MS O.3.58
Trinity Carol Roll
- Library
- Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge (United Kingdom)source
- Shelfmark
- MS O.3.58
- Date
- “15” (Trinity College Library catalogue)
Indexed as the 15th century
The record gives the date only as a century number, in its "Century" field: 15. - Format
- Roll
The scroll is made from vellum 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long and 17 centimetres (6.7 in) wide. When rolled, it forms a cylinder approximately 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in diameter.
Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Notation
- Mensural
The carols are noted in mensural notation on five-line staves.
Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mensural
- Repertoire
- Carolsource
The Trinity Carol Roll is a 15th-century manuscript of thirteen English carols held by the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge (MS O.3.58). It is the earliest surviving example of polyphonic music written in English. Compiled after 1415, it contains the earliest of two manuscript sources for the Agincourt Carol which tells of Henry V's victory at the Battle of Agincourt, as well as several early Christmas carols.
Contents
| No. | Folio | Piece | Composer | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whole manuscript | Hail mary ful of grace | not named | carol |
| 2 | whole manuscript | Nowel nowel | not named | carol |
| 3 | whole manuscript | Alma redemptoris mater | not named | carol |
| 4 | whole manuscript | Now may we syngyn | not named | carol |
| 5 | whole manuscript | Be mery be mery | not named | carol |
| 6 | whole manuscript | Nowel syng we now | not named | carol |
| 7 | whole manuscript | Deo gratias Anglia | not named | carol |
| 8 | whole manuscript | Now make we merthe | not named | carol |
| 9 | whole manuscript | Abyde I hope | not named | carol |
| 10 | whole manuscript | Qwat tydyngis bryngyst yu massager | not named | carol |
| 11 | whole manuscript | Eya martir stephane | not named | carol |
| 12 | whole manuscript | Prey for us ye prynce of pees | not named | carol |
| 13 | whole manuscript | Ther is no rose of swych vertu | not named | carol |
Source for every row: en.wikipedia.org
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Motetus, “Cambridge, Wren Library, Trinity College, MS O.3.58”, https://motetus.org/manuscripts/cambridge-trinity-o-3-58/.