Image: Sumer is icumen in - Summer Canon (Reading Rota) (mid 13th C), f.11v - BL Harley MS 978

Description: 'Sumer is icumen in' [Whole folio] 'Sumer is icumen in', a vocal composition for several voices; it is probably the most celebrated piece of English medieval music. The melody is one of the earliest known examples of what is now the major mode, and the earliest example of ground-bass. Besides the English secular text 'Sumer is icumen in', the melody is provided with a Latin sacred one 'Perspice Christicola', and it is the earliest known manuscript in which both secular and sacred words are written to the same piece of music
Title: Sumer is icumen in - Summer Canon (Reading Rota) (mid 13th C), f.11v - BL Harley MS 978
Credit: Image taken from Summer Canon [Reading Rota]. Originally published/produced in England [Reading Abbey, co. Berks.]; mid 13th century. Held and digitised by the British Library, and uploaded to Flickr Commons. A higher resolution version may be available for purchase from BL Images Online, imagesonline.bl.uk, reference 008983 Please do not overwrite this file. Any cropped or modified version should be uploaded with a new name and linked in the "Other versions =" parameter of this template.  This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections. Catalogue entry: Harley MS 978 - Illustrated catalogue - Online viewer (Info) বাংলা | Deutsch | English | Español | Euskara | Français | Македонски | 中文 | +/−
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