The scribe was probably Edward Higgons, who also copied CambriU Caius 667 (ChewP). Probably copied and used at St. Stephen's, Westminster, though alternative origins have been proposed (ChewP). Came to Lambeth Palace Library in 17th century. Collection transferred to Cambridge in 1648; returned to Lambeth Palace in 1664.
GB-Llp MS 1 (Lambeth Choirbook; Arundel Choirbook)
Lambeth Palace Library, London, England
choirbook: Late 1520's
| Archive | Lambeth Palace Library, London, England (GB-Llp) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1 (Lambeth Choirbook; Arundel Choirbook) |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 665-8 x 465-70 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 47 compositions, 40 from 5 composers, 7 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of tan leather on wooden boards, with five metal bosses front and back; on spine, in gold letters, is inscription 'ANTHEM BOOK.'
Notation
Black full mensural with red and black void colouration, except for piece on ff. 50'-53, in white mensural
Foliation
1-94v
Foliation
Modern ink foliation, 2-93 (omits first original folio; numbers on f. 1 and f. 94 no longer visible). Pagination begins on verso of first original folio, but stops with '6'.
Decoration
Initials and decorative marginalia illuminated in gold, with backgrounds of pink, blue, orange, red, yellow, and pale green. Similar illumination style and same pictorial and heraldic motifs also found in CambriU Caius 667 (possible relationships between the two manuscripts discussed in ChewP).
Surface
ii paper + 95 parchment + ii paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses, 4 Magnificats, 8 motets = 19
Fayrfax-8, (Lambe)-1, (Ludford)-2, Sturton [Stourton]-1, anon-7
ii paper + 95 parchment + ii paper folios, 665-8 x 465-70. Modern ink foliation, 2-93 (omits first original folio; numbers on f. 1 and f. 94 no longer visible). Pagination begins on verso of first original folio, but stops with "6." Modern covers of tan leather on wooden boards, with five metal bosses front and back; on spine, in gold letters, is inscription "ANTHEM BOOK." No index. Black mensural notation with red and black void coloration, except for piece on ff. 50'-53, in white mensural notation.
The scribe was probably Edward Higgons, who also copied CambriU Caius 667 (ChewP). Initials and decorative marginalia illuminated in gold, with backgrounds of pink, blue, orange, red, yellow, and pale green. Similar illumination style and same pictorial and heraldic motifs also found in CambriU Caius 667 (possible relationships between the two manuscripts discussed in ChewP).
Late 1520's. Probably copied and used at St. Stephen's, Westminster, though alternative origins have been proposed (ChewP). Came to Lambeth Palace Library in 17th century. Collection transferred to Cambridge in 1648; returned to Lambeth Palace in 1664.
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GB-Llp MS 1 (Lambeth Choirbook; Arundel Choirbook)
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Benham, Hugh Raymond. 1977. Latin Church Music in England c. 1460-1575. London. Pages: 22-4, passim.
Chew, Geoffrey. 1970. The Provenance and Date of the Caius and Lambeth Choir-Books. Music and Letters, 51: 107-17.
Bray, Roger W. 1969. The Interpretation of Musica Ficta in English Music, C. 1490-C. 1580 [dissertation]. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 115ff; II, 43-68.
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Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 263-9,307,329-30,335.
Lyon, Margaret Elizabeth. 1957. Early Tudor Church Music: The Lambeth and Caius Manuscripts. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I-II.
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Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: II, 1347; VI,378; VIII,1173.
James, Montague Rhodes, and Claude Jenkins. 1930-2. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Lambeth Palace. Cambridge. Pages: I.
Collins, H B. 1912-3 (XXXIX)-1916-7 (XLIII). Latin Church Music by Early English Composers. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 39 & 43: 55-83(XXXIX)-97-121(XLIII). Pages: 98-101,104-6.
Frere, Walter Howard. 1894-1932, repr. Hildesheim, 1967. Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical and Latin-Liturgical Mss. of the Middle Ages Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London: The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society. Pages: I, 4.
Todd, Henry J. 1812, reprint 1965. A Catalogue of the Archiepiscopal Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace. London. Pages: I.
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