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Washington, Library of Congress, M 2.1.C 6a. 14

One and a half folios formerly used as flyleaves for Law ms 7, a 14thC book on the laws of England by John Britton, a bishop of Hereford. Music includes the motet `Rex Karole' written in 1375 and Perrinet's widely-known Credo.

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. 371-372.

CONTENTS


  1. fol. 1, [Alleluia. Virga Jesse floruit] (alleluia))

  2. fol. 1v, Credo (Perrinet))

  3. fol. 1v, Credo (Credo))

  4. fol. 2, Deus, compaignons de Cleremunde (motet))

  5. fol. 2v, Rex Karole Johannis genite - Leticie pacis concordie - Virgo prius ac posterius (Philippe Royllart))


LITERATURE


  1. GÜNTHER, Ursula and Gilbert REANEY. 'Sources, MS. VII. French Polyphony 1300-1420', The New Grove, XVII (1980): 661-665.

  2. STROHM, Reinhard. 'The Ars nova fragments of Gent', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, XXXIV (1984): 109-135.

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

CONCORDANCES

1.Apt, Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, Bibliothèque du Chapitre, 16bis (29v-32, Credo).
2.Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, BM 853c/d (8-8v, Credo).
3.Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique, fonds St. Gudule, 2nd Fragment (Credo).
4.Chantilly, Bibliothèque du Musée Condé 564 (65v-66, Rex Karole Johannis genite - Leticie pacis concordie - Virgo prius ac posterius).
5.Florence, San Lorenzo, Archivio Capitolare 2211 [palimpsest] (70v, Rex Karole Johannis genite - Leticie pacis concordie - Virgo prius ac posterius).
6.Grottaferrata, Badia Greca, Biblioteca, collocazione provisoria 197 (5, Credo).
7.Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria 684 (n8, Credo; 195v, Credo).
8.Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Municipale (olim Bibliothèque de la Ville) 222 C. 22 (3v-4, Credo; 7v, Rex Karole Johannis genite - Leticie pacis concordie - Virgo prius ac posterius).

Recordings of works contained in this manuscript

  1. Music au temps des Papes en Avignon: CBS Masterworks 76534: Credo;.
  2. Music of the Gothic Era [c.1160 - 1400]: Archiv 2723 045 (3 discs)(EUR): Rex Karole Johannis genite; Leticie pacis concordie; Virgo prius ac posterius;.