Music fragment
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 MS 839 |
Held at | : Senate House Library, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections › |
Full title | : Music fragment |
Date(s) | : 16th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : Single sheet |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information available at present.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Fragment of a folio containing four staves of musical notation; on the recto, part of the music is headed '1. H.S. Jeige or hornpip / the mock to the Comitee. Jo. Houlartson', and on the verso there is an apparently unrelated bass part, possibly in a different hand. The manuscript was written in the 16th century.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Musical notation
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Finding aids:
See the description for MS 838 in R Watson 'Descriptive list of fragments of medieval manuscripts in the University of London Library' (1976).
Archival Information
Archival history:
Said to have been removed from a 16th-17th century binding of George Buchanan, Rerum Scoticarum Historia (Edinburgh 1582), now in the University of London Library, on the occasion of its rebinding in 1949. Inscribed on the last leaf in a neat 17th century secretary hand is 'Francis Bacon his booke'.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
The binding of this volume also included a fragment of a missal (MS 838).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jan 2002
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