Christ Church Library music catalogue: Mus. 390

Mus. 390

Printed. Tenor partbook from an otherwise lost set of four. Titlepage missing and supplied in photocopy from the copy in the British Library.

Mus. 390
[Tenor of the whole psalmes in foure partes, whiche may be song to al musicall instrumentes, set forth for the encrease of vertue: and abolishyng of other vayne and triflyng ballades.] [Tenor only. Title page missing, and supplied in photocopy.]
London: Imprinted ... by John Day, 1563
RISM B/I 1563⁸

Provenance unknown; not listed in early catalogues of the Aldrich bequest or Goodson bequest. On the colophon: signed 'Richeard Shrene' in a late C16th hand; the initials 'R. S.' also appear in Mus. 342-5. The front flyleaf, which may be a remnant of early wrappers of thin white paper, has been annotated by several hands, late C16th or early C17th, including: 'Mr William Underwoode of Smalbrough owith these bookes p[er] me Awbreycus Baipoole', and 'Thine ever though never Awbrey Baipoole'.

Oblong format, 190 x 140 mm. Early C20th binding of stiff card, quarter bound in vellum, with green ties. No early bookplate. C19th shelfmark: I.4.102(a); formerly Mus. 390a.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 17.
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