{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin", "value": "c. 1460-c. 1475. England, perhaps Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury.

Probably compiled and copied by and for a priest of the chapel of the almonry of Christ Church Cathedral Priory in Canterbury. The music in this manuscript is attributed to a number of composers who were active in or had connections with Kent during the 1460s and 1470s. These include William Corbrond and John Nesbet who were Masters of the Lady Chapel choir at Canterbury Cathedral Priory (respectively 1470-1474; and 1474-1488). The music includes unusual blessings sung by the Boy Bishop at the feast of St Nicholas. According to Bowers (1982), the prominence of these blessings and the text Stans puer ad mensam<\/i> point to an intended use at the chapel of the almonry of Christ Church, Canterbury: the almonry buildings housed a boarding school for eight boys who sang in the Lady Chapel choir, and participated in services in the almonry chapel. Here, they celebrated the Boy Bishop ceremonies annually. Bowers (1982) suggests that the manuscript may have been compiled and owned by one of the priests who was responsible for the upbringing of the boys. <\/p>

Charles (1962)<\/div>
Bower (1982)<\/div><\/div>
" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "England, perhaps Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "

Owned or accessed by Thomas Keen (fl. 17th century): his name inscribed in a flourishing 17th-century script on f. 9v<\/a>.<\/p>

Owned or accessed by Jack Pimp (fl. 17th century): his name inscribed in a flourishing 17th-century script on f. 27r<\/a>. As Charles (1962), p. 68, notes, \"Pympe\" was the surname of a prominent Kentish family in the 15th century.<\/p>

Owned or accessed by W.W. (fl. 17th century): their initials on f. 128r<\/a>; probably the same hand that added the poem \"On a Crucifix\" to f. 127v<\/a>.<\/p>

Owned or accessed by Unknown (fl. 17th century): their name inscribed in a 17th-century flourishing script on f. 128v<\/a> but obscured by Pepys's bookplate. Only the last three letters \"-ker\" are legible.<\/p>

Acquired before 1700 by Samuel Pepys (1633\u20131703), naval officer and diarist: f. 1r<\/a> features a pasted bookplate bearing a portrait of Pepys, his motto \"Mens cujusque is est Quisque\", the text: \"SAM. PEPYS. CAR. ET IAC. ANGL. REGIB. A SECRETIS ADMIRALIÆ.\", and the initials \"R.W. sculp:\", referring to the London engraver Robert White (1645-1703); f. 128v<\/a> features a paper pastedown with Pepys's bookplate engraved with two anchors and the motto \"Mens cujusque is est Quisque\". Since the manuscript is not listed in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ<\/i> (c. 1697), the manuscript may have come into his possession at some point after 1694.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "Codex: 2 + 128 + 2 leaves. Leaf height: 180 mm, width: 125 mm." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "Wellcome" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "c. 1460-c. 1475." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys MS 1236" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Jackson, John, d. 1724" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "

Quire signatures ('1-13') in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto side of the first leaf of each quire, written in pencil by a hand of the 19th/20th century (perhaps M.R. James). <\/p>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Science; Liturgy" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Codex" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "This catalogue entry draws on M.R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the College Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge<\/i> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Library, 1909); the Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge<\/i>, 7 vols (Woodbridge: Brewer, 1978-1994), V (1992): Manuscripts, Part I: Medieval, ed. by Rosamond McKitterick and Richard Beadle, pp. 25-27; and a draft of Kari Anne Rand's description of the manuscript's contents for a forthcoming volume on the Pepys Library in the Index of Middle English Prose." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Middle English and Latin" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Late 17th-century blind-tooled paneled binding with a double-line blind-tooled border frame and triple-line blind-tooled central frames with blind-stamped fleuron cornerpieces; dark brown speckled leather in the outer frame, light brown speckled leather in the inner frame and dark plain leather in the central frame; gold-stamped sides; and gold-tooled and stamped spine with 5 raised bands and Red Russia leather with the gold-stamped inscription: \"OLD. MVSICK. [and]. MONKISH RIMES.\". Red-speckled edges. <\/p>

Binding height: 190mm; width: 135mm; depth: 30mm.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Some of the parchment leaves are a palimpsest." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

The texts and music have been copied by a single hand writing in Anglicana (Formata)<\/i> script, varying greatly in size throughout the manuscript. <\/p><\/div>

The manuscript features various later 16th- and 17th-century additions in cursive and italic scripts. <\/p><\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Pepys Library" }, { "label": "Former Owner(s)", "value": "Keen, Thomas, fl. 17th century; Pimp, Jack, fl. 17th century; W.W., fl. 17th century; Unknown, fl. 17th century; Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Commonplace book and handbook of liturgical music (Use of Sarum)" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Dr Clarck Drieshen, Project Cataloguer, Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper quires with parchment inner and outer leaves, with the following exceptions: Quire 2 does not have parchment outer leaves; Quire 3 does not have parchment inner leaves; and in Quires 10 and 11, both of 12 leaves, the 3rd and 10th are also parchment leaves. The paper is folded in folio featuring as many as ten or twelve watermarks in the centre of the leaves." }, { "label": "Collation", "value": "

This collation deviates from that of McKitterick and Beadle in that it identifies Quire 10 as a sexternion instead of a quinternion. It also identifies the inserted leaf in Quire 13 as f. 121 instead of f. 123, based on the presence of a folded parchment stub on f. 121 and the location of the red sewing thread between f. 122 and f. 123. It corresponds with the modern quire numbers (see Additions) except in identifying the start of Quire 2.