A Bassus partbook. Copied by a single scribe, who also copied OxfJ 180 and OxfJ 181 (LehurT; MorehS disputes scribal concordance). Copied in London, possibly for use in Lambeth Palace chapel services, restarted by Archbishop William Laud in 1633, or for use in Chapel Royal (MorehS). Donated to Lambeth Palace Library in early 18th century by Archbishop Thomas Tenison (1636-1715).
| Archive | Lambeth Palace Library, London, England (GB-Llp) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 764 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 219 x 164 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 134 compositions, 129 from 20 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather on wooden boards, gold-stamped with flowers and fleurs-de-lis. Folios are gilt-edged.
Watermark
Two watermarks, neither in Briquet or Heawood: (1) four-leaf clover with stem; (2) crown? (mostly cut off) surmounted by fleur-de-lis and four-petalled leaf.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1635-42 (MorehS).
Foliation
Original ink foliation, with new pencil foliation on frayed or trimmed folios. Foliation now inconsistent due to misbinding, scribal errors, and some renumbering of leaves.
Decoration
One inked calligraphic initial on f. 1
Index
Original index on ff. [ii-iv'] groups pieces in four sections: (1) Preces and Psalms; (2) Services; (3) Verse Anthems; (4) Full Anthems. Within each section, pieces listed in order of appearance (except for Services, arranged in alphabetical order of composers). Some pieces identified by rubric (e.g., 'Anthem for Easter daye'), others by text incipit.
Surface
paper
Inventory
inventory from EECM
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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21 Services or Service sections, 65 anthems = 86
(Bull)-1, Byrd-11, (Byrd/Gibbons)-1, (Byrd/N. Giles)-1, (Byrd/ Tallis)-1, Cranford-1, (Cranford/Lamb)-1, (A. Ferrabosco II)-1, Ford-2, (Fox/Hooper)-1, Gibbons-11, Gibbons/(Hooper)-1, N. Giles-4, Hooper-4, Morley-4, (J. Mundy/W. Mundy)-1, W. Mundy [Mr. Mundaye]-1, R. Parsons I-2, Portman-7, Strogers-1, Tallis-4, J. Tomkins-1, (J. Tomkins/Tomkins)-1, Tomkins-16, (Tye)-1, (Weelkes)-3, (M. White/R. White)-1, (R. White)-1, anon-1
1 paper partbook (B-v + 243 + ii folios), 219 x 164. Original ink foliation, with new pencil foliation on frayed or trimmed folios. Foliation now inconsistent due to misbinding, scribal errors, and some renumbering of leaves. Blank staves only on ff. 164', 197'-206, 228-[229'], and four unnumbered leaves following f. 24. Original covers of dark brown leather on wooden boards, gold-stamped with flowers and fleurs-de-lis. Original index on ff. [ii-iv'] groups pieces in four sections: (1) Preces and Psalms; (2) Services; (3) Verse Anthems; (4) Full Anthems. Within each section, pieces listed in order of appearance (except for Services, arranged in alphabetical order of composers). Some pieces identified by rubric (e.g., "Anthem for Easter daye"), others by text incipit.
Copied by a single scribe, who also copied OxfJ 180 and OxfJ 181 (LehurT; MorehS disputes scribal concordance). One inked calligraphic initial on f. 1; folios are gilt-edged. Two watermarks, neither in Briquet or Heawood: (1) four-leaf clover with stem; (2) crown? (mostly cut off) surmounted by fleur-de-lis and four-petalled leaf.
Ca. 1635-42 (MorehS). Copied in London, possibly for use in Lambeth Palace chapel services, restarted by Archbishop William Laud in 1633, or for use in Chapel Royal (MorehS). Donated to Lambeth Palace Library in early 18th century by Archbishop Thomas Tenison (1636-1715).
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Monson, Craig. 1979. The Preces, Psalms and Litanies of Byrd and Tallis: Another 'Virtuous Contention in Love'. The Music Review, 40: 257-71. Pages: 261. Notes: mention of MS.
Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. London. Pages: 298. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Daniel, Ralph T, and Peter Le Huray. 1972. The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660. Early English Church Music, vol. Supplementary Volume 1. London. Notes: contents list; concordances.
Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 408-16, Exs. 105 and 107-11. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Le Huray, Peter. 1967. Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660. London. Pages: 92. Notes: mention of MS.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: III, 215, 218-20, 223; XII, 120; XIII, 201-8, 211; XIX, 327; XXI, 206; XXIII, 146, 152, 155. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 14: 167-95. Pages: 171, 179. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXIII, 129. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. William Byrd. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 130-1, 142-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: II, xxv, xxx-xli; IV, xxviii-xxxv, xxxviii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial).
Todd, Henry J. 1812, reprint 1965. A Catalogue of the Archiepiscopal Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace. London. Pages: 190. Notes: physical description (partial).
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