A Quinta pars partbook from a set of 5 volumes. Copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (see BrettEP for list of other books in the same hand and for discussion of related manuscripts from Paston's circle). Of English provenance; originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Owned in 1845 by Joseph Warren. Later acquired by Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-89), founder of St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester). Bequeathed to St. Michael's College; deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Tenbury 371 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 136 x 208 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 73 compositions, 72 from 9 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather over cardboard, tooled in gold with ornamental fleurs-de-lis; modern spines.
Watermark
(1) bird?; (2) unidentified mark with initials "HN."
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Original ink foliation in each book, 1-64.
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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8 Mass Proper sections, 2 hymns, 4 Lamentations, 40 motets, 1 Latin secular piece = 55
(Buissons/Deiss)-1, (Byrd)-43, (Byrd/Taverner)-1, (A. Ferrabosco I)-3, (Tallis)-2, (Tye)-1, (Victoria)-1, (R. White)-2, (Zallamella)-l
5 paper partbooks (DTQ and Medius-ii + 64 + i folios each, B-iii + 64 + i), 136 x 208. Original ink foliation in each book, 1-64. Original covers of dark brown leather over cardboard, tooled in gold with ornamental fleurs-de-lis; modern spines. Original index on second and third flyleaves of B book; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance. Copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (see BrettEP for list of other books in the same hand and for discussion of related manuscripts from Paston's circle). No initials or decoration. Watermarks: (1) bird?; (2) unidentified mark with initials "HN."
Early 17th century. Of English provenance; originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Owned in 1845 by Joseph Warren. Later acquired by Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-89), founder of St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester). Bequeathed to St. Michael's College; deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
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MSS Tenbury 369-373
Partbooks · 5 sources
Paston Manuscripts
Linked by Origin or Contents · 97 sources
GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 371
Current source
‡ 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: 83,85-6,92,193. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bray, Roger W. 1971. The Part-Books Oxford, Christ Church, MSS 979-983: An Index and Commentary. Musica Disciplina, 25: 179-97. Pages: 184-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Brett, Philip. 1964-68. Edward Paston (1550-1630): A Norfolk Gentleman and His Musical Collection. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 4: 51-69. Pages: 59-60, 69. Notes: physical description (partial).
Kerman, Joseph. 1963. Communication. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 16: 110. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Brett, Philip, and Thurston Dart. 1960. Songs by William Byrd in Manuscripts at Harvard. Harvard Library Bulletin, 14: 343-65. Pages: 349, 359-60, 364-5. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H. 1934. The Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of St. Michael's College Tenbury. Paris. Pages: 64-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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