A single Bassus partbook. Copied in London by a single scribe, who also wrote LonLP 764. May have been used at Westminster Abbey, the Chapel Royal, or Lambeth Palace. As indicated by the inscription on f. ii_v, on 21 March 1639/40 it was owned by John Finch, at the time Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Mus. e. 40 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | ca. 194 x 157 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 25 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
f. 224 missing
Binding
Original covers of brown leather over pasteboard, gold tooled with decorative designs; blue silk ties now missing.
Watermark
Paper with two different watermarks: (1) foolscap, with countermark 'F(?) D I'; (2) crown, with countermark 'F(?) D I' . Neither of these watermarks appears in Heawood.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
New pencil foliation, i-ix + original ink foliation, 1-254
Decoration
A few inked initials; no other decoration.
Index
Original index on ff. iii, iv'-vi' groups the pieces in four sections: (1) Preces and Psalms; (2) Services; (3) Verse Anthems; (4) Full Anthems. Within each section, the pieces are generally listed in order of their appearance in the volume (with some errors and inconsistencies). The full anthems are listed more or less in reverse order of appearance.
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
The volume was listed as no. 385 in Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition, 1909, when it was owned by Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan of Llangeodmore, Cardigan. It was subsequently owned by J. Bunney, Cornwall. Bought by the Bodleian Library as lot 275 from Sotheby's on 8 May 1972. (information from Bodleian Catalogue)
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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11 Services, 63 anthems, 7 preces-psalm settings = 81
Bull-2, Byrd-10, (Byrd/Gibbons)-1, (Byrd/N. Giles)-1, (Byrd/ Tallis)-1, Cranford-1, (Cranford/Lamb)-1, J. Farrant II-1, R. Farrant-1, (A. Ferrabosco II)-1, Ford-1, Gibbons-10, Gibbons/ (Hooper)-1, N. Giles-7, Hooper-5, Morley-3, (J. Mundy/W. Mundy/ Tallis)-1, W. Mundy [Mr. Mundaie]-1, R. Parsons I-2, Portman -5, Strogers-1, Tallis-5, J. Tomkins-1, J. Tomkins/(Tomkins)-1, Tomkins-10, (Tye)-1, (Weelkes)-3, (M. White/R. White/W. White) -1, (R. White/W. White)-1, anon-1
1 paper partbook (B-ix + 253 folios), ca. 194 x 157. New pencil foliation, i-ix + original ink foliation, 1-254 (f. 224 torn out). Original covers of brown leather over pasteboard, gold tooled with decorative designs; blue silk ties now missing. Original index on ff. iii, iv'-vi' groups pieces in four sections: (1) Preces and Psalms; (2) Services; (3) Verse Anthems; (4) Full Anthems. Within each section, pieces listed generally in order of appearance (some errors and inconsistencies); full anthems listed more or less in reverse order of appear-ance). Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote LonLP 764. A few inked initials; no other decoration. Watermarks (neither in Heawood): (1) foolscap, with countermark "F(?) D I"; (2) crown, with countermark "F(?) D I".
Ca. 1630-40? (presumably approximately collateral with LonLP 764). Copied in London, possibly for use in Westminster Abbey, in Chapel Royal, or in Lambeth Palace chapel services, restarted by Archbishop William Laud in 1633. Apparently owned in 1639 by John Finch (inscription on f. ii').
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Monson, Craig. 1982. Authenticity and Chronology in Byrd's Church Anthems. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 35: 280-305. Pages: 300. Notes: Contents list (partial), Concordances (partial).
Monson, Craig. 1979. The Preces, Psalms and Litanies of Byrd and Tallis: Another 'Virtuous Contention in Love'. The Music Review, 40: 257-71. Pages: 257-61. Notes: Contents list (partial), Concordances (partial), Transcription (partial), Discussion.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XIX, 327; XXI, 194, 202, 206, 208; XXIII, 146, 152, 155, 164-5. Notes: Contents list (partial), Concordances (partial), Transcription (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1960. Early Scores in Manuscript. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 13: 126-73. Pages: 145, 172-3. Notes: mention of MS.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: V, 1115. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Sandberger, Adolf (editor). 1900-38. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern. [= Denkmäler Deutscher Tonkunst: Zweite Folge]. Braunschweig. Pages: XIX, xviii-xix,l xiv. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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