Thomas Phillips

Never been more apt

BnF Lat. 13765, ff. Br-v (11th c., Jumièges)

The Normans injected a bit of flair into the Easter Vigil Service: at the moment the Paschal candle was lit, the cantor would elaborate on the melody over ‘accendit’, introducing extended melismas found only in sources from England, Normandy, and Norman Sicily.

The BENEDICAMUS project edited volume is now published Open Access! So grateful to all of the contributors and for the support of @ERC_Research @CambUP_Music @PMMusicSociety

Thrilled to share my first piece of published work. I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this fantastic 17-chapter volume - huge thanks to Catherine Bradley @CamUniMusic @Brepols Now open access! (see link below) brepolsonline.net/action/showBoo…

Either way, I’ve also found books dated to 1918 and 1929 (22 and 33 years old)

I’ve just realised that the date could actually be 1927…

Amazing what you find when someone moves house. This is an English setting of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, published in 1911, owned by my great-great-aunt, Beatrice Lewis. When she dated this book in 1924 she would have been 28 years old.

@elsie33 I don’t understand the rule of no photography being enforced if the manuscript is in good condition. I’ve emailed the reference team but they won’t budge. I’m not giving up.

@Thomas_MPh No. My request is on a “to do” pile, and has been for some time. I went to see something in person and the same restrictions applied as usual. But fingers crossed things are rebooting!

Has anyone ever had any luck obtaining permission to take some photos of a restricted manuscript in the British Library?

Mistakes are always fun things to notice. In this case, the scribe forgot to leave enough horizontal space between the syllables ‘Vi-’ and ‘-ri’ to accommodate the notation. Fortunately, he noticed this immediately and corrected his work accordingly. (Bodl. MS. Laud Misc. 4)

It was a pleasure to pop into St Peter’s Church Hall in Wisbech earlier today where I met local artist Mia Hanson. Mia has been working on a full scale replica of the Bayeux Tapestry since 2016 - as well as doing commissions, offering tuition, and writing a number of books.

Available to pre-order now @Brepols ed. Catherine A. Bradley @ERC_BENEDICAMUS I'm incredibly grateful for the chance to contribute to this volume (my first publication). brepols.net/products/IS-97…

Nice to see an ‘Ite missa est’ melody from Winchester that survived the Norman Conquest. This melody is based on the Alleluia ‘Multifarie olim’ (Cambridge, CCC, MS. 473 ‘Winchester Troper’, f. 54v). Found in post-Conquest sources from Christ Church, Canterbury and St Albans.

@ETreharne @cultivate_mss @ami_alamanda @cesta_stanford I would very much appreciate the link - thank you!

@sophiebwaterman This will make the musicologists very happy.

I'm about to start photographing SJC MS 167, a beautiful 15th century Bridgettine Processional 📖 You can read its catalogue description here: medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manusc…

Just about 1 month since I moved to Oxford (Littlemore) and it’s been a dream. Not a bad start to writing-up year.

@red_loeb @BLMedieval research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentThes…

@red_loeb @BLMedieval Marcus Jones has recently finished his PhD thesis in which he re-dates and re-located this manuscript.

Standing and seated figures at the beginning of the Offices of St Martin and St Felix BL Add 30845; Liber Mysticus, Offices & Masses of the Mozarabic Liturgy; 11th century; Spain, N. (Burgos, ?Santo Domingo de Silos); ff.56r, 81r @BLMedieval