Score format, with pre-drawn barlines. Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Copied in England.
GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 1018
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
manuscript of polyphony: Late 16th or early 17th century
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Tenbury 1018 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 279-92 x 370-6 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 86 compositions, 48 from 9 composers, 38 are anonymous. Contains uninventoried compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Folios now mounted on modern paper folios, 370 x 450mm. New covers of brown leather and green cloth over cardboard; spine tooled in gold with inscription: 'VOCAL MUSIC / 17 & 18 CENTURY / VOL. II.' (MS 1018 now bound with MSS Tenbury 1015, 1016, 1017, and 1019; only MS 1018 is within scope of this catalogue.)
Watermark
two pillars with grape cluster (not in Briquet or Heawood).
Notation
black void mensural; one piece partly in lute tablature
Ruling
Staff height 11
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-48
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Lamentation, 9 motets, 2 anthems, 35 Italian secular pieces, 23 English secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece, 10 textless pieces, 1 In nomine, 1 dance = 83
(Bennet)-1, Caccini [Giulio Romano]-15, (Dowland)-1, A. Ferrabosco I-23, (Gastoldi)-2, R. Johnson II-1, (Richafort/Verdelot)-1, anon-39
48 paper folios, 279-92 x 370-6, now mounted on modern paper folios, 370 x 450. New pencil foliation, 1-48. New covers of brown leather and green cloth over cardboard; spine tooled in gold with inscription: "VOCAL MUSIC / 17 & 18 CENTURY / VOL. II." (MS 1018 now bound with MSS Tenbury 1015, 1016, 1017, and 1019; only MS 1018 is within scope of this catalogue). No index. Score format, with pre-drawn barlines; one piece partly in lute tablature. Copied by one main scribe and several additional scribes. Staff height 11. No initials or decoration. Watermark: two pillars with grape cluster (not in Briquet or Heawood).
Late 16th or early 17th century. Copied in England. Later owned by Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-89), founder of St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester). Bequeathed to St. Michael's College; deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
Vol 4
Contents: 1 Lamentation, 10 motets (1 without text), 2 anthems, 35 Italian secular pieces (1 without text), 24 English secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece, 9 textless pieces (some fragmentary), 1 In nomine, 1 dance = 84+1 duplicate = 85
Composers: Change "A. Ferrabosco I-23" to "(A. Ferrabosco I)-15, A. Ferra-bosco II-14"; change "anon-39" to "anon-34."
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Charteris, Richard (editor). 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 96. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,xv-xviii; II,xii-xiii; III.xv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Charteris, Richard. 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar. New York. Pages: 57,63ff,193. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Duffy, John. 1980. The Songs and Motets of Alfonso Ferrabosco, the Younger (1575-1628). Ann Arbor. Pages: 55,161ff,179ff,294-7,302. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 350-l, 810. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Silbiger, Alexander. 1977. An Unknown Partbook of Early Sixteenth Century Polyphony. Studi Musicali, 6: 43-67. Pages: 58. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 221. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Persons, Jerry C. 1969. The Sambrooke Book: Drexel 4302. Unpublished Master's thesis, Wichita State University. Pages: 121-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 312-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Maze, Nancy Coe. 1956. The Printed and Manuscript Sources of the Solo Songs of Giulio Caccini. University of Illinois, Unpublished master's thesis. Pages: 33-61. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: 174, 182; XLIV, 190. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H. 1934. The Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of St. Michael's College Tenbury. Paris. Pages: 213-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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