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Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 81

The principal contents of this manuscript are statutes in French from the reign of Henry IV to Henry VI (1399-1426). Folios 1-2 and 44-45 are 14th century flyleaves containing polyphonic music of pre-Ars Nova type.

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. 537-539.

CONTENTS


  1. fol. 1, A solis ortus cardine (motet))

  2. fol. 1v,44, Ovet mundus letabundus - Ovet mundus letabundus (motet))

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

  4. fol. 44v-45, Hostis Herodes impie - Hostis. Hic principes ubi nascitur (motet))

  5. fol. 45v,2, Salve cleri speculum - Salve iubar presulum - [Sospitati dedit egros] (whole chant setting))


LITERATURE


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

  2. LEFFERTS, Peter M. The Motet in England in the Fourteenth Century, Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986, pp. 39-42, 280-281.

CONCORDANCE

Durham, Cathedral Library C.I.20 (1v, Fusa cum silencio - Labem lavat criminis - Manere).

Recordings of works contained in this manuscript

Sumer Is Icumen In. Chants Médiévaux Anglais: Harmonia Mundi HM 1154: Ovet mundus letabundus; Ovet mundus letabundus;.