A single Discantus partbook. Copied by one main scribe and two or more additional scribes. Only anthems have full text underlaid; other pieces have text incipits or titles only, or are textless. Copied in England. Original owner apparently Thomas Inons, whose name appears inside front cover. Later owned by Thomas William Taphouse (1838-1905) of Oxford (inscription inside front cover); bookplate of G. E. P. Arkwright (1864-1944) inside back cover. Purchased by Folger Shakespeare Library at Sotheby's sale of Arkwright's books in 1939.
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, United States (US-Ws) |
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| Shelfmark | V.a. 408 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 143 x 190 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 34 compositions, 25 from 13 composers, 9 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in new covers of creamy yellow parchment on cardboard; remnants of two leather ties. Parchment folios are former original covers.
Watermark
vase (not in Briquet)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 12-14 (not consistent)
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-37
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
iii paper + ii parchment + 37 paper + i parchment + iii paper
DIAMM Note
Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 motets, 7 anthems, 5 Italian secular pieces, 2 French secular pieces, 1 Dutch? secular piece, 3 textless pieces, 13 instrumental pieces (In nomines, etc.) = 34
J.? Alcock [Mr. Alkocke]-1, Blancks-2, A. Ferrabosco I [Alf]-1, M. Jeffries-4, R. Johnson I [Mr: Jonson]-2, Lassus [Mr. Orlando]-4, Mallorie-2, Merulo [Claudius coregius]-3, (J. or W.? Mundy)-1, Partyne-1, Tye-1, anon-12
1 partbook (D-iii paper + ii parchment + 37 paper + i parchment + iii paper folios), 143 x 190. Parchment folios are former original covers. New pencil foliation, 1-37. Rebound in new covers of creamy yellow parchment on cardboard; remnants of two leather ties. No index. Copied by one main scribe and two or more additional scribes. Staff height 12-14 (not consistent). No initials or decoration. Watermark: vase (not in Briquet). Only anthems have full text underlaid; other pieces have text incipits or titles only, or are textless.
Ca. 1590 (RicciC). Copied in England. Original owner apparently Thomas Inons, whose name appears inside front cover. Later owned by Thomas William Taphouse (1838-1905) of Oxford (inscription inside front cover); bookplate of G. E. P. Arkwright (1864-1944) inside back cover. Purchased by Folger Shakespeare Library at Sotheby's sale of Arkwright's books in 1939.
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TUDOR PARTBOOKS
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US-Ws V.a. 408
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: 159, 195. 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).
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XLIV, 188-91. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
de Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. 1935-40. Supplement, 1962. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. Pages: Supplement, 108. Notes: physical description.
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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