IIIF manifest
Copied by a single scribe, except for two slightly later additions (f. 90 and ff. 124'-128), each in a different hand. Probably copied in London, as an anthology of repertory of court of King Henry VIII. StE suggests book was presentation or 'library' copy for a noble amateur associated with court, perhaps Sir Henry Guildford (1489-1532) of Benenden, Kent, Controller of the Royal Household; several names scribbled on back flyleaves refer to Benenden. Later owners include Thomas Fuller, M.D. (1654-1734), of Sevenoaks, Kent (bookplate); Stephen Fuller of London (inscription, dated 1762); Archibald, 11th Earl of Eglinton (1726-96); and Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb (d. 1860), of Beauport Park, East Sussex. Purchased by British Museum from Lamb family through firm of Quaritch in 1882
GB-Lbl Add. MS 31922 (Henry VIII Manuscript)
British Library, London, England
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1510-20
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 31922 (Henry VIII Manuscript) |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 309 x 211 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 108 compositions, 79 from 26 composers, 29 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of maroon leather and cloth on boards
Notation
not indicated
Date
Ca. 1510-20 (MB).
Foliation
Other numberings: Original ink numbering of pieces, i-lxxii, generally includes only texted works.
Foliation
i paper + ii parchment + ii paper + i parchment + 127 parchment + ii parchment + i paper folio
Foliation
Modern pencil pagination, 1-250, with errors, crossed out and replaced by modern pencil foliation, 1-130.
Decoration
Painted initials in blue, red, or gold, often ornamented with red ink.
Index
Original index on ff. 2'-3 lists only pieces having original ink numbering (inaccurate after #49).
Surface
i paper + ii parchment + ii paper + i parchment + 127 parchment + ii parchment + i paper
DIAMM Note
We are grateful to Dr Nicolas Bell for providing an updated bibliography for this MS.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 motet, 1 motet-chanson, 1 English/Latin carol, 53 English secular pieces, 12 French secular pieces, 3 French/English secular pieces, 3 Dutch secular pieces (some of preceding have text incipits or titles only), 35 textless pieces (several have concordances with French or Latin texts, but most are unique to this source; probably intended for instrumental performance) = 109
(A. Agricola)-1, (A. Agricola/Compère)-1, (Barbireau/Isaac/Obrecht)-1, (Busnois-anon)-1, R. Cooper-3, W. Cornyshe-12, Daggere-1, Dunstable-1, Fardyng-7, Fayrfax-2, (A. Févin)-1, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-2, Henry VIII [The Kynge h. viii]-34, (Isaac)-2, (Izagha/Le Heurteur/Moulu/Sermisy)-1, Kempe-1, Lloyd-3, (Prioris)-1, Pygott-1, Rysby-1, anon-32
i paper + ii parchment + ii paper + i parchment + 127 parchment + ii parchment + i paper folios, 309 x 211. Modern pencil pagination, 1-250, with errors, crossed out and replaced by modern pencil foliation, 1-130. Original ink numbering of pieces, i-lxxii, generally includes only texted works. Modern covers of maroon leather and cloth on boards. Original index on ff. 2'-3 lists only pieces having original ink numbering (inaccurate after #49). Copied by a single scribe, except for two slightly later additions (f. 90 and ff. 124'-128), each in a different hand. Painted initials in blue, red, or gold, often ornamented with red ink.
Ca. 1510-20 (MB). Probably copied in London, as an anthology of repertory of court of King Henry VIII. StE suggests book was presentation or "library" copy for a noble amateur associated with court, perhaps Sir Henry Guildford (1489-1532) of Benenden, Kent, Controller of the Royal Household; several names scribbled on back flyleaves refer to Benenden. Later owners include Thomas Fuller, M.D. (1654-1734), of Sevenoaks, Kent (bookplate); Stephen Fuller of London (inscription, dated 1762); Archibald, 11th Earl of Eglinton (1726-96); and Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb (d. 1860), of Beauport Park, East Sussex. Purchased by British Museum from Lamb family through firm of Quaritch in 1882.
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Helms, Dietrich. 1998. Heinrich VIII. und die Musik: Überlieferung, musikalische Bildung des Adels und Kompositionstechniken eines Königs. Eisenach: Wagner.
Siemens, Raymond G. 1997. The English Lyrics of the Henry VIII Manuscript. University of British Columbia, PhD dissertation.
Fallows, David. 1993. Henry VIII as a Composer. Sundry Sorts of Music Books: Essays on the British Library Collections Presented to O. W. Neighbour on his 70th Birthday, edited by David Fallows, 27-39. London.
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Jones, George Morton. 1972. The "First" Chansonnier of the Biblioteca Riccardiana, Codex 2794: A Study in the Method of Editing l6th-Century Music. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: l, 166-7 II,22ff.
Bent, Margaret, Ian D Bent, and Brian Trowell (editors). 1970. John Dunstable complete works. Musica Britannica, vol. VIII. London. Pages: VIII [rev. ed.], 94,193 XVIII, passim XXXVI,xv-xix, passim).
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Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 361.
Warrem, Edwin B (editor). 1959-66. Robert Fayrfax (ca. 1464-1521): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 17. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, 14-8, 51, 54-5.
Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler. Mainz. Pages: VIII, 144, 171.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 141, 261 II, 26, 53,125-7 III,182, 201.
Stevens, John E. 1952. Early Tudor Songbooks. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 229-33, 480-2, passim II, 231-428, 497-528.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II,1340 VI,71-2 VIII,1176 XIII,938-9.
Greene, Richard Leighton (editor). 1935, 2nd 1977. The Early English Carols. Oxford. Pages: 311, passim.
Kinsky, Georg (editor). 1930. A History of Music in Pictures. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 98.
Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1927. New York, 1965 (reprint, with new remarks by the editor). Der Kopenhagener Chansonnier: Das Manuskript Thott 291s der Königlichen Bibliothek Kopenhagen. Copenhagen and Leipzig. Copenhagen and Leipzig. Pages: lxxiv.lxxxii.
Trefusis, Lady Mary (editor). 1912. Songs, Ballads And Instrumental Pieces Composed by King Henry the Eighth Reproduced from the British Museum MS. 31922. Oxford.
Flügel, Ewald. 1889. Liedersammlungen des XVI. Jahrhunderts, besonders aus der Zeit Heinrich's VIII. Anglia: Zeitschrift für Englische Philologie, 12: 225-72. Pages: 226-56.
Chappell, William. 1867. Some account of an Unpublished Collection of Songs and Ballads by King Henry VIII. and his Contemporaries. Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities XLI, Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities, vol. XLI .
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1882-7],7-9.
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