Main layer copied by a single scribe, in score format; several other scribes added bicinia (in score format) and intabulations (including keyboard versions of some pieces previously copied in main layer). Copied in England. Inscription 'Sawyer / is my name' on f. 60 may refer to early (original?) owner. Later inscription inside back cover: 'This booke appertaigneth unto me Robert Corbett / being [ge]ven me of my friend James Vantyn / Apryll 1580.' Originally 138 folios or more.
GB-Y M 91 S
York Minster Library, York, England
manuscript of polyphony: 3rd quarter of 16th century
| Archive | York Minster Library, York, England (GB-Y) |
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| Shelfmark | M 91 S |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 164 x 210 mm |
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| 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 |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 24 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of thick parchment, in poor condition
Watermark
Only unidentifiable fragment of watermark visible
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
printed staves, height 10.5
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 14-24; 29-74; 76-138 (ff. 1-13, 25-28, and 75 now missing).
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 6-8; 11-45.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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4 motets (1 incomplete), 1 English sacred piece, 1 chanson spirituelle, 28 French secular pieces (2 incomplete), 7 Italian secular pieces (2 incomplete), 2 English secular pieces (1 incomplete), 7 textless pieces (2 incomplete) = 50*
*Above summary excludes keyboard intabulations, but includes later bicinia additions in score format (see physical description below).
(Appenzeller)-1, (Arcadelt)-2, (Baston/Clemens non Papa/Janequin/Pathie?)-1, (Certon)-2, (Clemens non Papa)-2, (Crecquillon) -2, (Crecquillon/Sandrin/Sermisy)-1, A. Ferrabosco I [Alphonso] -1, (Genden)-1, (Gombert)-1, Harden(?)-1, (Izagha/Le Heurteur/ Moulu/Sermisy)-1, (Josquin/Verdelot)-1, Lassus-1, Manchicourt -1, (Manchicourt/Sandrin)-1, (R. Parsons I/Wilder)-1, (Pathie)-1, (Sandrin)-2, (Sandrin/Sermisy)-2, (Sermisy)-4, (Tallis)-1, (Verdelot)-5, (Wilder)-3, anon-11
120 paper folios of an original 138 or more, 164 x 210. Original ink foliation, 14-24; 29-74; 76-138 (ff. 1-13, 25-28, and 75 now missing). Original numbering of pieces, 6-8; 11-45. Original covers of thick parchment, in poor condition. No index. Main layer copied by a single scribe, in score format; white mensural notation on printed staves (staff height 10.5). Several other scribes added bicinia (in score format) and intabulations (including keyboard versions of some pieces previously copied in main layer). No initials or decoration. Only unidentifiable fragment of watermark visible.
Third quarter of 16th century. Copied in England. Inscription "Sawyer / is my name" on f. 60 may refer to early (original?) owner. Later inscription inside back cover: "This booke appertaigneth unto me Robert Corbett / being [ge]ven me of my friend James Vantyn / Apryll 1580."
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‡ 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: 157-8,193. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Fenlon, Iain, and John Milsom. 1984. 'Ruled Paper Imprinted': Music Paper and Patents in Sixteenth-Century England. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 37: 139-63. Pages: 146-7,163. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Griffiths, David (compiler). 1981. A Catalogue of the Music Manuscripts in York Minster Library. York: University of York Library. Pages: 131-4, Plate 14. Notes: physical description; contents list; facsimile (partial).
Milsom, John. 1980-81. Songs, Carols and Contrafacta in the Early History of the Tudor Anthem. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 107: 34-45. Pages: 39. Notes: mention of MS.
Bernstein, Jane Agar. 1979. Philip van Wilder and the Netherlandish Chanson in England. Musica Disciplina, 33: 55-75. Pages: 66,71-3. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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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