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Medieval Music Database

Durham, Cathedral Library C.I.20

This Benedictine manuscript is devoted to the writings of Huguitio and Isidore. The four flyleaves at the front contain polyphony, apparently English; the four at the back contain French motets, including 2 of Philippe de Vitry.

INVENTORY

Répertoire international des sources musicales. BIV 2. Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music (c.1320-1400), edited by Gilbert Reaney, G. Henle Verlag: Munich-Duisburg, 1969, pp. 218-222.

CONTENTS


  1. fol. 1, Herodis in pretorio - Herodis in atrio - Hey hure lure (motet))

  2. fol. 1v, Fusa cum silencio - Labem lavat criminis - Manere (motet))

  3. fol. 2, Jesu fili Dei patris - Jesu lumen veritatis - Jhesu fili virginis (whole chant setting))

  4. fol. 2v, Princeps apostolice turme (motet))

  5. fol. 3, Barrabas dimittitur dignus - Barrabas dimittitur - Babilonis flumina (whole chant setting))

  6. fol. 3, Dei preco fit baptista (motet))

  7. fol. 3v-4, Orto sole serene novitatis - Origo viri jam - [O] Virga Jesse (whole chant setting))

  8. fol. 4v, Deo gratias (Ite missa est))

  9. fol. 4v, Virgo Dei genitrix (gradual))

  10. fol. 336, [A]mer, Amours, est la choison pour quoy - Durement au cuer me blesce - Dolour meus (motet))

  11. fol. 336, Virginalis concio - [Virgo sancta Katerina] (motet))

  12. fol. 336\%v-337, Ad lacrimas flentis - O speculum spericum - Dulcis virgo (motet))

  13. fol. 336v\%-337\2, Vos quid admiramini - Gratissima virginis species - Gaude, gloriosa (Philippe de Vitry))

  14. fol. 337v, O vos omnes quibus est aditus - Locus iste (motet))

  15. fol. 337v\2, O canenda vulgo per computa - Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura - Rex regum (Philippe de Vitry))

  16. fol. 338, L'amoureuse flour - En l'estat d'amere - [Sicut fenum arui] (motet))

  17. fol. 338v-339, Apta caro plumis ingenii - Flos virginum, decus et species - Alma redemptoris mater (motet))

  18. fol. 338v-339, Musicorum collegio - In templo Dei posita - Avete (motet))

  19. fol. 339, Mon chant en plaint, ma chanson en clamour - Qui doloreus onques n'a cogneü - Tristis est anima mea (motet))


LITERATURE


  1. HARRISON, Frank Ll. 'Ars nova in England: a new source', Musica Disciplina, XXI (1967): 67-85.

  2. SANDERS, Ernest. 'The mediaeval motet', Gattungen der Musik in Einzeldarstellungen: Gedenkschrift Leo Schrade, Erste Folge, Bern, Munich: 1971, pp. 497-573.

  3. LEFFERTS, Peter M. The Motet in England in the Fourteenth Century, Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986, pp. 249-250.

CONCORDANCES

1.Berkeley (UK), Berkeley Castle Library, Muniments, Select Roll 55 (n4, Barrabas dimittitur dignus - Barrabas dimittitur - Babilonis flumina).
2.Brussels, Archives du Royaume, Archives Ecclésiastiques 758 (67bis verso, Vos quid admiramini - Gratissima virginis species - Gaude, gloriosa).
3.Cambrai, Bibliothèque Municipale 1328 (10v-11r, Apta caro plumis ingenii - Flos virginum, decus et species - Alma redemptoris mater; 15v, Vos quid admiramini - Gratissima virginis species - Gaude, gloriosa).
4.Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College 512/543 (247v, Princeps apostolice turme; 256v-257, Orto sole serene novitatis - Origo viri jam - [O] Virga Jesse).
5.Chantilly, Bibliothèque du Musée Condé 564 (60v-61, Apta caro plumis ingenii - Flos virginum, decus et species - Alma redemptoris mater).
6.Florence, San Lorenzo, Archivio Capitolare 2211 [palimpsest] (61v,70, Apta caro plumis ingenii - Flos virginum, decus et species - Alma redemptoris mater).
7.Fribourg, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire Z 260 (86, Ad lacrimas flentis - O speculum spericum - Dulcis virgo; 86v, O canenda vulgo per computa - Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura - Rex regum).
8.Ivrea, Biblioteca Capitolare 115 (5v-6\1, Apta caro plumis ingenii - Flos virginum, decus et species - Alma redemptoris mater; 8v-9\1, Vos quid admiramini - Gratissima virginis species - Gaude, gloriosa; 22v-23, Mon chant en plaint, ma chanson en clamour - Qui doloreus onques n'a cogneü - Tristis est anima mea; 55, O canenda vulgo per computa - Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura - Rex regum; 56v-57, [A]mer, Amours, est la choison pour quoy - Durement au cuer me blesce - Dolour meus; 59v-60, L'amoureuse flour - En l'estat d'amere - [Sicut fenum arui]).
9.London, British Library, Arundel 14 (Virgo Dei genitrix).
10.Modena, Biblioteca Estense e Universitaria a.M.5.24 (Latino 568; olim IV.D.5) (18v-19, Apta caro plumis ingenii - Flos virginum, decus et species - Alma redemptoris mater).
11.Oxford, Bodleian Library, e. Museo 7 (VIv\2, Barrabas dimittitur dignus - Barrabas dimittitur - Babilonis flumina).
12.Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 81 (2v, Fusa cum silencio - Labem lavat criminis - Manere).
13.Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Coll. de Picardie 67 (67, [A]mer, Amours, est la choison pour quoy - Durement au cuer me blesce - Dolour meus).
14.Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds nouv. acq. français 23190 (olim Serrant Château, ducs de la Trémoïlle) (6v-7, [A]mer, Amours, est la choison pour quoy - Durement au cuer me blesce - Dolour meus; 15v-16, L'amoureuse flour - En l'estat d'amere - [Sicut fenum arui]; 19v-20, O canenda vulgo per computa - Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura - Rex regum; 21v-22, Apta caro plumis ingenii - Flos virginum, decus et species - Alma redemptoris mater; 22v-23, Vos quid admiramini - Gratissima virginis species - Gaude, gloriosa; 42v-43, Mon chant en plaint, ma chanson en clamour - Qui doloreus onques n'a cogneü - Tristis est anima mea).
15.Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds nouv. acq. latines 2444 (48v, O canenda vulgo per computa - Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura - Rex regum).

Recordings of works contained in this manuscript

  1. Philippe de Vitry 1291-1361: RD 77 095: O canenda vulgo per computa; Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura; Rex regum; O canenda vulgo per computa; Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura; Rex regum; O canenda vulgo per computa; Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura; Rex regum; Vos quid admiramini; Gratissima virginis species; Gaude, gloriosa;.
  2. Philippe de Vitry and the Ars Nova: CD-SAR 49: Apta caro plumis ingenii; Flos virginum, decus et species; Alma redemptoris mater; O canenda vulgo per computa; Rex quem metrorum depingit prima figura; Rex regum;.
  3. Missa Tournai um 1330. Motetten um 1320: Telefunken AW6 41231 (SAWT 9517) (GER): Vos quid admiramini; Gratissima virginis species; Gaude, gloriosa;.
  4. Musica in Bohemia in Tempore Caroli IV: Supraphon 11112 2451/2: Vos quid admiramini; Gratissima virginis species; Gaude, gloriosa;.
  5. The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter, 13: Hyperion A66238: Vos quid admiramini; Gratissima virginis species; Gaude, gloriosa;.


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