturgeon 3 Gloria
41 35v O Maria laude genitrix not named 3 cantilena
42 36 venie not named 3 cantilena
43 36 Ave regina celorum Leonel Power 3 antiphon
44 36v Regina celi letare Leonel Power 3 antiphon
45 37 et propicia not named 3 cantilena
46 37v Pia mater salvatoris te celestis not named 3 cantilena
47 37v Salve mirífica virgo not named 3 cantilena
48 38 Nesciens mater... torem seculorum not named 3 antiphon
49 38 Beata progenies unde Leonel Power 3 antiphon
50 38v Nesciens mater virgo Byttering 3 antiphon
51 38v–39 Regali ex progenie Fonteyns 3 antiphon
52 39–39v Ave regina celorum John Cooke 3 antiphon
53 39v–40 Beata Dei genitrix Thomas Damett 3 antiphon
54 40 Salve porta paradisi Thomas Damett 3 cantilena
55 40v Stella celi extirpavit John Cooke 3 cantilena
56 41–42 Credo not named 3 Credo
57 42v–43v Credo not named 3 Credo
58 44–45 Credo not named 3 Credo
59 45v–46v Credo Oliver 3 Credo
60 47–48 Credo not named 3 Credo
61 48v–50 Credo R. Chirbury 3 Credo
62 50–51v Credo W. Typp 3 Credo
63 52 Credo not named 3 Credo
64 52v–53v Credo N. Sturgeon 3 Credo
65 54–55 Credo John Burell 3 Credo
66 55v–56 Veni sancte spíritus John Dunstaple 4 motet
67 56v–57 Qualis est dilectus tuus Forest 3 antiphon
68 57v Ascendit Christus / Alma redemptoris Forest 1 antiphon
69 58v Credo N. Sturgeon 1 Credo
70 59 Credo not named 2 Credo
71 59v–60 Credo Pycard 3 Credo
72 60v–61 Credo Thomas Damett 3 Credo
73 61v Credo Leonel Power 1 Credo
74 62 Credo Forest 2 Credo
75 62v–63 Credo Pycard 3 Credo
76 63v–64 Credo Pycard 4 Credo
77 64v–65 Credo Leonel Power 4 Credo
78 65v–66 Credo Pycard 4 Credo
79 66v–67 Credo Byttering 3 Credo
80 67v–68 Credo J. Excetre 3 Credo
81 68v–69 Credo Leonel Power 3 Credo
82 69v–70 Credo John Cooke 4 Credo
83 70v–71 Credo Leonel Power 3 Credo
84 71v–72 Credo Leonel Power 3 Credo
85 72v–73 Credo not named 4 Credo
86 73v–74 Credo Swynford 4 Credo
87 74v–75 Credo W. Typp 3 Credo
88 75v–76 Credo Queldryk 3 Credo
89 76v–77 Credo Pennard 4 Credo
90 77v Credo not named 2 Credo
91 78 Credo not named 2 Credo
92 78v–79 Credo John Cooke 3 Credo
93 79v–80 Credo Thomas Damett 3 Credo
94 80v Sanctus Roy Henry 3 Sanctus
95 81 Sanctus W. Typp 3 Sanctus
96 81v Sanctus Leonel Power 3 Sanctus
97 82–82v Sanctus Lambe 3 Sanctus
98 82v–83 Sanctus W. Typp 3 Sanctus
99 83–83v Sanctus Leonel Power 3 Sanctus
100 84 Sanctus, Marie filius not named 3 Sanctus
101 84v Sanctus not named 3 Sanctus
102 85–85v Sanctus R. Chirbury 3 Sanctus
103 85v–86 Sanctus not named 3 Sanctus
104 86 Sanctus not named 3 Sanctus
105 86v Sanctus not named 3 Sanctus
106 87 Sanctus W. Typp 3 Sanctus
107 87v Sanctus not named 3 Sanctus
108 88 Sanctus R. Chirbury 3 Sanctus
109 88v Sanctus Leonel Power 3 Sanctus
110 89 Sanctus W. Typp 3 Sanctus
111 89v–90 Salvatoris mater / O Georgi / Benedictus qui ve Thomas Damett 3 sequence
112 90v–91 Alma proles / Christi miles / Ab inimicis nostris John Cooke 3 motet
113 91v–92 Salve mater domini / Salve templum domini / It in nomine Domine N. Sturgeon 3 motet
114 92v Sanctus N. Sturgeon 3 Sanctus
115 93v–94 Sanctus Leonel Power 3 Sanctus
116 94v–95 Sanctus Leonel Power 3 Sanctus
117 95v–96 Sanctus Leonel Power 4 Sanctus
118 96v–9 Sanctus Leonel Power 4 Sanctus
119 97v–98 Sanctus Oliver 3 Sanctus
120 98–98v Sanctus Oliver 3 Sanctus
121 99 Sanctus J. Excetre 3 Sanctus
122 99v–100 Sanctus J. Tyes 4 Sanctus
123 100v Sanctus Pycard 2 Sanctus
124 101 Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
125 101 Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
126 101v Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
127 101v–102 Agnus Dei John Cooke 3 Agnus Dei
128 102 Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
129 102v–103 Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
130 103–103v Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
131 103v–104 Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
132 104 Agnus Dei R. Chirbury 3 Agnus Dei
133 104v Agnus Dei Leonel Power 3 Agnus Dei
134 104v–105 Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
135 105 Agnus Dei W. Typp 3 Agnus Dei
136 105v Agnus Dei not named 3 Agnus Dei
137 105v–106 Agnus Dei Leonel Power 3 Agnus Dei
138 106 Agnus Dei Leonel Power 3 Agnus Dei
139 106v Agnus Dei not named 4 Agnus Dei
140 107 Agnus Dei Leonel Power 4 Agnus Dei
141 107v–108 Agnus Dei Leonel Power 4 Agnus Dei
142 108v–109 Agnus Dei Oliver 3 Agnus Dei
143 109v Carbúnculus ígnitus not named 1
144 110 Mater munda not named 2
145 110v–111 En Katerine solennia / Virginalis concio / Sponsus amat sponsum Byttering 3 motet
146 111v–112 Are post libamina / Nunc surgunt in pópulo Matheus de Sancto Johanne (Maysheut) 4 motet
147 112v Post missarum solennia / Post misse modulamina not named 2 motet

Source for every row: es.wikipedia.org

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Motetus, “London, British Library, Add MS 57950”, https://motetus.org/manuscripts/london-add-57950/.