[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
