GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 359

Bodleian Library, Oxford, England

partbook: Early 17th century

Archive Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob)
Shelfmark MS. Tenbury 359
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 129 x 207 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfBT 359-63
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Norfolk, England
Contents 54 pieces from 15 composers
General Description

A Discantus partbook of a set of five volumes. Copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Owned in 1845 by Joseph Warren. Later acquired by Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-89), founder of St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester). Bequeathed to St. Michael's College; deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.

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Binding

Original covers of dark brown leather on cardboard, tooled in gold with crowned angel in center and thistle motif in corners; new spines added in 1922.

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Watermark

(1) crown; (2) shield with two lions, bell, and goat (neither in Briquet or Heawood)

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 1-48

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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[entry for all five partbooks, Tenbury 359–63]

9 Mass Ordinary sections, 31 motets =40+1 duplicate = 41

Agazzari-2, Bianciardi-2, Girolamo Boni-1, Buissons-1, Buissons/(Deiss)-2, Byrd-4, Clemens non Papa-1, Giovanelli [Joanellus]-2, Palestrina-2, H. Praetorius-2, Regnarti-1, Orfeo Vecchi-2, Victoria-15, anon-3

5 paper partbooks (DAQ-i + ii + 48 + i folios each, T-i + ii + 40 + i, B-i + iii + 48 + i + i), 129 x 207. Original ink foliation in DABQ, 1-48; original ink foliation in T, 9-48. Original covers of dark brown leather on cardboard, tooled in gold with crowned angel in center and thistle motif in corners; new spines added in 1922. Original index on recto of third original flyleaf at beginning of B book; pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance. Copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (see BrettEP for list of other books in the same hand and for discussion of related manuscripts from Paston's circle). No initials or decoration. All attributions in B book. Two watermarks, neither in Briquet or Heawood: (1) crown; (2) shield with two lions, bell, and goat.

Early 17th century. Of English provenance; originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Owned in 1845 by Joseph Warren. Later acquired by Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-89), founder of St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester). Bequeathed to St. Michael's College; deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "(Girolamo Boni)-1" to "(Guillaume Boni)-1."

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 [unidentified mass}: Pleni sunt caeli Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 1
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
1v [unidentified mass}: Benedictus qui venit Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 1v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
2v [unidentified mass}: Crucifuxus Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 2v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
3v [unidentified mass}: Crucifuxus Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 3v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
4v [unidentified mass}: Kyrie Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 4v
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
4v [unidentified mass}: Crucifuxus Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 4v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
5v–6 Salve regina (5vv) (1576 hymn setting) Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 5v–6
Genres: BVM, Marian antiphon, Salve Regina
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
6v [unidentified mass}: Domine Deus Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 6v
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
6v [unidentified mass}: Benedictus qui venit Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 6v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
7 [unidentified mass}: Benedictus qui venit Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 7
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
7v Salve regina (5vv, 1583) - 2a pars (of 2): Et Jesum benedictum Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 7v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
8v Salve regina (8vv) - 6a pars (of 7): Et Jesum benedictum Ludovico Vittoria
Appears on: 8v
Genres: Motet, Salve Regina
Source Attribution: Ludovico Vittoria
9 Pastores quidnam vidisitis annuntiate (2p. Natum vidimus et choros angelorum) Clemens non Papa
Appears on: 9
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Clemens non Papa
9v–10 Misit Herodes - 1a pars (of 2): Misit Herodes Michael des Buissons
Appears on: 9v–10
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Michael des Buissons
9v–10 Misit Herodes - 2a pars (of 2): Videns autem -
Appears on: 9v–10
Genres: Motet
10v–11 Ascendens Christus - 1a pars (of 2): Ascendens Christus in altum L. Vittoria
Appears on: 10v–11
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L. Vittoria
11v–12 Ascendens Christus - 2a pars (of 2): Ascendit Deus in jubilatione -
Appears on: 11v–12
Genres: Motet
12v–13 Dum complerentur (5vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Dum complerentur L. Vittoria
Appears on: 12v–13
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L. Vittoria
13v–14 Dum complerentur (5vv) - 2a pars (of 2): Dum ergo essent -
Appears on: 13v–14
Genres: Motet
14v–15 Venite filii Francesco Viancardo
Appears on: 14v–15
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Francesco Viancardo
15v–16v Adesto unus Deus Hieronymus Praetorius
Appears on: 15v–16v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Hieronymus Praetorius
17–18 Osculetur me - 1a pars (of 2): Osculetur me -
Appears on: 17–18
Genres: Motet
18v–19 Osculetur me - 2a pars (of 2): Introduxit me -
Appears on: 18v–19
Genres: Motet
19v–20 Laudate Dominum Francesco Viancardo
Appears on: 19v–20
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Francesco Viancardo
20v–21 Non est bonum -
Appears on: 20v–21
Genres: Motet
21v–22 Cum beatus Ignatius - 1a pars (of 2): Cum beatus Ignatius L. Vittoria
Appears on: 21v–22
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L. Vittoria
22v–23 Cum beatus Ignatius - 2a pars (of 2): Ignis crux bestiae L. Vittoria
Appears on: 22v–23
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L. Vittoria
23v–24 Descendit angelus Domini - 1a pars (of 2): Descendit angelus Domini ad Zachariam L. Vittoria
Appears on: 23v–24
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L. Vittoria
24v–25 Descendit angelus Domini - 2a pars (of 2): Ne timeas quoniam audita est oratio L. Vittoria
Appears on: 24v–25
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L. Vittoria
25–26 Stella quam viderunt - Anonymous
Appears on: 25–26
Genres: Motet
26v–27v Diligite inimicos Michael du Buissons
Appears on: 26v–27v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Michael du Buissons
28 Timete Dominum - 1a pars (of 2): Timete Dominum William Byrd
Appears on: 28
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: William Byrd
28v–29 Gaudeamus omnes - 2a pars (of 2): Exultate justi William Byrd
Appears on: 28v–29
Genres: Gradual, Motet
Source Attribution: William Byrd
29v–30 Timete Dominum - 2a pars (of 2): Inquirentes autem William Byrd
Appears on: 29v–30
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: William Byrd
30v–31 O quam gloriosum - 1a pars (of 2): O quam gloriosum est regnum William Byrd
Appears on: 30v–31
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: William Byrd
31v–32 O quam gloriosum - 2a pars (of 2): Benedictio et claritas William Byrd
Appears on: 31v–32
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: William Byrd
32v Viri Galilei - 1a pars (of 2): Viri Galilei William Byrd
Appears on: 32v
Source Attribution: William Byrd
33–34 Ego sum panis vivus (5vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Ego sum panis vivus -
Appears on: 33–34
Genres: Motet
33–34 Ego sum panis vivus (5vv) - 2a pars (of 2): Panis quem ego dabo -
Appears on: 33–34
Genres: Motet
34v–35 Ego sum resurrectio et vita qui credit (8vv) Michael du Buissons
Appears on: 34v–35
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Michael du Buissons
35v–36 En dilectus meus Orpheo Vecchi
Appears on: 35v–36
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Orpheo Vecchi
36v–37 Pater peccavi - 1a pars (of 2): Pater peccavi Joanellus [=Giovannelli?]
Appears on: 36v–37
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Joanellus [=Giovannelli?]
37v–38 Pater peccavi - 2a pars (of 2): Quanti mercenarii Joanellus [=Giovannelli?]
Appears on: 37v–38
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Joanellus [=Giovannelli?]
38v–39 Domine, quando veneris - 1a pars (of 2): Domine, quando veneris Bonus [=Boni?]
Appears on: 38v–39
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Bonus [=Boni?]
39v–40 Domine, quando veneris - 2a pars (of 2): Hei mihi Domine Bonus [=Boni?]
Appears on: 39v–40
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Bonus [=Boni?]
40v–41 Anima mea liquefacta Agostino Agazzari
Appears on: 40v–41
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Agostino Agazzari
41v–42 O sacrum convivium Joanellus [=Giovannelli?]
Appears on: 41v–42
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Joanellus [=Giovannelli?]
42v–43 Domine ne in furore Orpheo Vecchi
Appears on: 42v–43
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Orpheo Vecchi
43v–44 Averte mentes Agostino Agazzari
Appears on: 43v–44
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Agostino Agazzari
44v–45 Hodie de virgine salvator mundi natus est (2p. Hodie in terra canunt angeli letantur) Jacobo Regnart
Appears on: 44v–45
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Jacobo Regnart
45v–46 Viri Galilei - 1a pars (of 2): Viri Galilei William Byrd
Appears on: 45v–46
Source Attribution: William Byrd
46v–47 Viri Galilei - 2a pars (of 2): Omnes gentes William Byrd
Appears on: 46v–47
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: William Byrd
47v–48 Pacem relinquo G. P. da Palestrina
Appears on: 47v–48
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: G. P. da Palestrina
48v O salutaris hostia - Anonymous

O salutaris hostia

Anonymous
Appears on: 48v
Genres: Motet
Composer Compositions
Agazzari, Agostino (ca. 1579–ca. 1642)
Anonymous
Bianciardi, Francesco (ca. 1571–1607)
Boni, Guillaume
Buissons, Michael Charles des (fl. 1560–70)
Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623)
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Deiss, Michael
Giovannelli, Ruggiero (ca. 1560–1625)
Lassus, Orlande de (ca. 1532–1594)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525–1594)
Praetorius, Hieronymus (1560–1629)
Regnart, Jacob (ca. 1540–1599)
Vecchi, Orfeo
Victoria, Tomas Luis de (1548–1611)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[unidentified mass}: Benedictus qui venit 1v
[unidentified mass}: Benedictus qui venit 6v
[unidentified mass}: Benedictus qui venit 7
[unidentified mass}: Crucifuxus 2v
[unidentified mass}: Crucifuxus 3v
[unidentified mass}: Crucifuxus 4v
[unidentified mass}: Domine Deus 6v
[unidentified mass}: Kyrie 4v
[unidentified mass}: Pleni sunt caeli 1
Adesto unus Deus 15v–16v
Anima mea liquefacta 40v–41
Ascendens Christus - 1a pars (of 2): Ascendens Christus in altum 10v–11
Ascendens Christus - 2a pars (of 2): Ascendit Deus in jubilatione 11v–12
Averte mentes 43v–44
Cum beatus Ignatius - 1a pars (of 2): Cum beatus Ignatius 21v–22
Cum beatus Ignatius - 2a pars (of 2): Ignis crux bestiae 22v–23
Descendit angelus Domini - 1a pars (of 2): Descendit angelus Domini ad Zachariam 23v–24
Descendit angelus Domini - 2a pars (of 2): Ne timeas quoniam audita est oratio 24v–25
Diligite inimicos 26v–27v
Domine ne in furore 42v–43
Domine, quando veneris - 1a pars (of 2): Domine, quando veneris 38v–39
Domine, quando veneris - 2a pars (of 2): Hei mihi Domine 39v–40
Dum complerentur (5vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Dum complerentur 12v–13
Dum complerentur (5vv) - 2a pars (of 2): Dum ergo essent 13v–14
Ego sum panis vivus (5vv) - 1a pars (of 2): Ego sum panis vivus 33–34
Ego sum panis vivus (5vv) - 2a pars (of 2): Panis quem ego dabo 33–34
Ego sum resurrectio et vita qui credit (8vv) 34v–35
En dilectus meus 35v–36
Gaudeamus omnes - 2a pars (of 2): Exultate justi 28v–29
Hodie de virgine salvator mundi natus est (2p. Hodie in terra canunt angeli letantur) 44v–45
Laudate Dominum 19v–20
Misit Herodes - 1a pars (of 2): Misit Herodes 9v–10
Misit Herodes - 2a pars (of 2): Videns autem 9v–10
Non est bonum 20v–21
O quam gloriosum - 1a pars (of 2): O quam gloriosum est regnum 30v–31
O quam gloriosum - 2a pars (of 2): Benedictio et claritas 31v–32
O sacrum convivium 41v–42
O salutaris hostia Anonymous 48v
Osculetur me - 1a pars (of 2): Osculetur me 17–18
Osculetur me - 2a pars (of 2): Introduxit me 18v–19
Pacem relinquo 47v–48
Pastores quidnam vidisitis annuntiate (2p. Natum vidimus et choros angelorum) 9
Pater peccavi - 1a pars (of 2): Pater peccavi 36v–37
Pater peccavi - 2a pars (of 2): Quanti mercenarii 37v–38
Salve regina (5vv) (1576 hymn setting) 5v–6
Salve regina (5vv, 1583) - 2a pars (of 2): Et Jesum benedictum 7v
Salve regina (8vv) - 6a pars (of 7): Et Jesum benedictum 8v
Stella quam viderunt Anonymous 25–26
Timete Dominum - 1a pars (of 2): Timete Dominum 28
Timete Dominum - 2a pars (of 2): Inquirentes autem 29v–30
Venite filii 14v–15
Viri Galilei - 1a pars (of 2): Viri Galilei 32v
Viri Galilei - 1a pars (of 2): Viri Galilei 45v–46
Viri Galilei - 2a pars (of 2): Omnes gentes 46v–47

Set: MSS Tenbury 359-363

Type: Partbooks

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 359

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 360

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 361

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 362

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 363

Set: Paston Manuscripts

Type: Linked by Origin or Contents

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GB-Lbl Add. MS 18936

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GB-Lbl Add. MS 29388

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GB-Lbl Egerton 2009

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GB-Lcm MS 2041

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 349

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 350

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 351

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 356

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 369

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denotes primary source study

Brett, Philip. 1964-68. Edward Paston (1550-1630): A Norfolk Gentleman and His Musical Collection. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 51-69. Pages: 59-60, 69. Notes: mention of MS.

Brett, Philip, and Thurston Dart. 1960. Songs by William Byrd in Manuscripts at Harvard. Harvard Library Bulletin, 343-65. Pages: 346, 365. Notes: mention of MS.

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1934. The Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of St. Michael's College Tenbury.  Paris. Pages: 63. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

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