GB-Llp MS 764

Lambeth Palace Library, London, England

partbook: c. 1635-42

Archive	Lambeth Palace Library, London, England (GB-Llp)
Shelfmark	MS 764
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	219 x 164 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: LonLP 764
Notations	black void mensural
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
Relationships	Tenison, Thomas (1695–1715) (owner) ? Lambeth Palace (copied at)
Provenance	Lambeth Palace ? London, England
Contents	Contains 28 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.

General Description

A Bassus partbook. Copied by a single scribe, who also copied OxfJ 180 and OxfJ 181 (LehurT; MorehS disputes scribal concordance). Copied in London, possibly for use in Lambeth Palace chapel services, restarted by Archbishop William Laud in 1633, or for use in Chapel Royal (MorehS).

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Binding

Original covers of dark brown leather on wooden boards, gold-stamped with flowers and fleurs-de-lis. Folios are gilt-edged.

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Watermark

Two watermarks, neither in Briquet or Heawood: (1) four-leaf clover with stem; (2) crown? (mostly cut off) surmounted by fleur-de-lis and four-petalled leaf.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1635-42 (MorehS).

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, with new pencil foliation on frayed or trimmed folios. Foliation now inconsistent due to misbinding, scribal errors, and some renumbering of leaves.

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Decoration

One inked calligraphic initial on f. 1

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Index

Original index on ff. [ii-iv'] groups pieces in four sections: (1) Preces and Psalms; (2) Services; (3) Verse Anthems; (4) Full Anthems. Within each section, pieces listed in order of appearance (except for Services, arranged in alphabetical order of composers). Some pieces identified by rubric (e.g., 'Anthem for Easter daye'), others by text incipit.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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21 Services or Service sections, 65 anthems = 86

(Bull)-1, Byrd-11, (Byrd/Gibbons)-1, (Byrd/N. Giles)-1, (Byrd/ Tallis)-1, Cranford-1, (Cranford/Lamb)-1, (A. Ferrabosco II)-1, Ford-2, (Fox/Hooper)-1, Gibbons-11, Gibbons/(Hooper)-1, N. Giles-4, Hooper-4, Morley-4, (J. Mundy/W. Mundy)-1, W. Mundy [Mr. Mundaye]-1, R. Parsons I-2, Portman-7, Strogers-1, Tallis-4, J. Tomkins-1, (J. Tomkins/Tomkins)-1, Tomkins-16, (Tye)-1, (Weelkes)-3, (M. White/R. White)-1, (R. White)-1, anon-1

1 paper partbook (B-v + 243 + ii folios), 219 x 164. Original ink foliation, with new pencil foliation on frayed or trimmed folios. Foliation now inconsistent due to misbinding, scribal errors, and some renumbering of leaves. Blank staves only on ff. 164', 197'-206, 228-[229'], and four unnumbered leaves following f. 24. Original covers of dark brown leather on wooden boards, gold-stamped with flowers and fleurs-de-lis. Original index on ff. [ii-iv'] groups pieces in four sections: (1) Preces and Psalms; (2) Services; (3) Verse Anthems; (4) Full Anthems. Within each section, pieces listed in order of appearance (except for Services, arranged in alphabetical order of composers). Some pieces identified by rubric (e.g., "Anthem for Easter daye"), others by text incipit.

Copied by a single scribe, who also copied OxfJ 180 and OxfJ 181 (LehurT; MorehS disputes scribal concordance). One inked calligraphic initial on f. 1; folios are gilt-edged. Two watermarks, neither in Briquet or Heawood: (1) four-leaf clover with stem; (2) crown? (mostly cut off) surmounted by fleur-de-lis and four-petalled leaf.

Ca. 1635-42 (MorehS). Copied in London, possibly for use in Lambeth Palace chapel services, restarted by Archbishop William Laud in 1633, or for use in Chapel Royal (MorehS). Donated to Lambeth Palace Library in early 18th century by Archbishop Thomas Tenison (1636-1715).

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages	Item title	Attribution in Source
Works by Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)	[-]	-	-
Works by Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623)	[-]	-	-
Works by Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625) (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Giles, Nathaniel (ca. 1558–1634) (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585) (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Cranford, William (–ca. 1645)	[-]	-	-
Works by Lambe, Walter (?) Cranford, William (–ca. 1645) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Ferrabosco, Alfonso (the younger) (ca. 1575–1628)	[-]	-	-
Works by Ford, Thomas	[-]	-	-
Works by Hooper, Edmund (?) Fox (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625)	[-]	-	-
Works by Hooper, Edmund (?) Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Giles, Nathaniel (ca. 1558–1634)	[-]	-	-
Works by Hooper, Edmund	[-]	-	-
Works by Morley, Thomas (ca. 1557–1602)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591)	[-]	-	-
Works by Parsons (I), Robert (ca. 1535–ca. 1572)	[-]	-	-
Works by Portman, Richard	[-]	-	-
Works by Strogers, Nicholas	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tomkins, John (1586–1638)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tomkins, John (1586–1638)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tomkins, Thomas (1572–1656)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tye, Christopher (ca. 1505–ca. 1573)	[-]	-	-
Works by Weelkes, Thomas (ca. 1576–1623)	[-]	-	-
Works by White, Robert (ca. 1538–1574) (?) White, Matthew (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by White, Robert (ca. 1538–1574)	[-]	-	-

‡ denotes primary source study

Monson, Craig. 1979. The Preces, Psalms and Litanies of Byrd and Tallis: Another 'Virtuous Contention in Love'. The Music Review, 257-71. Pages: 261. Notes: mention of MS.

Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. London. Pages: 298. 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. London. Notes: contents list; concordances.

Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 408-16, Exs. 105 and 107-11. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Le Huray, Peter. 1967. Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660. London. Pages: 92. Notes: mention of MS.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: III, 215, 218-20, 223; XII, 120; XIII, 201-8, 211; XIX, 327; XXI, 206; XXIII, 146, 152, 155. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 167-95. Pages: 171, 179. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXIII, 129. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. William Byrd. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 130-1, 142-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: II, xxv, xxx-xli; IV, xxviii-xxxv, xxxviii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial).

Todd, Henry J. 1812, reprint 1965. A Catalogue of the Archiepiscopal Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace. London. Pages: 190. Notes: physical description (partial).

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description