APPENDIX 1:
SELECTED CITATIONS OF BOOKS
WITH ORGANUM (1255-1500)
Bibliography
Baltzer,
Rebecca A. “Notre Dame Manuscripts and Their Owners: Lost and Found,” Journal
of Musicology 5 (1987): 380-99.
-----------------------.
“The Geography of the Liturgy at Notre-Dame of Paris,” Plainsong
in the Age of Polyphony, ed. Thomas Forrest Kelly,
Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice, 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge
University
Press, 1992), 45-64.
Alexis
de Jussieu, La
Sainte-Chapelle du Chateau de Chambery (Chambery : Perrin,
1868).
Andrew
Wathey, “Lost Books of Polyphony in England: A List to 1500", Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle
21 (1988): 1-20.
NB:
Omitted here are books with polyphonic mass ordinary movements or books
that
are unambiguously organ music. The square brackets are the author’s
except
where indicated (by BH). Bold added to texts by BH.
Baltzer,
381
1255, St. Paul's
Cathedral,
London: Liber organorum W. de Faukeberge
perpulcrum est incipiens Viderunt,
finit Cristus pater.
Wathey,
1988, 4, n. 25
Just
after 1290,
Canterbury, Benedictine Cathedral Priory of Holy Trinity or Christ
Church:
Regula beati Benedicti cum vita sancti Thome martiris [with other
content
including]: Cantus organicus qui dicitur Lex
[Lux?] sancte
trinitatis. Cantus Sampson dux.
Wathey,
1988, 7-8, nn. 59-62:
1295, London,
Cathedral
Church of St. Paul:
[n.
59:] Liber organorum W. de
Faukeberge perpulcrum est incipiens viderunt. finit cristus
pater.
[BH : cf. Baltzer above]
[nn.
60-62:] Libri Organici: ... Item liber
organorum, qui fuit Iohannis de Bolemere prima littera W[=V?] aurea;
finit o mira christi pietas. . .Item liber organorum qui
fuit
Roberti de Roff', cuius nomen intitulatur in primo folio et finit in
cantu. Virgo
generosa. . .Item minimus liber vetus et organicus. Incipit austro
terris. finit in cantu transgressus legem domini. fuit
Radulphi de
sancto Gregorio.
Jeffery,
118-19
1295, Pope
Boniface VIII,
Naples and/or Rome: It. duo libri de
motetis de nota quadrata.
Baltzer,
383
[1295
(Wathey 1988) or 1299-1300, Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I
of
England: Unus liber de cantu organi qui
incipit Viderunt. Unus
liber de cantu organi qui incipit Alleluya
[BH : cf. Anonymous IV]. Cf. Wathey,
1988, 14-15, nn. 155-156: 1295, Edward I, inventory
rendered by keeper of the wardrobe on
assuming office: In cofro de .O.: ... Et
j liber de cantu organi
qui incipit Viderung... Et j liber de cantu organi qui incipit Alleluia.
Wathey,
1988, 6, nn. 41-42
13th
c. ex.,
Leominster, Benedictine Priory of St Peter (Cell of Reading), books
written by
W. de Wicumbe: Scripsit eciam duas rotulas unam continentem triplices
cantus organice numero. Alias continentem duplices cantus numero.
Wathey,
1988, 12, n. 120
1304,
Westminster,
Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Inventory of the goods of the Lady
Chapel: viij
rotulos de organo.
Wathey,
1988, 3, n. 11
1307, Branscombe,
Parish
Church: Unus rotulus de cantu organico magnus et longus.
Jeffery,
119
1311, Pope
Clement V, library
in Perugia to be transferred to Assisi: Item
unum librum de conductis et prosis et motectis, notatum ad modum organi
cum
multis lineis et notis, qui incipit in primo folio: viderunt, et finit in penultimo: glorie laus, et est
in tabulis ligneis sine copertura et
clausoriis.
Item unum
modicum librum
similem precedenti in cantu, qui incipit in secundo folio minus, et finit in penultimo: coraige.
Jeffery,
120
1311, Pope
Clement V
(cont.): Item unum magnum librum de organo,
bene scriptum notatum et illuminatum in
cartis edinis, qui incipit in secundo folio: sidere procedere, et finit
in
penultimo: portant caulius, et est in tabulis cohopertis de corio rubeo
cum
alia copertura desuper de panno lineo laborata de serico et habet duo
clausoria.
Wathey,
1988, 17, nn. 171-72
1318, John
Sandale, bishop
of Winchester: Item j veterem librum et
ij quaternos cum canticis organicis.
Wathey,
1988, 5, n. 35
by
c.1320,
Ickleton, Parish Church: j liber cantus organici ex dono
domini
Philipi vicarii.
Jeffery,
121
1327, Pope John
XXII,
library in Assisi: duo libelli motetorum,
liber in quo sunt quaedam sequentie notate.
Baltzer,
392
1338, library of
the
Sorbonne: Liber de cantu organico, ex
legato domini Stephani de Abbatisvilla. Incipit
in secundo folio Adjuva nos, in
penultimo, te passus. Precium 10
solidi.
Unus liber de
cantu organico. Incipit in secundo
folio viderunt, in penultimo, rex. Precium 12 solidi.
Jeffery,
121
1339, papal
library: It. quendam alium notatum, ubi sunt Benedicamus et Alleluia cum triplici cantu
cum
post. et coperta linea laborata.
It. quendam
librum
mutictorum notatorum cum postibus.
Wathey,
1988, 6 nn. 43-47
1345, Lichfield,
Cathedral
Church of B.V.M. and St Chad, books kept in the sacristy: Item .j. liber
organicus de Cantilenis.
Wathey,
1988, 8, n. 63
1357, London,
Cathedral
Church of St. Paul: Item unum librum de canto organico.
Baltzer,
385
1358, inventory
of books of
William de Ravenstone of the Almonry School of St. Paul's Cathedral,
London: Item unum librum de cantu organico.
Baltzer,
391
1360, library in
Avignon of
Pope Urban V: Item quidam liber notatus
et ystoriatus, coopertus corio nigro impressato, qui incipit in secundo
folio [BH:
Vide]runt, et finit in penultimo folio thala[BH:mum;
cf. Adorna thalamum].
Wathey,
1988, 5, n. 26
1387/8, Durham,
Benedictine
Cathedral Priory of St Cuthbert: Item cantoribus ad natale, v s.,
uni libro
organi, iij s. iiij d. [...]
Wathey,
1988, 13, nn. 145-46
York,
Cathedral Church of St Peter: 1389: De xxvj s. viij d. sol’
domino
Johanni de Thornor pro libro organico empto pro choro.
1390: Domino
Johanni
Thornor vicario in choro pro j libro organico, xiij s. iiij d.
Wathey,
1988, 12, n. 121
1393/4,
Westminster,
Benedictine Abbey of St Peter: Et in ligatura et coopertura unius libri
organici quondam ex don[BH:o]
fratris R. Wynwyk, cum augmentacione iiij quaternis vocatis velym, in
toto vij
s. x d.
Baltzer,
395
1373-1424, inventories
of the
library of King Charles V collated by Delisle:
Ung
livre de chant, bien noté, bien escript et enluminé, en latin et B point d'orgue, escript de
lettre de forme. Commencant ou 2e foillit du texte nes
no [et ou dernier] quem feci
[BH : Haec dies quem fecit Dominus].
Couvert de cuir B queue, a deux petiz fermoirs de laton. 1 livre.
Un
livre couvert de cuir B queue, ou sont motez et chancons, escript de lettre de
forme, en francois
et latin. Commencant ou 2e feuillit du texte,
nativitas gloriose et ou dernier, gnus
dei. A deux fermoirs de laton 12 s.
Motez
et conduiz, jadis en ung cayer couvert de parchemin, lesquelz sont
notez, et de
present sont couvers de cuir blanc. Commencant ou 2e foillit leluya, et ou dernier, vit Rex
habet. A II
fermoirs de cuivre. 5 s.
Wathey,
1988, 13, n. 141
1395/6, Worcester,
Benedictine
Cathedral Priory of B.V.M.: treasurer’s account: In pergameno empto
pro j libro
de organia facto in rotulum, iiij d.
Wathey,
1988, 10, n. 95.
14th
c. ex.,
Ramsey, Benedictine Abbey of B.V.M. and St. Benedict: Item liber organicus fratris Willelmi de
Chiltham
Wathey,
1988, 14, n. 152
1404, Robert
Braybrooke,
bishop of London: j liber organicus prec’
x s.
Wathey,
1988, 5, n. 33
1405, Great
Bedwyn, Parish
Church: j liber content’ (sic) divers’ cant’
de organ’ cuius secundo folio Rex
virginum.
Wathey,
1988, 13, n. 134
1416, Windsor,
Royal
Collegiate Chapel of St George: precentor’s account: In vermylony
empt’ pro libris
organicis eliminandis [‘illuminandis’?]
ij d.
Wathey,
1988, 14, n. 151
1423, Henry
Bowet,
archbishop of York: Capella: Et de xx s.
receptis pro uno libro magno de Organ’
Wathey,
1988, 13, n. 136
1438/9, Windsor,
Royal
Collegiate Chapel of St George: In pergameno pro libro organizac’
cum
notacione eiusdem empto et solut’, xiiij s..
Wathey,
1988, 8, nn. 64-74
London,
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
1445:
64:
rotulus, 65: Item unus pulcher liber de [plano - struck out] organico
cantu incipiens Salus [Salve?] salvandorum 66 w
ordinary, 67: Item
unus [alius liber struck out] quaternus de cantu organico ijo
fo vergente soli 68; ordinary;
69:
Item unus alius minor quaternus pro organis ijo
fo.
sapientia. 70 ordinary 71 ordinary
72
ordinary 73: Item unus alius quaternus de cantu organico ijo
fo. Deus creator [BH: omnium (hymn)]74: Item unus alius
quaternus de cantu
organico ijo fo. [blank]
Wathey,
1988, 5, n. 32
1445/6,
Fotheringhay,
Collegiate Church of B.V.M. and All Saints: Item
j. veterem librum et ij quaternos cum canticis
organicis
Wathey,
1988, 6, nn. 45-46:
1450/1, Lichfield,
Cathedral
Church of B.V.M. and St Chad, Item 2 libri organici debiles.
Wathey,
1988, 12, n. 127
1451/2: Et
solutum eidem
[Thomas Bokebynder] pro reparacione libri cum Cantu Organico ex
dono
Ricardi Glyn cum pergameno empto ad ponendum in eodem libro, xiiij d.
Wathey,
1988, 5, n. 31
by
c. 1477, Exeter, Cathedral Church of
St Peter, Lady Chapel: j liber organicus cum armis Rogeri Keys in tercio folio
[blank]
Wathey,
1988, 6, n. 36:
c. 1480, Leicester,
Augustinian
Abbey of B.V.M. De Pratis: Cantica Organica: Item unus liber de
canticis
organicis per fratrem T. Preston 2o fo quedam <antiphona
incipiens>
prolem in cruce.
Jussieu,
210-211
1483,
Sainte-Chapelle, Chambéry:
221.
Item unus magnus liber cantus organi
[BH: in paper,
beginning] Asperges me.
224.
Item unus alius magnus liber cantus organi
copertus coreo rubeo.