GB-Ob MS. Mus. e. 5 (Sadler Partbooks)

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

partbook: c. 1580-85

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Mus. e. 5 (Sadler Partbooks)
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Format landscape
Measurements 205 x 280 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBM e.1-5
Notations
  • black void mensural
  • coloration in black full
Copyists
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Norwich, England
Contents 49 pieces from 18 composers
General Description

A Bassus partbook from a set of 5 volumes owned by John Sadler, a Norwich Grocer, who also had a connection with GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 1486 (the Braikenridge Manuscript), and its partner volume GB-Ob MS. Mus. c. 784 (the Willmott Manuscript). Later owned by the collector Richard Heber (1773-1833); purchased by Bodleian Library from bookseller J. E. Cornish in 1885.

See also the digital reconstruction of this book.

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Physical Description

All books in this set in highly fragile condition; folios damaged by ink corrosion, but most music still legible.

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Binding

Original limp vellum covers incorporated in 18th-century Russia leather bindings until 1918. Now bound separately as GB-Ob MS. Mus. e. 21.

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Watermark

Heawood #2168

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Notation

black void mensural notation with coloration in black full.

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Date

dates from 1568 to 1585 written in manuscript

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Ruling

usually five staves per page, some of which are skewed

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Foliation

Other numberings: Original ink numbering of pieces, i-xxxv, excludes several pieces at beginning and end of each book

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Foliation

New pencil foliation in each book; probably the work of two hands

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Decoration

Initials and borders decorated with floral designs, animals, and grotesque heads, in red, blue, green, and gold; first and last folios in each book usually decorated with geometric patterns and Latin inscriptions.

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Index

Modern index at beginning of first partbook

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Surface

paper

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DIAMM Note

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

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

This information is reproduced here by kind permission of the publishers. It is COPYRIGHT and copying/reproduction of this content without permission may result in legal action.

1 Mass, 1 Te Deum, 1 hymn, 3 Lamentations, 32 motets, 1 Latin secular piece, 2 English secular pieces, 1 In nomine = 42

Aston-1, Aston/(Ashwell)-1, Byrd-5, Crecquillon-1, Fayrfax-2, A. Ferrabosco I [Alfonso]-1, R. Johnson I-2, Merbecke-1, Morley-2, Parsley-2, W. Parsons-1, Sadler-1, Shepherd-1, Tallis-7, Taverner-4, Taverner/(Tye)-1, Tye-1, R. White-6, Wilder [Master phillups]-1, anon-1

5 paper partbooks (D-78 folios, A-78, Tl-78, T2-69 + i, B-72), 205 x 280. All books in highly fragile condition; some folios damaged by ink corrosion, but most music still legible. New pencil foliation in each book; original ink numbering of pieces, i-xxxv, excludes several pieces at beginning and end of each book. Original parchment covers now incorporated in 18th-century brown leather bindings. Modern index at beginning. Copied by John Sadler, who also wrote OxfBT 1486 and SpetchB s.s. (FelAP). Initials and borders decorated with floral designs, animals, and grotesque heads, in red, blue, green, and gold; first and last folios in each book usually decorated with geometric patterns and Latin inscriptions (possible symbolic significance of decoration discussed by MateerS). Watermark is Heawood #2168, also found in OxfBT 1486 and SpetchB s.s.

Ca. 1565-85 (MateerS); dates from 1568 to 1585 in manuscript. Copied at Oundle and Sudborough, Northampton. The compiler, scribe, and original owner was John Sadler, a schoolmaster and Anglican priest. Later owned by the collector Richard Heber (1773-1833); purchased by Bodleian Library from bookseller J. E. Cornish in 1885.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

20r

Click an entry to see more information about that item.

Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
4r–4v Aspice Domine de sede sancta (5vv) [2p. Respice Domine] Mr will[ia]m byrde
Appears on: 4r–4v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr will[ia]m byrde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Aspice domine
General Note

at end: 'Credo videre bona d[omi]ni in terra viuencium

Concordances

Byrd, William, Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (London, 1589) BL Roy. Mus. Lib. MS 24.d.2 (score only, no words) Ob MS Mus. Sch. E.423 (contratenor only) Ob Tenbury MS 425-8 (Paston, c.1600, lacking bass) Ob Tenbury MS 434 (contratenor only) Chelm ERO MS D/DP.Z6/1 (bassus only) BL Add. MS 5058 (score only, part 2) BL Add. MS 14398 (scrore only) Och MS Mus. 882-7 (Baldwin partbooks, lacking tenor) Ob Tenbury MSS 905[4?]-8 (Paston) T341 T389/McGhie; BL5058 & 14398 (18C)

5r–5v Domine praestolamur [2p. Veni domine] Mr will[ia]m Byrde
Appears on: 5r–5v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr will[ia]m Byrde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Domine prestolamur
General Note

on f. 5 'Secunda pars'Veni domine'

Concordances

Byrd, William, Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (London, 1589) Ob MS Mus. Sch. E.423 (contratenor only) Och MSS Mus. 984-8 (Dow partbooks) Ob Tenbury MS 341-4 (Paston, lacking Bassus) Ob Tenbury MS 389 T341; RCM2089 T389/McGhie; BL5058 & 14398 (18C) - EECM 28, no. 2

6r In Nomine John Sadler
Appears on: 6r
Source Attribution: John Sadler
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: In nomine domini
6v–8r Miserere mei Deus doctor Tye
Appears on: 6v–8r
Genres: Miserere mei Deus, Motet
Source Attribution: doctor Tye
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Misere mei Deus quoniam in te confidit
General Note

erroneously, on top of f. 7v 'ii' (instead of 'i')

Concordances

BL5059 (18C)

8r–10r O splendor gloriae Mr John Tauerner
Appears on: 8r–10r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr John Tauerner
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Salve Tua est maiestas
General Note

at end of music: 'duxiliu[m] meum a d[omi]no.'

Concordances

T342 Conflicting attribution: John Taverner and/or Christopher Tye (see Hugh Benham, John Taverner: His Life and Music (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003), pp. 95-114)

10r–11r Inclina Domine aurem tuam (I) Mr Shepperde,
Appears on: 10r–11r
Source Attribution: Mr Shepperde,
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Inclina Domine
Concordances

Rowe 316

11r–13r Domine Jesu Christe Mr Merbecke
Appears on: 11r–13r
Genres: Antiphon
Source Attribution: Mr Merbecke
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Generis q[ue] instanrator humani
General Note

at end, around composer's name: 'Vna via. / vnu[m] cor.' (left) and 'Deus creator / omnium,' (right)

13r–15v Te matrem dei laudamus (=Te Deum [Sadler]) Mr Aston
Appears on: 13r–15v
Genres: BVM, Contrafactum, Hymn, Te Deum
Source Attribution: Mr Aston
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Tibi omnes angeli
Concordances

Rowe 316 (Engl.)

15v–17r Ave Dei patris filia doctor fayrfax
Appears on: 15v–17r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: doctor fayrfax
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Ave summe eternitatis
Concordances

BL29246; BL34049; T354; T1469; RCM2035; Carver; BL24.h.11 (18C); BE 2, no. 12

17v–19r Gaude plurimum [2p. Gaude Maria, Jesu mater; 3p. Eundem igitur Jesum] master John Tauerner
Appears on: 17v–19r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: master John Tauerner
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Veru[m] deum sempiter
Concordances

BL29246; T342; T1469; BL34049; BL41156; BL18936; BL31390; BE 2, no. 3

19v–20r Job tonso capite corruens in terram adoravit [2p. Dominus dedit Dominus abstulit sicut] -
Appears on: 19v–20r
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Iob tonso capite
Concordances

RISM 1554.6 (Antwerp, 1554); BE 2, no. 14

20v–22r Ave Dei patris filia Master John Tauerner
Appears on: 20v–22r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Master John Tauerner
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Aue summe eternitatis filia
Concordances

BL29246; RCM2035; BE 2, no. 6

22r–24r Ave Dei patris filia Master Robert Johnson preste
Appears on: 22r–24r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Master Robert Johnson preste
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Aue summe eternitatis filia
Concordances

BL29246; T342; T354; T1469; BL34049; RCM2035; T807; BL5059 (18C); BE 2, no. 2

24r–26v Salve intemerata dei mater master Thomas tallis
Appears on: 24r–26v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: master Thomas tallis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Salue intemerata
Concordances

BL4900; BL29246; T342; T354; T1469; BL34049; BL41156; RCM2035; BL18936; Mulliner; T807; BL24.h.11 (18C)

27r–28v Gaude virgo mater Christi [not readable]
Appears on: 27r–28v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: [not readable]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Gaude quia concepisti
General Note

on f. 27v, over top-line 'medius' in small writing

Concordances

BL34191

28v–29v Aspice Domine quia facta est [2p. Plorans ploravit in nocte] Master phillups
Appears on: 28v–29v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Master phillups
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Aspice Domine
General Note

at beginning, painted scroll: 'Domine quo vadis'

Concordances

Wode; BL22597; BL31390; T389/McGhie; BL5059 BUR vol. 1, p. 809

29v–31r Conserva me Domine Osbert parslye
Appears on: 29v–31r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Osbert parslye
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Quoniam bonoru[m] meru[m]
Concordances

BL29246; T342; RCM2035; BL34726 (18C); RRMR 133, no. 8

31r–33r Domine quis habitabit [2p. Ad nihillum deductus] Master Tallys
Appears on: 31r–33r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Master Tallys
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f3
Voice Text: Domine quis habitabit
Concordances

BL29247; T341; T[recte RCM?]2089; Rowe 316; RRMR 133, no. 7

34r–36r Lamentations (I) : Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae - Aleph - Beth - Convertere Jerusalem Mr Thomas Tallys
Appears on: 34r–36r
Genres: Lamentations, Motet
Source Attribution: Mr Thomas Tallys
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Hebrew
Clef: f4
Voice Text: De lamentatione
Concordances

RCM2035; T1469; T369; Merro; Drexel; BL5059; BL32377; BL34726

33r–34r Lamentations (II): De lamentatione Jeremiae - Gimel - Daleth - Heth - Convertere Jerusalem Mr Thomas Tallis
Appears on: 33r–34r
Genres: Lamentations, Motet
Source Attribution: Mr Thomas Tallis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Hebrew
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Incipit lamentatio
Concordances

RCM2035; T1469; T369; Merro; Drexel; BL5059; BL32377; BL34726

36r–38v Lamentations (I) a5 Mr whighte
Appears on: 36r–38v
Genres: Lamentations, Motet
Source Attribution: Mr whighte
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Hebrew
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Heth peccatu[m] peccavit
Concordances

T341; T354; T369; Merro; BL18936; BL5058; O45

39r Dum transisset sabbatum, Maria Magdalene / Aromata emerunt Mr Thomas Tallys
Appears on: 39r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr Thomas Tallys
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Sabatu[m] sabatu[m] maria magdalenae
Concordances

BL29247; T341; Rowe 316; BL31390; Ludlow; BL32377; BL5059; BL23624; also Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

39v–41r Domine in virtute tua (II) [2a pars: Magna gloria eius] Mr Robt Johnson
Appears on: 39v–41r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr Robt Johnson
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Domine in virtute tua
Concordances

T341; Merro; Wode; BUR vol. 1, p. 814

41v–43r Maria plena virtute doctor ffayrfax
Appears on: 41v–43r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: doctor ffayrfax
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Maria plena virtute
43v–44v Mem: Cui comparabo [Lamentations] Mr Osbert percelye
Appears on: 43v–44v
Source Attribution: Mr Osbert percelye
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Hebrew
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Men. Cui co[m]parabo
General Note

at end painted scroll with inscription, but not readable (all blackened)

44v–47r Miserere mei Deus [2p: Cor mundum crea] M.r Robert whighte bacheler. of. musicke.
Appears on: 44v–47r
Genres: Miserere mei Deus, Motet
Source Attribution: M.r Robert whighte bacheler. of. musicke.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Miserere mei deus
General Note

at end painted scroll with inscription: 'spiritus vbi uult spirat'

Concordances

T341

47r–48v Exaudiat te Dominus in die tribulationis -
Appears on: 47r–48v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: In die tribulacionis
Concordances

T354; RCM2035; BL18936

49r–50v Domine non est exaltatum (2p. Sicut ablactatus) -
Appears on: 49r–50v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Domine no[n] est exaltatu[m]
General Note

title in painted scroll at the top; at end scroll with inscription: 'Domin[us] dedit domin[us] abstulit placuit sicut deo ita factu[m] est'

Concordances

T354; O45; BE 3, no. 5

50v–51v Manus tuae fecerunt me [2p. Veniant mihi] Master whighte
Appears on: 50v–51v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Master whighte
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Cognovi domine
General Note

at beginning drawing of a pointing hand; at end painted scroll with inscription: 'Ab insidijs diaboli libera nos domine ani[m]e'

Concordances

BL29246; T354; RCM2035; BL18936; T807; O45

52r Domine, Dominus noster Thomas Morley: i576
Appears on: 52r
Source Attribution: Thomas Morley: i576
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Domine Dominus noster
General Note

at end painted scroll with inscription: 'Elegi abiectus esse in domo dei mei: magis q[ue]m habitare in tabernaculis peccator'

52v–53r O sacrum convivium in quo Christus sumitur Mr Thomas Tallis
Appears on: 52v–53r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr Thomas Tallis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: O sacru[m] conviviu[m]
Concordances

Rowe 316; BL30480; BL 31390; Ludlow; BE 2, no. 13; also Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

53r Salvator mundi (I) T Tallis
Appears on: 53r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: T Tallis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: alvator mu[n]di
General Note

Initial missing, blank space

Concordances

BE 2, no. 4; also Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

53v–54r Attollite portas master wyllyam byrde
Appears on: 53v–54r
Genres: Psalm
Source Attribution: master wyllyam byrde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Attollite portas
General Note

at end very elaborate floral decoration with long English verse

Concordances

BE 3, no. 7; also Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

54v–55v Domine non est exaltatum Thomas Morley
Appears on: 54v–55v
Source Attribution: Thomas Morley
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Domine no[n] est exaltatu[m]
General Note

at beginning drawing of boar (sow) with 'Sus' written on it and three dots; at end painted scroll with inscription: 'Memor fui nocte nominis tui domine'

Concordances

BE 9, no. 17

55v–56v Absterge Domine mr thom[a]s tallis
Appears on: 55v–56v
Source Attribution: mr thom[a]s tallis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: A ABSTERGE domine
Concordances

BL31390; BE 2, no. 10; also Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

57r–57v Ne irascaris Domine [2p. Civitas sancti tui] Mr Byrde
Appears on: 57r–57v
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Mr Byrde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Ne irascaris domine
General Note

on f. 57 'Secu[n]da pars': 'Civitas sancti'; at end painted scroll with inscription: 'Jhesu [Christ]e fili dei viui miserere mei'

Concordances

T341; CS1589; BL30480; T389/McGhie

58r–58v Mater Christi sanctissima virgo [= O most holy and mighty Lord] Mr John Taverner: i58i
Appears on: 58r–58v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr John Taverner: i58i
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Virgo sacrata maria
General Note

at beginning coloured drawing of a bell

Concordances

T341; T354; BL34049; Rowe 316; BE 3, no. 3; also Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

59r–60r Tribulationes civitatum [2p. Timor et hebitudo, 3p. Nos enim pro peccatis] Mr will[ia]m Birde
Appears on: 59r–60r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr will[ia]m Birde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Tribulatcones civitatu[m]
General Note

at end painted scroll with inscription: 'My only trust ys in the lorde my god'

Concordances

BL29247; T341; RCM2089; CS1589; T389/McGhie; MDD; also Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

60v–61v Justus es, Domine Mr Robert whighte
Appears on: 60v–61v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Mr Robert whighte
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Justus es domine
General Note

at beginning floral decoration with 'deare god'; at end painted scroll with inscription: 'The ende off the songes off fyue partes'

62r–63r The Western Wynde Mass: Gloria -
Appears on: 62r–63r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: t in terra pax hominib[us]
General Note

Initial missing, blank space

Concordances

Gyffard; Roy App 56; BE 3, no. 7

63r–64r The Western Wynde Mass: Credo -
Appears on: 63r–64r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Patrem omnipotentem
Concordances

Gyffard; Roy App 56; BE 3, no. 7

64r–65r The Western Wynde Mass: Sanctus -
Appears on: 64r–65r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Sanctus sanct[us] / Domin[us]
Concordances

Gyffard; Roy App 56; BE 3, no. 7

65r–65v The Western Wynde Mass: Benedictus -
Appears on: 65r–65v
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Qui venit In nomine
General Note

continues on same line on which Sanctus ends: although the key is repeated, the flat is not (nevertheless, there is a flat entered before the first B)

Concordances

Gyffard; Roy App 56; BE 3, no. 7

65v–66v The Western Wynde Mass: Agnus dei Quod Mr John Tauerner, The Westerne wynde
Appears on: 65v–66v
Source Attribution: Quod Mr John Tauerner, The Westerne wynde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Good fellows must go learne to dannce
Concordances

Gyffard; Roy App 56; BE 3, no. 7

66v–67r Good fellows must go -
Appears on: 66v–67r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Good fellows must go
General Note

BE 3, no. 8

Concordances

BE 3, no. 8

67v–68r Conye skins - Anonymous

Conye skins

Anonymous
Appears on: 67v–68r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Conye skynes maydes
Concordances

BE 3, no. 12

68v Musica laeta suum gaudet (C79) -
Appears on: 68v
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Musica leta
Concordances

GB-Och Mus 78-82 & 463-7

69r Musica laeta suum gaudet (C79) Alfonso.
Appears on: 69r
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Alfonso.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Musica leta
Concordances

GB-Och Mus 78-82 & 463-7

69v [blank staves] - -

[blank staves]

Appears on: 69v
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Aston, Hugh (ca. 1485–1558)
Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623)
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Fayrfax, Robert (1464–1521)
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (the elder) (1543–1588)
Johnson (I), Robert (ca. 1500–ca. 1560)
Merbecke, John
Morley, Thomas (ca. 1557–1602)
Parsley [Percely], Osbert
Parsons 'of Wells', William
Sadler, John (1534–1592)
Sheppard, John (ca. 1515–1558)
Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)
Taverner, John
Tye, Christopher (ca. 1505–ca. 1573)
Van Wilder, Phillip
White, Robert (ca. 1538–1574)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Absterge Domine 55v–56v
Aspice Domine de sede sancta (5vv) [2p. Respice Domine] 4r–4v
Aspice Domine quia facta est [2p. Plorans ploravit in nocte] 28v–29v
Attollite portas 53v–54r
Ave Dei patris filia 15v–17r
Ave Dei patris filia 20v–22r
Ave Dei patris filia 22r–24r
Conserva me Domine 29v–31r
Conye skins Anonymous 67v–68r
Domine in virtute tua (II) [2a pars: Magna gloria eius] 39v–41r
Domine Jesu Christe 11r–13r
Domine non est exaltatum 54v–55v
Domine non est exaltatum (2p. Sicut ablactatus) 49r–50v
Domine praestolamur [2p. Veni domine] 5r–5v
Domine quis habitabit [2p. Ad nihillum deductus] 31r–33r
Domine, Dominus noster 52r
Dum transisset sabbatum, Maria Magdalene / Aromata emerunt 39r
Exaudiat te Dominus in die tribulationis 47r–48v
Gaude plurimum [2p. Gaude Maria, Jesu mater; 3p. Eundem igitur Jesum] 17v–19r
Gaude virgo mater Christi 27r–28v
Good fellows must go 66v–67r
In Nomine 6r
Inclina Domine aurem tuam (I) 10r–11r
Job tonso capite corruens in terram adoravit [2p. Dominus dedit Dominus abstulit sicut] 19v–20r
Justus es, Domine 60v–61v
Lamentations (I) : Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae - Aleph - Beth - Convertere Jerusalem 34r–36r
Lamentations (I) a5 36r–38v
Lamentations (II): De lamentatione Jeremiae - Gimel - Daleth - Heth - Convertere Jerusalem 33r–34r
Manus tuae fecerunt me [2p. Veniant mihi] 50v–51v
Maria plena virtute 41v–43r
Mater Christi sanctissima virgo [= O most holy and mighty Lord] 58r–58v
Mem: Cui comparabo [Lamentations] 43v–44v
Miserere mei Deus 6v–8r
Miserere mei Deus [2p: Cor mundum crea] 44v–47r
Musica laeta suum gaudet (C79) 68v
Musica laeta suum gaudet (C79) 69r
Ne irascaris Domine [2p. Civitas sancti tui] 57r–57v
O sacrum convivium in quo Christus sumitur 52v–53r
O splendor gloriae 8r–10r
Salvator mundi (I) 53r
Salve intemerata dei mater 24r–26v
Te matrem dei laudamus (=Te Deum [Sadler]) 13r–15v
The Western Wynde Mass: Agnus dei 65v–66v
The Western Wynde Mass: Benedictus 65r–65v
The Western Wynde Mass: Credo 63r–64r
The Western Wynde Mass: Gloria 62r–63r
The Western Wynde Mass: Sanctus 64r–65r
Tribulationes civitatum [2p. Timor et hebitudo, 3p. Nos enim pro peccatis] 59r–60r

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Range, Matthias, and Julia Craig-McFeely. 2020. Forty Years in the Wilderness: John Sadler of the Sadler Partbooks. Music and Letters, (online advance publication at https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/gcaa016). https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/gcaa016.

Burke, James. 2017. John Sadler & The Sadler Partbooks (Oxford, Bodleian Library MSS Mus. e. 1–5). DPhil dissertation, University of Oxford.

Gaskin, Hilary Lorna. 1985. Music copyists in late sixteenth-century England, with particular reference to the manuscripts of John Baldwin. University of Cambridge Faculty of Music, PhD.

Mateer, David G. 1979. John Sadler and Oxford, Bodleian MSS Mus. e. 1-5. Music and Letters, 281-95. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion; identity of John Sadler erroneous.

Hofman, May. 1977. The Survival of Latin Sacred Music by English Composers 1485–1610. University of Oxford Faculty of Music, DPhil.

Bray, Roger W. 1970-71. The Interpretation of Musica Ficta in English Music C.1490-C.1580. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 29-45. Pages: 41-2. Notes: transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Benham, Hugh Raymond. 1969. The Music of John Taverner - A Study and Assessment. University of Southampton, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 41. Notes: physical description (partial).

Bray, Roger W. 1969. The Interpretation of Musica Ficta in English Music, C. 1490-C. 1580 [dissertation]. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 141-55, 169-84, passim; II, 24-7, 60-8, 79-81, 85. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 153. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XXV, 1-91, 168ff; XXVIII, 124,128,130, 133-4,137; XXIX,128,138. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Lamont, Herbert Harry. 1963. John Shepherd: His Life and Music. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 107-8, 224. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Warrem, Edwin B (editor). 1959-66. Robert Fayrfax (ca. 1464-1521): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, 59-71, 95-6, 102. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. William Byrd.  London, New York, and Toronto.

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. Tudor Church Music: Appendix with Supplementary Notes.  London. Pages: 5. Notes: mention of MS.

Meyer, Ernst Hermann. 1934. Die mehrstimmige Spielmusik des 17. Jahrhunderts in Nord-und Mitteleuropa.  Kassel.

Flood, William H Grattan. 1925. Early Tudor Composers.  London.

Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music.  London, Oxford et al. Pages: I, xxx, lix, lxi; III, xviii-xix; V, xx-xxiii; VI, xxvii, xxix-xxxi; X, xviii, 162, 200-12, 235, 247-55. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Davey, Henry. 1921. History of English Music.  London. Pages: 91, 97, 100, 124, 137. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Arkwright, G E P. 1898. [Untitled]. Old English Edition. 

Madan, Falconer (editor). 1895-1953. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.  Oxford. Pages: V, 649-50; cat reference 29586. Notes: physical description.

Arkwright, G E P. 1893. [untitled]. Old English Edition. 

[No Author] 1887-1890. Proceedings of the Musical Association.

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