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1. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 89

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 89
Title:
13. "Declaracio trianguli superius positi et figure de tribus primis figuris quadratis et earum speciebus ac etiam scuti, per Magistrum Johannem Torkesey." Inc. "Ad habendam perfectam noticiam." fo. 89.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 53
Title:
4. A resolution of tones and semitones, set to musick. fo. 53.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 67v

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 67v
Title:
9. "Octo tonorum tractatus metricus." Inc. "Primus est tonus re la, re fay quoque secundus." fo. 67 b.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 54r

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 54r
Title:
5. "Anti ona, per quam ascendit a Gamma usque ad Delasol." fo. 54.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 1-48

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 1-48
Title:
1. "Hunc librum vocitatum Musica Guidonis scripsit Dominus Johannes Wylde quondam exempti monasterii Sancte Crucis de Waltham precentor. Quem quidem librum ut [aut?] hunc titulum qui maliciose abstulerit vel deleverit Anathema sit." fo. 1*.
Scope & Content:
This work is also intitled "Monacordum," and divided into two parts; the first being called by the author "Musica Manualis," and the second "Tonale." The whole has been accurately analysed and commented on in the valuable Histories of Musick composed by Sir John Hawkins (vol. ii. p. 202), and Dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 50-52

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 50-52
Title:
3. "Musica de Sancta Magdalena." Inc. "Felix Magdalene cantandi prominet arte." fo. 50.
Scope & Content:
This short work, in hexameter verses, contains a mystical gamut in which all musical perfection is said to he concealed. It was composed, if we are to believe the author of the verses, by Mary Magdalen herself. The writer appears to have been one Kendall, a monk of Sherborne.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 90-93

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 90-93
Title:
14. "Octo tonorum proporcio et Grecorum vocabulorum ad predictos tonos pertinencium exposicio." Inc. "Tonus constat in proporcione sesquioctava." fo. 90.
Scope & Content:
See Hawkins, ii. 224. and Burney, ii. 418. The three preceding articles seem to be included under the general title of "Regule Magistri Jobannis Torkesey." This person seems no otherwise known to us than by the present work. He was probably a monk or precentor of the Priory of Torkesey in Lincol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 87v-88

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 87v-88
Title:
12. "Distinctio inter colores musicales et armorum heroum." Inc. "Numerus sexdecim est numerus prestantissimus." fo. 87 b.
Scope & Content:
Analysed in Hawkins, ii. 222; and see Burney, 418.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 94-97r

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 94-97r
Title:
15. "Regule Magistri Johannis de Muris." Inc. "Intendentes scientie musicalis exquirere cognicionem." fo. 94.
Scope & Content:
This is supposed to be only an abridgment, by some other person, probably John Wylde, of De Muris's doctrine touchingt the Cantus Mensurabilis. Whoever is desirous of knowing more of the lastnamed author may consult Tanner Bibl. Britannico- Hibernica; Fabricii Bibl. Med. et infim. ætat. IV. 30...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 116-121

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 116-121
Title:
19. "Her beginneth tretises diverse of musical proporcions and of their naturis and denominacions, ferst in Englissh and than in Latyne." Beg. "Now passid al maner sightis of descant." fo. 116.
Scope & Content:
The author was one Chilston, of whom nothing more is known. Nearly the whole of this article has been inserted in Sir J. Hawkins's Hist. of Musick, ii. 229; and see Burney, ii. 426.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

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