Old Hall Manuscript

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
musical composition
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:chapel
gptkb:English_royal_court
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Add MS 57950
gptkbp:contains gptkb:choral_music
hymns
motets
Mass settings
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:date early 15th century
late 14th century
gptkbp:decoratedWith illuminated initials
gptkbp:formerPosition Old Hall, Suffolk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Old Hall Manuscript
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:material parchment
gptkbp:musicalNotation mensural notation
gptkbp:notableComposer gptkb:John_Dunstaple
Leonel Power
Roy Henry
Thomas Damett
gptkbp:numberOfConcertos over 140
gptkbp:previousOwner gptkb:Thomas_Knyvett
gptkb:British_Museum
John Pygrave
St Edmundsbury Abbey
gptkbp:significance largest surviving collection of English sacred music from the late medieval period
important source for English polyphony
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Music_Manuscripts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7