A single Bassus partbook. Copied by many scribes, including William King and Richard Goodson the Younger (MareMO). Copied in Oxford, for use by the New College chapel choir. Presented to Bodleian Library by Warden and Fellows of New College in 1919.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Mus. c. 48 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 347 x 204 mm |
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| Inventory | This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 30 composers. |
General Description
Binding
New front cover (cloth on cardboard); original back cover (brown tooled leather on cardboard).
Notation
black void mensural
Date
17th century (earliest layer ca. 1638?), with 18th-century additions.
Ruling
Staff height 12
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-103, replaces original ink foliation.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Index
Modern index on first two flyleaves lists pieces in order of appearance
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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30 Services, 4 Service sections (2 incomplete), 56 anthems (1 incomplete), 4 litanies = 94
Aldrich-3, A. Batten-3, Blow-3, T. Boyce-1, Bryne-1, Byrd-2, Child-3, Cranford/(Lamb)-1, H. Davies-2, J. Farrant II? [Mr. Farrant of Salisburie]-1, R. Farrant-3, J. Ferrabosco-3, Gibbons-4, W. King-22, H. Lawes-2, T. Mudd I [Mr. Mudd of St. Paules in London]-1, W. Mundy-1, Patrick-1, Pickaver-4, Portman-1, Purcell-2, Rogers-8, Silver-1, Tallis-4, Tomkins-2, Tooker-1, (Weelkes)-1, (T. Wilkinson)-1, Wise-7, anon-5
1 paper partbook (B-iii + 102 + i folios), 347 x 204. New pencil foliation, 1-103, replaces original ink foliation. New front cover (cloth on cardboard); original back cover (brown tooled leather on cardboard). Modern index on first two flyleaves lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by many scribes, including William King and Richard Goodson the Younger (MareMO). Staff height 12. No initials or decoration.
17th century (earliest layer ca. 1638?), with 18th-century additions. Copied in Oxford, for use by the New College chapel choir. Presented to Bodleian Library by Warden and Fellows of New College in 1919.
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‡ denotes primary source study
de la Mare, A C, and Bruce C Barker-Benfield (editors). 1980. Manuscripts at Oxford: an exhibition in memory of Richard William Hunt (1908-1979), Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library Oxford, 1945-1975. Oxford. Pages: 116. Notes: physical description (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 (partial); concordances (partial).
Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 496-7, 502. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents Note; Surface Note
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description