A Discantus partbook of a set of six volumes. Pieces arranged in four-voice, five-voice, and six-voice groups. The compiler, scribe, and original owner was the clergyman Thomas Myriell, rector at St. Stephen's Walbrook, who also wrote BrusBR II.4109 and much of LonBL 29427. History of manuscript following Myriell's death in 1625 has not been traced. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1873.

Covers of original dark brown leather glued onto modern cardboard; front and back covers of each book have identical gold tooled designs: square and fleur-de-lis pattern in corners, oval in center, and initials 'T M' [= Thomas Myriell].

dragon entwined around castle

Each book has elaborately decorated engraved title page, with inscription: 'Tristitiae Remedium. Cantiones selectissimae, diversorum tum authorum, tum argumentorum; labore et manu exaratae THOMAE MYRIELL. A.D. 1616.'

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Original ink pagination 1-341 (repeating 230-232); modern pencil foliation: 1-176.

none, but list (in Myriell's hand) of represented composers appears on verso of first original folio in Bassus book.

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20 motets, 90 anthems, 81 English secular piece = 191 + 4 duplicates = 195

Bateson-4, Bennet-1, Bicci-1, Bull-4, Byrd-11, Byrd/(T. Mudd II)-1, Coperario-1, Coste/(Byrd)-1, Croce-6, Daman-2, Deering-3, M. East-3, Eremita-1, Faignient-1, A. Ferrabosco 1-6, A. Ferrabosco II-5, Ford-1, Gibbons-2, N. Giles-1, (Hanford)-1, Hooper-1, M. Jeffries-3, Kindersley-1, Kirbye-2, J. Lugge-1, T. Lupo-6, Marenzio-9, Milton-9, Morley-8, J. Mundy-2, Palestrina-1, Pallavicino-2, (R. Parsons I)-1, Peerson-11, P. Philips-1, P. Philips/(Wilder)-1, Ravenscroft-4, Simmes/(M. East)-1, Stubbs-2, Tallis-3, Tomkins-6, J. Tomkins/(Tomkins)-1, Tye-1, Orazio Vecchi-2, Ward-19, Weelkes-13, W. White-1, Wilbye-19, T. Wilkinson-3, anon-1

6 paper partbooks (D-ii + i + 225 + i folios, A-i + 249 + i, T-ii + 217 + i, B-iii + 277 + iii, Q-ii + 215 + i, S-ii + 95 + ii). Sizes-D: 340 x 190; A: 330 x 230; T: 320 x 195; B: 320 x 200; Q: 305 x 195; S: 350 x 192. Original ink pagination (D: 1-341; A: 1-339; T: 1-341; B: 1-341; Q: 1-341; S: 230-341); modern pencil foliation (DATB: 1-176; Q: 1-163; S: 1-58). Each book has several sections of unnumbered folios with blank staves only. Covers of original dark brown leather glued onto modern cardboard; front and back covers of each book have identical gold tooled designs: square and fleur-de-lis pattern in corners, oval in center, and initials "T M" [= Thomas Myriell]. No index, but list (in Myriell's hand) of represented composers appears on verso of first original folio in B book.

Copied by Thomas Myriell (see below), who also wrote BrusBR II.4109, part of LonBL 29427, and several other manuscripts not within scope of this catalogue (see MonsonM and WillettsMC). Each book has elaborately decorated engraved title page, with inscription: "Tristitiae Remedium. Cantiones selectissimae, diversorum tum authorum, tum argumentorum; labore et manu exaratae THOMAE MYRIELL. A.D. 1616." Pieces arranged in four-voice, five-voice, and six-voice groups. One watermark throughout: dragon entwined around castle.

1616-8; some pieces perhaps added in 1620's (MonsonM). Copied in London. The compiler, scribe, and original owner was the clergyman Thomas Myriell, rector at St. Stephen's Walbrook. History of manuscript following Myriell's death in 1625 has not been traced. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1873.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "A. Ferrabosco I-6, A. Ferrabosco II-5" to "A. Ferrabosco I-7, A. Ferrabosco II-4."