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Medieval Music Database

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 862

Six flyleaves forming part of the Worcester fragments. The contents are principally 13th century, however the motet "Lingua peregrina" is a palimpsest in the same hand as Worcester fragment xxxv (GB-WOc 68 q.v.). The other two motets included in Part 1 have concordances in later sources.

INVENTORY

Répertoire international des sources musicales. BIV 1. Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music, 11th - Early 14th Century, edited by Gilbert Reaney, G. Henle Verlag: Munich-Duisburg, 1966, pp. 552-555.

CONTENTS


  1. fol. 25 (#44), Lingua peregrina - Laqueus (motet))

  2. fol. 28v (#53), Candens crescit lilium - Candens lilium columbina (motet))

  3. fol. 34-35 (#67), Thomas gemma Cantuarie - Thomas cesus in Doveria (motet))


LITERATURE

SUMMERS, William. 'English Fourteenth-Century Polyphonic Music. An Inventory of the Extant Manuscript Sources', Journal of Musicology VIII/2 (1990): 173-226.

CONCORDANCES

1.Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College 512/543 (254v-255, Thomas gemma Cantuarie - Thomas cesus in Doveria).
2.Cambridge, Pembroke College 228 (ii verso, Candens crescit lilium - Candens lilium columbina).
3.New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 978 (7v-8, Candens crescit lilium - Candens lilium columbina).
4.Princeton, University Library, Garrett 119, Fragment A (4,3v,2,5v, Thomas gemma Cantuarie - Thomas cesus in Doveria).

Recordings of works contained in this manuscript

  1. Music in Honor of St. Thomas of Canterbury. Medieval Carols, Conductus: Nonesuch H71292 (USA): Thomas gemma Cantuarie; Thomas cesus in Doveria;.
  2. Medieval English Music. Anonymes des XIVe et XVe Siècles: Harmonia Mundi HM 1106: Thomas gemma Cantuarie; Thomas cesus in Doveria;.
  3. Music of the Middle Ages. Vol IV: English Polyphony of the 13th and ea: Expèriences Anonymes EA 0024: Thomas gemma Cantuarie; Thomas cesus in Doveria;.


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Last updated: Wednesday, 5 March 2003