A Bassus partbook from a set originally of four or five volumes. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 1-5 of ShrewR 2. Copied in Ludlow, for use at Church of St Lawrence. Deposited at present location in Shrewsbury in 1950.

Folios in very poor condition, but restored and gauzed. Ink faded on most folios; some headings and music now illegible.

Original covers of tan limp vellum, with modern string tie.

extended hand with five-pointed star (fragment)

not indicated

New pencil foliation, 1-18, on upper left versos.

Inked calligraphic initials decorated with grotesque faces.

paper

Collection LUDLOW BOROUGH (PRE-1835)

Section PARISH ADMINISTRATION

Series Churchwardens' accounts and papers

Former reference: 519/1and 356/Ms/1

Used by the singing men in St Lawrence's; contains 6 anthems (Psalm and prayer books texts) and a five-part service.

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

2 Services (1 incomplete), 6 anthems (3 incomplete) = 8

W. Parsons-3, (Shepherd)-2, Tallis-anon-1, Tye-1, anon-1

1 paper partbook of an original 4 or 5 (B-18 folios), 152 x 205. Folios in very poor condition, but restored and gauzed. Ink faded on most folios; some headings and music now illegible. New pencil foliation, 1-18, on upper left versos. Original covers of tan parchment, with modern string tie. No index. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 1-5 of ShrewR 2. Inked calligraphic initials decorated with grotesque faces. Watermark: extended hand with five-pointed star (only fragment visible).

Ca. 1570 (DanS). Copied in Ludlow, for use at Church of St. Lawrence. Deposited at present location in Shrewsbury in 1950.