A Tenor partbook from a set of five volumes. Four sections: (1) 23 In nomines for 4 voices, numbered 1-24 (#9 = #14); (2) 40 In nomines for 5 voices, numbered 1-40; ; (3) 9 In nomines for 5 voices, numbered 1-9 (two also copied in section 2); (4) 10 anthems, without piece numbers. Main scribe (sections 1-2) possibly 'Jo: Evelyn' (or 'Luelyn'?), named on f. 2 of T; section 3 copied by a second scribe, on different paper. Anthems (section 4) are slightly later additions by a third scribe, possibly William Heyther or Richard Nicholson; Sexta vox for three of these anthems copied by same scribe in OxfBMS e.381. Most verso folios blank. Copied in England. The original owner was apparently John Evelyn or Luelyn. Later owned by William Heyther (d. 1627), gentleman of the Chapel Royal and founder of the Professorship of Music at Oxford University. Donated to Oxford University Music School in 1626; passed to Bodleian Library in 1885.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Mus. Sch. d. 214 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 290 x 190 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 83 compositions from 45 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of white parchment; remnants of green tie strings
Watermark
(1) pot with initials "PC"; (2) pot with initial "P" over initials "BR"; (3) pot with initial "R" over initials "DC"; (4) grape cluster with stem
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 12.
Foliation
New pencil foliation in each book
Foliation
Other numberings: original numbering of pieces
Decoration
Title pages in each book give voice designations in large inked calligraphic letters; no other decoration
Surface
paper
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10 anthems (later additions), 70 In nomines = 80 + 3 duplicates = 83
Alison-1, Bevind, Bruster-1, Bucke-1, Bull-2, Byrd-5, Byrd/(T. Mudd II)-1, (Byrd/J. Mundy)-1, Byrd/(R. Parsons I)-1, A. Cocke-1, Eglestone-2, A. Ferrabosco II-6, Gibbons-4, Edward Gibbons-1, J. Gibbs-1, Hake-1, Hilton the Elder-1, (Hinde)-1, R. Johnson I-1, Merricocke-1, H. Mudd-1, J. Mundy-1, W. Mundy-1, Nicholson-2, (Nicholson/Edward Smith)-1, Parsley-3, R. Parsons I-3, R. Parsons I/R. White-1 [copied twice, with conflicting attributions], Peerson-1, Poynte-1, T. Preston I-1, W. Randall-1, Stonard-1, Stoninge-2, Strogers-4, Tallis-2, Taverner-1, Thorne/(R. White)-1, Tomkins-1, Tye-2, Weelkes-3, R. White-3, Whytbroke-1, Woodcocke-1, L. Woodson 1-4, anon-2
5 paper partbooks (Medius-85 folios, A-91, T-88, B 89, Q-63), 290 x 190. New pencil foliation in each book; original numbering of pieces (see below). Most verso folios blank. Original covers of white parchment; remnants of green tie strings. No index. Four sections: (1) 23 In nomines for 4 voices, numbered 1-24 (#9 = #14); (2) 40 In nomines for 5 voices, numbered 1-40;
(3) 9 In nomines for 5 voices, numbered 1-9 (two also copied in section 2);
(4) 10 anthems, without piece numbers.
Main scribe (sections 1-2) possibly "Jo: Evelyn" (or "Luelyn"?), named on f. 2 of T; section 3 copied by a second scribe. Anthems (section 4) are slightly later additions by a third scribe, possibly William Heyther or Richard Nicholson; S for three of these anthems copied by same scribe in OxfBMS e.376-81. Staff height 12. Title pages in each book give voice designations in large inked calligraphic letters; no other decoration. Watermarks: (1) pot with initials "PC"; (2) pot with initial "P" over initials "BR"; (3) pot with initial "R" over initials "DC"; (4) grape cluster with stem.
Ca. 1610 (NobleR), with additions (anthems) ca. 1615-25. Copied in England. The original owner was apparently John Evelyn or Luelyn. Later owned by William Heyther (d. 1627), gentleman of the Chapel Royal and founder of the Professorship of Music at Oxford University. Donated to Oxford University Music School in 1626; passed to Bodleian Library in 1885.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "A. Ferrabosco II-6" to "A. Ferrabosco I-3, A. Ferrabosco II-3."
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Sets
MSS Mus. Sch. d. 212-216
Partbooks · 5 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Charteris, Richard. 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar. New York. Pages: 159-60,191. 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 (partial); concordances (partial).
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: IX, 164, 168. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Key, Donald Rochester. 1960. Two Manuscripts of Instrumental Ensemble Music from the Elizabethan Period (British Museum Add. MS. 31390 and Bodleian Library MSS. D. 212-216). Boston University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: IX, 223-4, XLIV. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1937-50, 1962. The Collected Works of William Byrd. Pages: XVII, 80-5, 90-3, 150, 160-2. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: II, xxii, xxxvi-xxxvii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Oxford. Pages: V, 212. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
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