A Bassus partbook consisting of the print RISM 1530/6, but with manuscript additions of an Altus part at the end (ff. [46'-53']). Paper in manuscript addition different from paper of print. Each piece in manuscript section copied by a different scribe. Probably copied in London. Second piece in manuscript section apparently refers to King Henry VIII.
GB-Lbl [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 1. e. 1
British Library, London, England
partbook: 16th century: 1530-47, prob. shortly after 1530
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 1. e. 1 |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 142 x 190 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 4 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of black tooled leather on cardboard; modern spine.
Watermark
Fragmentary watermark on manuscript folios (hand and cuff with five-pointed star) generally resembles Briquet # 11364.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
46v-48; 49-52v
Foliation
Original foliation in printed section numbers first folio with music (= f. [3]) as Ai, fifth folio as Bi, ninth folio as Ci, etc.; ff. Aii-Aiv, Bii-Biv, etc. not numbered, but counted in enumeration, which ends with L[iv] (= f. [46]). Manuscript section has no foliation or pagination.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Index
Original title page and index for bassus book of print on ff. [2-2']; original title page and index for discantus book of print (labelled 'Triplex') on ff. [54-54']. (Only this single leaf from discantus book preserved).
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 English secular pieces
Stretton [Samoht Notterts]-1, anon-1
1 paper partbook (B-54 + i folios), 142 x 190, consisting of the print RISM 1530/6 with manuscript additions at end. Although printed portion contains bassus parts, manuscript additions are altus parts. Original foliation in printed section numbers first folio with music (= f. [3]) as Ai, fifth folio as Bi, ninth folio as Ci, etc.; ff. Aii-Aiv, Bii-Biv, etc. not numbered, but counted in enumeration, which ends with L[iv] (= f. [46]). Manuscript section (= ff. [46'-53']) has no foliation or pagination. Two manuscript pieces on ff. [46'-48] and [49-52']; ff. [48'], [53-53'] blank. Original covers of black tooled leather on cardboard; modern spine. Original title page and index for bassus book of print on ff. [2-2']; original title page and index for discantus book of print (labelled "Triplex") on ff. [54-54']. (Only this single leaf from discantus book preserved). Each piece in manuscript section copied by a different scribe. No initials or decoration. Paper in manuscript addition different from paper of print. Fragmentary watermark on manuscript folios (hand and cuff with five-pointed star) generally resembles Briquet # 11364. Second piece in manuscript section apparently refers to King Henry VIII.
1530-47, probably shortly after 1530. Probably copied in London.
48
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‡ denotes primary source study
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.
Baillie, Hugh. 1962. Some Biographical notes on English Church Musicians, chiefly working in London (1485-1560). Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 2: 53.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: II,122. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Greene, Richard Leighton (editor). 1935, 2nd 1977. The Early English Carols. Oxford. Pages: 338. Notes: physical description; additional bibliography.
Imelmann, Rudolf. 1903. Zur Kenntnis der vorshakespearischen Lyrik: I. Wynkyn de Wordes 'Song Booke', 1530. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, 39: 121-78. Pages: 123-40. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; texts; mention of MS; discussion.
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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