Four mutilated leaves from the binding of bp. Gervase Babington's Works (Lond. 1615, fol.)
Four mutilated leaves from the binding of bp. Gervase Babington's Works (Lond. 1615, fol.) marked B. 9. 12 Th. in the Bodleian, forming part of one or more love songs, with musical notes. One sentence is 'Of one accorde owre harttes be knytt in one thorou jugement of desyre, and nowe be we at one.' Fols. i, 5-end are blank. The fragments have probably been in the Library since about 1615-20.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the first half of the 16th century
Extent
37 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. d. 103, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. d. 103
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20444
Abstract
Four mutilated leaves from the binding of bp. Gervase Babington's Works (Lond. 1615, fol.)
Biographical / Historical
Gervase Babington (1550-1610) was a churchman and Bishop of Llandaff, Exeter and Worcester.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 30644
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Referenced about 1887.
Bibliography
- See 'Early Bodleian Music', I. xxiv (§ 20) and facsimiles 105-108, II. 192. I dated them 'about 1495.'
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
10 × 7 1/2 in.
Topical
- Title
- Four mutilated leaves from the binding of bp. Gervase Babington's Works (Lond. 1615, fol.)
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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