Guido of Arezzo and Bede on music

Title

Guido of Arezzo and Bede on music

Shelfmark

St John's College MS 150

Place of origin

England

southern France

Date

s. xiii ex.

s. xi/xii

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

both on vellum (the first HSOS/HFFH, the second FSOS/FHHF).

Physical extent

Fols. vii + 44(numbered fols. 1–42, viii, ix) + v (numbered fols. x–xiv).

Binding

A modern replacement. Sewn on five thongs. At the front, a marbled paper leaf, two modern paper flyleaves, four medieval vellum flyleaves (the first a former pastedown, with a College bookplate on the verso); at the rear, two medieval vellum flyleaves (the second a former pastedown), two modern paper leaves, and another marbled leaf (x–xiv).

Provenance

‘Iste liber est Fratris Iohannis de Erghom in quo subscript’ continentur Musica F’ (fol. viiv). The volume was ‘Arsmetrica Musica Geometria Perspectiua magistri Johannis Erghome’ F’ in the 1372 catalogue of the York Austin friars , ed. K. W. Humphreys, CBMLC, 1:153 (A 8.643) (Ker, MLGB 218, 321); the catalogue entry is generally equivalent to the list of contents on fol. viiv (indicated by the ellipses above): a Musica Gydonis in prosa; b musica eiusdem in metro; cmusica cuiusdam sub dialogo; d liber Bede de arte metrica; e item liber eiusdem de tropis’.

‘Kat’ wilstrop vj s viij d Robert Percy militis v s x d Percyvdll lyndlay vj s viij d farbarn’ xx d Thikhed Domina beatrix thorneff priorissa Domina Alicia thornton Domina katerina Brokhellis Domina maria Foston Domina Margareta Wistow Domina Iohanna home Domina alicia Newton Domina Isabella child’ (fol. ix; s. xv ex., secretary). The nuns are apparently those of Thicket (E. Yks., OSB).

The old shelfmark ‘Abac: ij. N. 50’ (fol. vv).