A Contratenor Decani partbook from a set originally of eight volumes. The main scribe has been assumed to be John Barnard, a minor canon at St. Paul's Cathedral and editor of the print RISM 1641/5, though MorehS argues that the main scribe was more likely John Ward. Three other scribal hands at work may be Adrian Batten (ClarkAB), John Tomkins or William Cranford (MorehS). Copied in London. Books apparently used as printer's copy for John Barnard's The First Book of Selected Church Musick ( = RISM 1641/5); they contain instructions to printer regarding typography and layout. Later owned by William Gostling (d. 1777), a canon at Canterbury Cathedral (bookplate), and by Sacred Harmonic Society of London (1832-82). Library of latter purchased for newly founded Royal College of Music in 1883.

Original covers of brown leather over pasteboard, each decorated with voice designation, date 'AUGUST XXII. / M.DC.XXV,' and initials 'I.B.' [= John Barnard]

not indicated

Several systems of original ink foliation and new pencil foliation, with many errors and inconsistencies

No initials or decoration.

Original indices (some incomplete) list pieces by genres (Full Anthems, Verse Anthems, Preces, etc.), with attributions. Indices of verse anthems at back of each book; indices of other genres at front.

paper

inventory based on ClarkAB

32 Services or Service sections (including some preces, psalms, and sets of responses), 145 anthems* = 177

*14 more anthems apparently included in bassus decani book. This book missing, but its original index, now bound in with "Batten Organ Book" (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Tenbury 791), lists 14 anthems not identifiable with works in LonRC 1045-51.

Barnard-2, A. Batten-33, (A. Batten/Juxon)-1, Bennet-1, Bevin-2, R. Browne I-5, (R. Browne I/J. Gibbs)-1, Bull-2, Byrd-9, Byrd/N. Giles-1, Cobbold-1, Cranford-1, Cranford/(Lamb)-1, H. Davies-1, Deering/(T. Wilkinson)-1, Fido-1, Gibbons-8, Gibbons/(N. Giles)-1, N. Giles-7, Heath II-2, J. Holmes-1, Hooper-8, Hooper/(J. or W.? Mundy)-1, T. Hunt-1, M. Jeffries-1, R. Jones II? [Jones]-1, Juxon-1, J. Mace-1, G. Marson-4, G. or J.? Marson-3, Morley-6, J. Mundy-1, J. Mundy/(Byrd)-1, (J. Mundy/Edward Smith)-1, W. Mundy-3, W. Mundy/R. Parsons I/(J. Mundy)-1, W. Mundy/(Shepherd/R. White)-1, W. Mundy/(Wood)-1, Okeover-3, R. Parsons I-3, Portman-1, Pysing-1, Shepherd-1, Stonard-1, Tallis-7, Tallis/(Byrd)-1, Tallis/(Weelkes)-1, J. Tomkins-2, Tomkins-7, Tozar-1, E. Tucker-1, Tye-1, Ward-4, Weelkes-12, West-3, M. White-1, (M. White/R. White)-1, R. White-2, L. Woodson I-1, L. Woodson I/(Gibbons)-1, anon-3

7 paper partbooks of an original 8 (Medius Decani-i + 163 + i folios, Contratenor Decani-i + 174 + i, Tenor Decani-i + 162 + i, Medius Cantoris-i + 146 + i, Contratenor Cantoris-i + 170 + i, Tenor Cantoris-i + 143 + i, Bassus Cantoris-i + 179 + i), 285 x 189. Several systems of original ink foliation and new pencil foliation, with many errors and inconsistencies. Original covers of brown leather over pasteboard, each decorated with voice designation, date "AUGUST XXII. / M.DC.XXV," and initials "I.B." [= John Barnard]. Original indices (some incomplete) list pieces by genres (Full Anthems, Verse Anthems, Preces, etc.), with attributions. Indices of verse anthems at back of each book; indices of other genres at front. The main scribe has been assumed to be John Barnard, a minor canon at St. Paul's Cathedral, and editor of the print RISM 1641/5. MorehS argues that the main scribe was more likely John Ward. Three other scribal hands: one may be that of Adrian Batten (ClarkAB); another may be that of John Tomkins or William Cranford (MorehS). No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1625-38 (MorehS). Copied in London. Books apparently used as printer's copy for John Barnard's The First Book of Selected Church Musick ( = RISM 1641/5); they contain instructions to printer regarding typography and layout. Later owned by William Gostling (d. 1777), a canon at Canterbury Cathedral (bookplate), and by Sacred Harmonic Society of London (1832-82). Library of latter purchased for newly founded Royal College of Music in 1883.

Vol 4

Contents: In footnote, change "(Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Tenbury 791)" to "(Tenbury, St. Michael's College Library, MS 791)."