Richard Fox — 16th century, early (c. 1516 (?)) (see Erler); England
MS. Barlow 11
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Richard Fox — 16th century, early (c. 1516 (?)) (see Erler); England
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 11
Date
16th century, early (c. 1516 (?)) (see Erler)
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
vi + 34 pages
Musical notation
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
Binding
White leather on paper boards, 17th century
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691 by Thomas Barlow (Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1043)
Provenance
From Wherwell, a convent dedicated to the Holy Cross and St Peter (p. 13)
Mary C. Erler notes that c. 1517 Bishop Richard Fox gave copies of the ordofor female religious profession to four Hampshire nunneries: Nunnaminster, Wherwell, Wintney, and Romsey. Two of these manuscripts have been identified: the copy sent to Nunnaminster is CUL Mm 3.13 and that sent to Wherwell is MS Barlow 11 ( Reading and Writing during the Dissolution: Monks, Friars, and Nuns 1530–1558)
On fol. vi is 'Jun. vii MDCLXvii. Liber Thomae Barlow è Coll. Reg. Oxon. ex dono viri et amici optimi Thomae Clutterbuckesummi Angliae cancellarii Edouardi Clarendoniae comitis capellani et ecclesiae sanctae Mariae Southamptoniae rectoris', in Barlow's hand. For discussion of the gift, see Erler, 'Bishop Richard Fox’s Manuscript Gifts to his Winchester Nuns', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 52 (2001), p. 336
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Title
Service at the profession of Benedictine nuns
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 11
Summary
Service at the profession of Benedictine nuns, with music and English rubrics and marginalia by Thomas Barlow, from a convent dedicated to the Holy Cross and st. Peter (p. 13), for which cf. W. H. Frere, Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica, p. 124.
Date
Written in the 15th century in England
Language
Latin
English
Multiple languages
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, white leather on paper boards, 17th century
Physical extent
34 pages
Custodial history
On fol. vi is 'Jun. vii mDCLXvii. Liber Thomae Barlow è Coll. Reg. Oxon. ex dono viri et amici optimi Thomae Clutterbucke summi Angliae cancellarii Edouardi Clarendoniae comitis capellani et ecclesiae sanctae Mariae Southamptoniae rectoris', in Barlow's hand.
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Collection contents
Service at the profession of Benedictine nuns
