Copied by a single scribe (perhaps Clement Woodcocke), except for slightly later additions on ff. 123'-124 and 125'-127. Many pieces have text incipits or titles only. Of English origin; possibly copied at Chichester, West Sussex (EdwaS). Belonged in 1728 to Bernard Gates (inscription on f. 129), then to North and L'Estrange families. Owned in 1843 by the antiquarian Edward F. Rimbault. Acquired by British Museum in 1881.

New covers of red cloth on pasteboard, with white spine; portions of original brown leather covers, tooled in gold, glued inside new front and back covers.

Title page on f. 1: 'A booke of In nomines & other solfainge songes of v: vi: vii: & viii: pts for voyces or Instrumentes.'

black void mensural

Ca. 1578 (date of corrections in manuscript).

New pencil foliation, 1-129; original ink foliation, 17-36 [= new ff. 3-22] + 43-143 [= new ff. 24-125] (omits new ff. 1-2, 23, 109, and 126-129).

paper

Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.

1 Magnificat section, 28 motets, 3 anthems, 26 French secular pieces, 6 Italian secular pieces, 1 English secular piece, 65 instrumental pieces (In nomines, Fantasias, etc.) = 130

Blancks-2, Bruster [Brewster]-1, Byrd-6, (Clemens non Papa)-1, (Crecquillon)-2, (Croce)-1, Douglas-1, (Douglas/Lassus)-1, A. Ferrabosco I [Alfoncius]-1, D. Gerarde [Gerardus]-1, Gombert-1, S. Hollander/(C. Hollander/Lassus)-1, (Janequin)-1, R.Johnson I-3, (Le Cocq)-1, Maillard? [Mr. Maillart Italyan]/(Tye)-1, Mallorie-4, T. Mudd I? or H. Mudd? [Mr. Mudd]-1, W. Mundy-5, Parsley-1, R. Parsons 1-5, R. Parsons I/(Byrd)-1, (R. Parsons I/Wilder)-1, Picforth-1, Poynte-1, Alessandro Romano-1, Shep-herd-5, Stoninge-3, Strogers-3, Tallis-6, Taverner-3, Tye-28, (Tye/Verdelot/Wilder)-1, R. White-1, Wilder [Philipps]-16, Wilder [Philippes]/(Gombert)-2, Woodcocke-4, anon-12

iii + 129 + i paper folios, 388 x 272. New pencil foliation, 1-129; original ink foliation, 17-36 [= new ff. 3-22] + 43-143 [= new ff. 24-125] (omits new ff. 1-2, 23, 109, and 126-129). New covers of red cloth on pasteboard, with white spine; portions of original brown leather covers, tooled in gold, glued inside new front and back covers. No index. Copied by a single scribe (perhaps Clement Woodcocke), except for slightly later additions on ff. 123'-124 and 125'-127. Voice parts copied to be readable by performers around a table. No initials or decoration. Many pieces have text incipits or titles only. Title page on f. 1: "A booke of In nomines & other solfainge songes of v: vi: vii: & viii: pts for voyces or Instrumentes."

Ca. 1578 (date of corrections in manuscript). Of English origin; possibly copied at Chichester, West Sussex (EdwaS). Belonged in 1728 to Bernard Gates (inscription on f. 129), then to North and L'Estrange families. Owned in 1843 by the antiquarian Edward F. Rimbault. Acquired by British Museum in 1881.