A Bassus partbook. Copied by several scribes. Possibly copied in Winchester.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Tenbury 1442 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 300 x 194 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 119 compositions, 115 from 45 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather over cardboard, blind-tooled with ornamental designs.
Watermark
foolscap? (not in Heawood).
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1665-70 (DanS). On fol. 83 is the date March 25th 1669, but some pages are in an earlier hand than this.
Ruling
Staff height 12.5
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-111 ('107' applied to two consecutive folios).
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Index
Original index of anthems on unnumbered flyleaf at end (originally two separate leaves; second leaf, badly torn, now pasted to first); full anthems and verse anthems listed separately, in order of appearance (six listed anthems now missing). Modern index of Services on second flyleaf lists pieces alphabetically by composer; modern index of anthems on last two flyleaves lists pieces alphabetically by title.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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24 Services, 5 Service sections, 63 anthems, 1 litany = 93
Amner-2, Bryne-1, Bull-1, Byrd-3, Byrd/(Coste)-1, Byrd/(T. Mudd II)-1, Child-7, Cranford/(Lamb)-1, J. Farrant II?-1, R. Farrant-1 + 1?, J. Ferrabosco-5, J. Ferrabosco-W. Lawes-1, Fido-1, Gibbons-6, N. Giles-1, J. Holmes-3, Hooper-1, Hooper/(Fox)-1, Jewett-5, W. King-1, Lowe-1, Morley-1, T. Mudd I-1, T. Mudd II-1, J. Mundy/(Byrd)-1, J. Mundy/(Edward Smith)-1, W. Mundy/(J. Mundy/Shepherd/R. White)-1, W. Mundy/(J. Mundy/Tallis)-1, Okeover-1, R. Parsons I-1, Patrick-1, (P. Philips/Wilder)-1, Portman-4, Rogers-1, Shepherd-1, Silver-4, Strogers-1, Tallis-5, Tomkins-2, Tozar-1, W. Tucker-1, Tye-2, Weelkes-4, Weelkes/(Tallis)-1, W. White-1, Wise-4, anon-4
1 paper partbook (B-ii + 112 + i + in folios), 300 x 194. Original ink foliation, 1-111 ("107" applied to two consecutive folios). Original covers of dark brown leather over cardboard, blind-tooled with ornamental designs. Original index of anthems on unnumbered flyleaf at end (originally two separate leaves; second leaf, badly torn, now pasted to first); full anthems and verse anthems listed separately, in order of appearance (six listed anthems now missing). Modern index of Services on second flyleaf lists pieces alphabetically by composer; modern index of anthems on last two flyleaves lists pieces alphabetically by title. Copied by several scribes. Staff height 12.5. No initials or decoration. Watermark: foolscap? (not in Heawood).
Ca. 1665-70 (DanS). Possibly copied in Winchester. Once owned by John S. Bumpus (bookplate). Acquired in 1934 by St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester); deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
Vol 4
Composers: Change " Hooper-1, Hooper/(Fox)-l" to "Hooper-2"; change "Weelkes/(Tallis)-l" to "Weelkes/Gibbons/Tallis)-1."
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‡ denotes primary source study
Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. London. Pages: 112. 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: XIX, 325, 327, 347. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXIII, 126, 129. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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