GB-Ob MS. Mus. c. 48

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

partbook: 17th century

Archive	Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
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
Other Identifiers	CCM: OxfBM c.48
Notations	black void mensural
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
Copyists	Goodson (the Younger), Richard Music King, William (ca. 1624–1680) Music
Relationships	New College (copied at)
Provenance	New College chapel , Oxford, England
Contents	Contains 29 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.

General Description

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.

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Binding

New front cover (cloth on cardboard); original back cover (brown tooled leather on cardboard).

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

17th century (earliest layer ca. 1638?), with 18th-century additions.

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Ruling

Staff height 12

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-103, replaces original ink foliation.

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Index

Modern index on first two flyleaves lists pieces in order of appearance

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Surface

paper

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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.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages	Item title	Attribution in Source
Works by Aldrich, Henry (1647–1710)	[-]	-	-
Works by Batten, Adrian (1591–1637)	[-]	-	-
Works by Blow, John (ca. 1649–1708)	[-]	-	-
Works by Boyce, Thomas	[-]	-	-
Works by Bryne, Albertus	[-]	-	-
Works by Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623)	[-]	-	-
Works by Child, William (1607–1697)	[-]	-	-
Works by Lambe, Walter (?) Cranford, William (–ca. 1645) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Davies, Hugh	[-]	-	-
Works by Farrant (II), John (1575–1618)	[-]	-	-
Works by Farrant, Richard (ca. 1525–1580)	[-]	-	-
Works by Ferrabosco, John	[-]	-	-
Works by Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625)	[-]	-	-
Works by King, William (ca. 1624–1680)	[-]	-	-
Works by Lawes, Henry (ca. 1596–1662)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mudd (I), Thomas (ca. 1550–ca. 1619)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591)	[-]	-	-
Works by Patrick, Nathaniel	[-]	-	-
Works by Pickaver	[-]	-	-
Works by Portman, Richard	[-]	-	-
Works by Purcell, Henry (ca. 1659–1695)	[-]	-	-
Works by Rogers, Benjamin	[-]	-	-
Works by Silver, John (ca. 1606–1666)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tomkins, Thomas (1572–1656)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tucker, Edward	[-]	-	-
Works by Weelkes, Thomas (ca. 1576–1623)	[-]	-	-
Works by Wilkinson, T(homas?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Wise, Michael	[-]	-	-

‡ 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. 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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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