1. Add MS 59855
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59855
- Title:
- THE GOWER MISSAL: noted Missal of Sarum Use; produced in England; circa 1440-1450. Latin. See F. H. Dickinson (ed.), Missale ad usum . . . ecclesiae Sarum (1861-1883). Contains square neumatic notation of red four-line staves. Alan G. Thomas and D. H. Turner tentatively identified it as the 'one large new missal' bequeathed to the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Overy (now Southwark Cathedral) by John Gower in 1408, but Kathleen Scott's mid 15th-century dating (see Later Gothic Manuscripts, vo...
- Scope & Content:
- Liturgies LATIN: Music: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Noted Missal (The Gower Missal): circa 1440-1450: Lat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1440-1450
- Extent:
- 1 item