A single Tenor partbook. Two sections of printed music, two sections of manuscript music: (1) ff. 5-30v - full anthems, part of tenor cantoris book of print RISM 1641/5; (2) ff. 31-83v - full anthems, in manuscript; (3) 84-93 - verse anthems, another part of tenor cantoris of RISM 1641/5; (4) ff. 93v-209v - verse anthems and Services, in manuscript. A small number of full anthems are also copied in this last section.

Copied by one main scribe, who also wrote LonBL 30479; slightly later additions by John White, who also wrote DurC C17 and portions of DurC C2, DurC C4, DurC C11, DurC C12, DurC C13, DurC C15, DurC C19, and LonBL 30479 (Brian Crosby). Many concordances with LonBL 30479; both books have many concordances with YorkM 29, which may have been their source (LehurT). Copied in Durham, for use of the cathedral choir; probably commissioned by George Davenport, chaplain to Bishop John Cosin of Durham. Purchased by British Museum at a Sotheby's sale in 1877.

Modern covers of maroon cloth and leather on cardboard

Title page with engraved decorative marginalia on second original paper flyleaf at front; center panel, in manuscript, reads: 'Tenor Cantoris/A/Booke/of Selected/Church-Musick/Consisting of/Full Anthems/and/Anthems w[i]th Verses/Used in the/ Cathedrall Church/of/Durham/Anno/Domini/1664.' F. 152 is title page for verse anthems, with identically engraved marginalia; center panel, in manuscript, reads: 'Tenor Cantoris/Anthems/with/Verses/for/Holy-Dayes/Anno Domini 1664./MDCLXIV.'

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Original ink pagination, 1-431, with numerous errors, omissions, and inconsistencies; new pencil foliation, 1-209, begins with first original flyleaf but omits one folio with blank staves following f. 208 and eight folios with blank staves following f. 209.

Some plain block inked initials; some inked calligraphic initials ornamented with vine and leaf motifs. Some lines in indices and some lines of text in red ink.

Index of full anthems on original parchment flyleaves at front; index of verse anthems on first original back flyleaf. Both indices alphabetical by title, with attributions; pieces in printed sections included.

ii paper + ii paper + ii parchment + 214 paper + ii parchment + i paper

3 Services, 228 anthems = 231 + 13 duplicates = 244

Alison-1, Amner-1, (Bath/Cranford)-1, A. Batten-8, A. Batten/(Deane)-1, A. Batten/N. Giles-1 [copied twice, with conflicting attributions], Blow-1, Bryne-1, Bull-2, Byrd-6, Byrd/(R. Parsons I/R. White)-1, Carr-1, Child-12, Child/(Gibbons)-1, Cranford-1, (Cranford/Lamb)-1, Cutts-1, Deering-1, M. East-3, Fido-1, Foster-10, Gale-1, Geeres-3, C. Gibbons-2, Gibbons-8, Gibbons/(Byrd)-1, Gibbons/(Child)-1, Gibbons/(N. Giles)-1, Gibbons/(Hooper)-1, Gibbons/Tallis-1 [copied twice, with conflicting attributions], Gibbons/(Tomkins)-1, R. Gibbs-1, N. Giles-9, N. Giles/(Byrd)-1, N. Giles/(Gibbons)-1, Greggs-1, Hilton the Elder-3, Hinde-1, Hirdson-1, Hooper-5, J. Hutchinson-3, J. Hutchinson/(A. Batten)-1, J. Hutchinson(T. Mudd II)-1, J. or R.? Hutchinson-1, R. Hutchinson-3, M. Jeffries-3, (R.Johnson II/W. Mundy/Tallis)-1, Juxon-1, W. King-2, H. Lawes-1, W. Lawes-1, Loosemore-5, Morley-2, T. Mudd II-3, T. Mudd II/(Strogers/Weelkes)-1, J. Mundy-8, J. Mundy/(Byrd)-1, (J. Mundy/Tallis)-2, J. or W.? Mundy/(R. Farrant/Hooper)-1, J. or W.? Mundy/(Hooper)-1, J. or W.? Mundy/(Tallis)-1, Nichols-2, Palmer-5, R. Parsons I-1, R. Parsons II-3, Peerson-2, Portman-3, Purcell-1, Ravenscroft-1, Read-1, Rutter-1, Shepherd-1, Shepherd/(J. Mundy/W. Mundy/ R. White)-1, Shepherd/(W. Mundy)-1, Edward Smith-1, Edward Smith/(W. Smith)-1, Elias Smith-1, W. Smith-7, Stevenson-1, Strogers-1, Tallis/(Byrd)-1, D. Taylor I-1, J. Tomkins/(Tomkins)-1, Tomkins-14, Tozar/(A. Batten)-1, W. Tucker-9, Warwick-1, Weelkes-4, R. White/(Hooper/W. White)-1, W. White-1, W. White/(M. White/R. White)-1, T. Wilkinson-9, T. Wilkinson/(Deering)-1, T. Wilkinson/(T. Hunt)-1, T. Wilson-1, Wise-3, Wood/(W. Mundy)-1, Yarrow-1, anon-2

1 partbook (T-ii paper + ii paper + ii parchment + 214 paper + ii parchment + i paper folios), 358 x 234. Original ink pagination, 1-431, with numerous errors, omissions, and inconsistencies; new pencil foliation, 1-209, begins with first original flyleaf but omits one folio with blank staves following f. 208 and eight folios with blank staves following f. 209. Two sections of printed music, two sections of manuscript music: (1) pp. 5-52 - full anthems, part of tenor cantoris book of print RISM 1641/5; (2) pp. 53-160 - full anthems, in manuscript; (3) pp. 161-176 - verse anthems, another part of tenor cantoris of RISM 1641/5; (4) pp. 177-432 - verse anthems and Services, in manuscript. Modern covers of maroon cloth and leather on cardboard. Index of full anthems on original parchment flyleaves at front; index of verse anthems on first original back flyleaf. Both indices alphabetical by title, with attributions; pieces in printed sections included.

Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote LonBL 30479. Title page with engraved decorative marginalia on second original paper flyleaf at front; center panel, in manuscript, reads: "Tenor Cantoris/A/Booke/of Selected/Church-Musick/Consisting of/Full Anthems/and/Anthems w[i]th Verses/Used in the/ Cathedrall Church/of/Durham/Anno/Domini/1664." F. 152 is title page for verse anthems, with identically engraved marginalia; center panel, in manuscript, reads: "Tenor Cantoris/Anthems/with/Verses/for/Holy-Dayes/Anno Domini 1664./MDCLXIV." Some plain block inked initials; some inked calligraphic initials ornamented with vine and leaf motifs. Some lines in indices and some lines of text in red ink. Many concordances with LonBL 30479; both books have many concordances with YorkM 29, which may have been their source (LehurT).

1664 (date on title pages). Copied in Durham, for use of the cathedral choir; probably commissioned by George Davenport, chaplain to Bishop John Cosin of Durham. Purchased by British Museum at a Sotheby's sale in 1877.

Vol 4

Physical: Copied by one main scribe, with slightly later additions by John White, who also wrote DurC C17 and portions of DurC C2, DurC C4, DurC C11, DurC C12, DurC C13, DurC C15, DurC C19, and LonBL 30479 (Brian Crosby).

Date: 1664 (date on title pages), with additions ca. 1675.