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1. Add MS 25031

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 25031
Title:
Miscellaneous tracts in Latin. Mostly medical treatises, but also containing a collection of motets.
Scope & Content:
At the beginning are fly-leaves containing portions of hymns to the Virgin, with music. Description from Augustus Hughes-Hughes, Catalogue of Manuscript Music: ff. 1-4b. Motets, written in England, in long lines with large initials. Imperfect. Square and diamond-shaped notes on a stave of 5 re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 7578

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7578
Title:
Middle English verse, including ballads by Chaucer and Lydgate; 'The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwart' by Alexander Montgomerie; 'Nebuchadnezzar's Fierie Furnace'; the 'Annals of Oskell'; grammatical exercises in Latin and Greek; Old songs of Durham
Scope & Content:
Miscellany compiling pages from a number of other manuscripts, which vary greatly in size and period. Major sections within the miscellany are f. 1 (verse and prose on the Ten Commandments and Seven Deadly Sins), ff. 2-20 (various ballads and other verse, some by Chaucer and Lydgate), f. 21 (a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1700
Extent:

1 volume

3. Royal Appendix MS 58

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 58
Title:
Collection of English vocal compositions, predominantly by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vocal compositions: one part only (except in no. 27), chiefly tenor. Unless the contrary is stated, they are anonymous. 1. 'A[h], the syghes that come fro my hert.' By W. Cornish. f. 1. 2. 'Though that she cannot Redresse.' f. 3b. 3. 'Colle to me the Rysshes greene.' f. 4. 4. 'Down bery down': a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

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