GB-GL MS 101

Cathedral Library, Gloucester, England

partbook: c. 1640-1

Archive	Cathedral Library, Gloucester, England (GB-GL)
Shelfmark	MS 101
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	None
Format	portrait
Measurements	293 x 185 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: GlouC 101 olim (Former shelfmark): Erroneously referred to in some literature as MS 93, probably due to temporarily misplaced labels on several manuscripts in this library
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
Copyists	Okeover, John (–ca. 1663) Music
Relationships	Okeover, John (–ca. 1663) (copied at)
Provenance	England
Contents	Contains 28 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.

General Description

A single Bassus partbook. Main scribe presumably John Okeover, organist at Gloucester Cathedral 1638-63 (MorehG); one or two other scribes made later additions on ff. 35, 66-67'. Blank staves only on ff. 6-8', 24', 36-39', 68-71'. Copied in Gloucester, for use by cathedral choir.

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Physical Description

First original folio now missing; many remaining folios frayed around edges or torn.

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Binding

Original parchment covers only partially preserved.

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Watermark

vase with flowers.

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Ca. 1640-1, with a few additions in third quarter of 17th century (MorehG)

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Ruling

Staff height 13.

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Decoration

Small inked initials

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Surface

paper

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11 Services or Service sections (1 incomplete), 47 anthems = 58

Amner-1, A. Batten-2, A. Batten/(N. Giles)-1, Belmayne-1, R. Browne 1-3, (Byrd)-4, (Byrd/T. Mudd II)-1, (Byrd/Tallis)-1, H. Davies-6, (M. East)-1, Fido-2, Gibbons-1, N. Giles-2, Hall-3, Heath II-2, Hooper-2, Inglott-1, Morley-1, (J. Mundy)-1, (J. Mundy/W. Mundy/R. Parsons I)-1, (J. Mundy/W. Mundy/Tallis) -1, J. Parsons-1, (P. Philips/Wilder)-1, (Tallis)-2, (Tallis/Weelkes) -1, Tomkins-11, Ward-1, (Weelkes)-1, anon-2

1 paper partbook (B-71 folios), 293 x 185. First original folio now missing; many remaining folios frayed around edges or torn. New pencil foliation, 1-71. Blank staves only on ff. 6-8', 24', 36-39', 68-71'. Original parchment covers only partially preserved. No index. Main scribe presumably John Okeover, organist at Gloucester Cathedral 1638-63 (MorehG); one or two other scribes made later additions on ff. 35, 66-67'. Staff height 13. Small inked initials. Watermark: vase with flowers.

Ca. 1640-1, with a few additions in third quarter of 17th century (MorehG). Copied in Gloucester, for use by cathedral choir.

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages	Item title	Attribution in Source
Works by Amner, John (1579–1641)	[-]	-	-
Works by Batten, Adrian (1591–1637)	[-]	-	-
Works by Sale, Franciscus de (?) Batten, Adrian (1591–1637) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Belmayne	[-]	-	-
Works by Browne (I), Richard	[-]	-	-
Works by Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mudd (II), Thomas (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585) (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Davies, Hugh	[-]	-	-
Works by East, Michael	[-]	-	-
Works by Fido, John	[-]	-	-
Works by Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625)	[-]	-	-
Works by Giles, Nathaniel (ca. 1558–1634)	[-]	-	-
Works by Hall, John (ca. 1529–1568)	[-]	-	-
Works by Heath (II), John (ca. 1589–ca. 1672)	[-]	-	-
Works by Hooper, Edmund	[-]	-	-
Works by Inglott, William (1554–1621)	[-]	-	-
Works by Morley, Thomas (ca. 1557–1602)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630)	[-]	-	-
Works by Parsons (I), Robert (ca. 1535–ca. 1572) (?) Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591) (?) Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585) (?) Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591) (?) Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Parsons, John	[-]	-	-
Works by Van Wilder, Phillip (?) Philips, Peter (ca. 1560–1628) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)	[-]	-	-
Works by Weelkes, Thomas (ca. 1576–1623) (?) Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tomkins, Thomas (1572–1656)	[-]	-	-
Works by Ward, John (ca. 1589–ca. 1638)	[-]	-	-
Works by Weelkes, Thomas (ca. 1576–1623)	[-]	-	-

‡ denotes primary source study

Morehen, John. 1981. The Gloucester Cathedral Bassus Part-Book MS 93. Music and Letters, 189-96.

Bernstein, Jane Agar. 1979. Philip van Wilder and the Netherlandish Chanson in England. Musica Disciplina, 55-75. Pages: 74.

Monson, Craig. 1979. The Preces, Psalms and Litanies of Byrd and Tallis: Another 'Virtuous Contention in Love'. The Music Review, 257-71. Pages: 265.

Daniel, Ralph T, and Peter Le Huray. 1972. The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660. Early English Church Music. London.

Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 334-46, Ex. 96.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XXIII,153.

Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 167-95. Pages: 171,185.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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