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The fragment was separated from the source manuscript at an unknown date, probably in the early 15th century, when its blank dorse was used for copying music.

Bent and Wathey (2022)<\/div><\/div>
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The fragment was re-used as a component in the binding of a quire of paper (see Extent), onto which was copied a polyphonic three-part, five-movement mass Ordinary, as well as various legal texts, within a volume otherwise containing Chancery precedents (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.5.18, ff. 219-228). According to Margaret Bent, 'The Mass occurs within a discrete libellus<\/i> [...] and is set off from adjacent gatherings by its watermark and damp-staining. The music was apparently copied first; then, on the surrounding pages, were added documents (copies of legal processes following issues of the writ Quia diem clausit<\/i>) whose originals Roger Bowers has been able to date in the late 1460s and early 1470s. Howe soon after this the present copies were made, and for what purposes, remains undetermined, but it seems unlikely that the music was copied before the early 1470s or the legal documents before the mid-1470s', thus providing a likely approximate date for the re-use of this fragment.

Bent, 15th-century liturgical music II (1979), p .173<\/div>
Baker and Ringrose (1996), pp. 381-82<\/div><\/div>
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John Moore (1646-1714), bishop of Ely (see Acquisition). <\/p>" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "Fragment, comprising a single strip of parchment, originally part of a single sheet document, later repurposed for copying music (apparently as a single sheet, perhaps with others now lost), and later employed as a sewing guard<\/a><\/i> in a manuscript (see Provenance).1 item. The dimensions provided here are for the fragment's total height and width as a flattened component in a former binding. Fragment height: 285 mm, width: 28-33 mm." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "" }, { "label": "Music notation", "value": "

'[I]n full-black notation and in perfect time' (DIAMM). <\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Late 14th or early 15th century." }, { "label": "Member of", "value": "