A single Bassus partbook. Copied by a scribe employed by Edward Paston (1550-1630), a collector of musical prints and manuscripts. The manuscript may have been a gift from Paston to Sir John Petre (1549-1613), of Ingatestone, Essex County (BrettEP). Petre was a neighbour and patron of Byrd.

Original covers of brown tooled leather on boards, with remnants of two string ties.

Inscription on cover: 'lohn Petre.'

not indicated

Ca. 1590 (FelAP)

In red ink, now faded to light brown.

Original foliation, 1-71

Scattered initials, in simple penned style

Original index on ff. i-i', arranged alphabetically by title of piece, listing 59 of the 72 pieces

paper

Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.

1 Mass, 1 Magnificat, 2 Lamentations, 66 motets, 2 fantasias = 72 (some pieces have text incipits only; may be instrumental)

Bacchius-1, Byrd-20, Crecquillon-4, Fayrfax-2, A. Ferrabosco I-1, Formellis-1, Gombert-1, R. Johnson-2, Lassus-1, Meiland-1, Philippe de Monte-2, W. Mundy-1, Palestrina-2, Parsley-1, Rivulo-2, Shepherd-2, Strogers-2, Tallis-8, Taverner-6, Tye-1, Vaet-3, R. White-2, Wilder-1, Wood-1, anon-4

1 paper partbook (B-i + 71 folios), 208 x 280. Original foliation, 1-71. Original covers of brown tooled leather on boards, with remnants of two string ties. Original index on ff. i-i', arranged alphabetically by title of piece, listing 59 of the 72 pieces. Scattered initials, in simple penned style. Staves are in red ink, now faded to light brown. Inscription on cover: "lohn Petre."

Ca. 1590 (FelAP). The scribe was in the employ of Edward Paston (1550-1630), a collector of musical prints and manuscripts, whose estate was located near Norwich, Norfolk County.

The manuscript may have been a gift from Paston to Sir John Petre (1549-1613), of Ingatestone, Essex County (BrettEP). Petre was a neighbor and patron of Byrd.