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31. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 90-93

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Lansdowne MS 763, ff 90-93
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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

32. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 94-97r

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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

33. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 97v-104r

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Lansdowne MS 763, ff 97v-104r
Title:
16. "Regule Magistri Thome Walsingham de figuris compositis et non compositis et de cantu perfecto et imperfecto, et de modis." Inc. "Cum sit necessarium juvenilibus ad facultatem organicam tendentibus." fo. 97 b.
Scope & Content:
The account in this treatise of the musical notes will be found curious and interesting. There can be no doubt that the author of it as Walsingham the historian, who was a monk and also precentor of the abbey of Saint Alban; but it has escaped the notice of Leland, Bale, Pitts, Tanner and Fabric...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

34. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 104v-111

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Lansdowne MS 763, ff 104v-111
Title:
17. "This tretis is contrivid upon the Gamme for hem that wil be syngers, or makers, or techers." fo. 104 b.
Scope & Content:
It was composed by one Lyonel Power, of whom nothing is recorded, except that his name is mentioned in the catalogue of "authors cited and used" at the end of Morley's "Plaine and easy Introduction to Practicall Musicke" 15,97. folio, who, it is conjectured, had seen the present manuscript. At t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

35. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 112-115

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Lansdowne MS 763, ff 112-115
Title:
18. "Her folwith a litil tretise according to the ferst tretise of the sight of descant; and also for the sight of countir, and for the syght of the countirtenor, and of faburdon." fo. 112.
Scope & Content:
This is probably written by the author of the next article. See the substance of it in Hawkins, ii. 227; and see Burney, ii. 425.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

36. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 116-121

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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

37. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 122-131

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Lansdowne MS 763, ff 122-131
Title:
20. A short treatise on proportion in Latin, being a continuation of an addition to the preceding article; with some exemplifications in musical notes. fo. 122.
Scope & Content:
See Burney, ii. 426. We have seen that this valuable manuscript belonged originally to John Wylde the precentor of Waltham Abbey; and not only such part of it as was composed by himself, but all the other treatises that it contains were written by his own hand, in all probability about the year ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item