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Title

The musical notation of the Middle Ages exemplified by facsimiles of manuscripts written between the tenth and sixteenth centuries inclusive : dedicated (by permission) to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh / prepared for the members of The Plainsong and Mediæval Music Society.

Imprint

London : J. Masters & Co., 1890.

Physical description

[8], 7, [1] p., 20 leaves, 21 leaves of plates : music (facsims.) ; 38 cm

Note

At foot of half-title: "245 copies printed, of which this is no. 1."

Note

With dedication to Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900).

Note

Title and dedication pages printed in black and red.

Note

Descriptions of the plates by A. Hughes-Hughes.--Notice.

Note

"The development of musical notation" signed: H. B. B. [i.e. Henry Bremridge Briggs].

Note

All plates, except plate 21, have a facing leaf of descriptive text.

Provenance

Ink stamp (20th century) “Ex libris Iohannis Wordsworth, S.T.P. A.S. 1885-1911 Saresbiriensis Episcopi Deo gratias”. Inserted between upper pastedown and upper endleaf, a covering note from H. Briggs to [John] Bishop of Salisbury dated April 8 1890.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

Copy-specific note

Annotations in pencil on page 2.

Copy-specific note

Annotations in ink pasted onto lower endleaf; one is headed "Notation of neums [sic] (1909)."

Copy-specific note

Inserted after plate no. 21: a printed advertisement for Tudor Church Music, octavo edition with date, 1923, added in ink.

Copy-specific note

Monograph loose inside (catalogued separately): Three plainsong masses from early manuscripts adapted to the English Communion service / The Plainsong & Mediæval Music Society (1890), 7 pages.

Copy-specific note

Monograph loose inside (catalogued separately): Missa "Rex splendens," adapted to the English Communion service from early manuscripts / approved by a Committee of The Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (1891), 9 pages.

Subject

Paleography, Musical.

Subject

Musical notation.

Subject

Music Manuscripts Facsimiles.

Added entry--name

Briggs, H. B. (Henry Bremridge), -1901 Development of musical notation.

Added entry--name

Hughes-Hughes, Augustus, 1857-1942

Added entry--name

Wordsworth, John, 1843-1911 former owner.

Added entry--name

Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain)

Added entry--place

England London.

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24504$aThe musical notation of the Middle Ages exemplified by facsimiles of manuscripts written between the tenth and sixteenth centuries inclusive :$bdedicated (by permission) to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh /$cprepared for the members of The Plainsong and Mediæval Music Society.

260##$aLondon :$bJ. Masters & Co.,$c1890.

300##$a[8], 7, [1] p., 20 leaves, 21 leaves of plates :$bmusic (facsims.) ;$c38 cm

500##$aAt foot of half-title: "245 copies printed, of which this is no. 1."

500##$aWith dedication to Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900).

500##$aTitle and dedication pages printed in black and red.

500##$aDescriptions of the plates by A. Hughes-Hughes.--Notice.

500##$a"The development of musical notation" signed: H. B. B. [i.e. Henry Bremridge Briggs].

500##$aAll plates, except plate 21, have a facing leaf of descriptive text.

561##$aInk stamp (20th century) “Ex libris Iohannis Wordsworth, S.T.P. A.S. 1885-1911 Saresbiriensis Episcopi Deo gratias”. Inserted between upper pastedown and upper endleaf, a covering note from H. Briggs to [John] Bishop of Salisbury dated April 8 1890.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

590##$aAnnotations in pencil on page 2.

590##$aAnnotations in ink pasted onto lower endleaf; one is headed "Notation of neums [sic] (1909)."

590##$aInserted after plate no. 21: a printed advertisement for Tudor Church Music, octavo edition with date, 1923, added in ink.

590##$aMonograph loose inside (catalogued separately): Three plainsong masses from early manuscripts adapted to the English Communion service / The Plainsong & Mediæval Music Society (1890), 7 pages.

590##$aMonograph loose inside (catalogued separately): Missa "Rex splendens," adapted to the English Communion service from early manuscripts / approved by a Committee of The Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (1891), 9 pages.

650#0$aPaleography, Musical.

650#0$aMusical notation.

650#0$aMusic$vManuscripts$vFacsimiles.

7001#$aBriggs, H. B.$q(Henry Bremridge),$d-1901$tDevelopment of musical notation.

7001#$aHughes-Hughes, Augustus,$d1857-1942

7001#$aWordsworth, John,$d1843-1911$eformer owner.

7102#$aPlainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain).

752##$aEngland$dLondon.