Appendix 1 - Source Descriptions

Summary

THE layout and style of this appendix largely follows that in IMCCM, to which the reader is referred for more details on watermarks etc. Each manuscript was examined in person; descriptions of the manuscripts housed in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, were also aided by those given in CrumOMSC.

The following format is used for each manuscript

Description Number of leaves (Roman numerals indicate flyleaves, with modern flyleaves in italics); details of foliation, abstractions, etc.

Scribe(s) Where relevant

Inscriptions Transcriptions of any significant inscriptions

Format and Dimensions Sizes of the paper and covers (height first, width second): all measurements are given in millimetres and are approximate, as paper sizes often vary slightly. Covers measurements includes spine

Watermarks Where possible, watermarks are identified by names given in IMCCM, but the numbering system refers only to the Appendix given here

Rastrology A = number of staves per page; B = number of staves in the rastrum; C = overall span of the rastrum; D = width of individual staves and (in parenthesis) the distance between them (rastrum profile can be inverted). All measurements given in millimetres, variations of up to a millimetre should be allowed

Collation Collations are given where possible; the tightness of the binding, however, often obscures a detailed examination of the manuscript’s structure. All signatures are editorial, and are given in the form of A, B, C etc. followed by the number of leaves, with a note of any abstractions: ‘A6 [A3 removed]’ indicates that the first signature is a gathering of six leaves of which the third has been removed

Binding and decorations

Provenance

Inventory The following conventions are used:

• – Material in inverted commas is in Lawes’s hand except where indicated

• – Editorial additions are given in square brackets

• – Original numbering systems are followed where given

• – First lines (or text incipits) are given for vocal music

• – Crossed-out material is indicated thus: ‘Aire’

• – ‘Unused’ indicates a ruled page (as opposed to an unused flyleaf, described as ‘Blank’)

• – Where appropriate, scorings are given using the abbreviations in the List of Abbreviations at the beginning of this volume

• – Line breaks are indicated with /

LONDON, BRITISH LIBRARY, ADD. MSS 40657–61

Description

Five partbooks from an original set of six (lacking Sextus, first bass).