Papers of H.M. Bannister, relating to plainsong and liturgy in the medieval church, based on notes and transcripts from early Latin liturgical manuscripts. The collection is arranged as follows:
- Collections for Sequentiarum melodiae
- Notes and indexes relating to liturgical manuscripts
- Lists of manuscripts in libraries in Great Britain, with detailed notes
- Printed works on sequences, with Bannister's annotations
- Saints and calendars
- Sacramentaries
- Papers relating to Bannister's larger publications
- Miscellaneous
Dates
- Creation: [c. 1873-1917]
Extent
5.79 Linear metres (75 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. liturg. c. 5, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. liturg. c. 5-15, d. 4-7, e. 2-26, f. 1-2; Lat. liturg. c. 11-33, d. 15, d. 26-34
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12754
Abstract
Archive of H.M. Bannister
Biographical / Historical
Henry Marriot Bannister (1854-1919) was a musicologist. He collected, but did not live to publish, materials on sequence melodies. His projected title was Sequentiarum melodiae. 'A fractional part' was published by Dom Anselm Hughes, Anglo-French sequelae edited from the papers of ... Bannister (Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society, 1934).
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41851-925.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library, 1900-1934.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of H.M. Bannister
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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