Page measurements: 297 x 202 mm
Professional book in large upright folio format. The first scribe uses a rounded italic hand which is remarkable for its exceptional consistency and legibility. There are some mistakes that were probably due to the speed at which the book was copied--whole chords are misplaced by one tablature line and no corrections are made, though this does not mean that the book was not used to play from. An old-style six-course lute is used and since the consistency of the copying and the hand suggests a very short copying period. The second scribe uses a hand more archaic in appearance, but this hand has added the newer music, some of it dating from c1610, Scribe B used and corrected A's music(see the last chord on p.429). Although between them Ward (1969) and Spencer have described the book quite fully, some details can be added.
The binding dates wholly from the 19th century, when the original covers were laid down as doublures on the outside of the new ones. This binding is now disintegrating quite badly, the back has fallen away altogether and some of the stitching is disintegrating, leaving some leaves loose. The watermarks are in a considerably better state than the drawings provided by John Hewitt in the facsimile suggest. Some of the marks are the clearest and best preserved to be seen in any of the lute sources. The stub printed in the facsimile between pages 58 and 59 should probably be between 60 and 61, as the leaf with pages 59-60 is loose and was probably misplaced during photography.
Ward notes that the scribe clearly had some pre-determined order in mind, as the unused pages were not prepared for copying as the used ones were, by having the printed staves enclosed by upright rules and, in the case of one of the papers, having an extra stave hand-ruled in the middle of the page. The book is interspersed with hand-ruled pages, and all of these were bound after they were written. That there was an intended order is indisputable, but it has not been possible to see the reasoning behind it. It is most likely that it had something to do with the exemplars the scribe was using rather than keys, genres, etc.
Bibliography: Lumsden 1957A
Ward 1957
Ward 1969
Spencer 1981
Fenlon/Milsom 1984
60
page
original
ascription
title
composer
cons.
& cogs.
10-12/1
P.A.
Pavan
Brogyntyn
22-23
12/2-13
P.A.
Galliard
14-17
P.A.
Variations
Phalèse
1568 64v-65/1
18
Mownser.
Mounsieur's
Almain
Daniel
Bacheler
Wickhambrook
17/2
Dd.3.18 35v (dt)
Folger 13
2764(2) 12v/2 (dt/cnst)
Dd.4.22 12
Dd.9.33 38v-40, 47 & 53v
Genoa 139v-140
Dowland 1610B 27-28v
Valerius 1626 286-287
Thysius 484
cf: Euing 19v (dt)
Mynshall 10/2 (dt)
Welde 14v/2-15 (dt)
Schele 147/2-148/1 (cnst)
Vilnius 1/3 (cnst band.)
GB-Lbl Add.Ms.30342 31v
different settings: Dd.2.11 33v-34/1
Cosens 15v-17 and 44v-46
Hove 1601 99v and 108v
Dd.5.78.3 70v/2-71/1
25/1
Almayne
Almain
25/2
L.
Hyryfords Gallyard
Lord
Hereford's Galliard
cf:
Dallis 43 and 74-5
26-27
Goodnight,
duet treble
John Johnson
408/2 85/3-86/1 (dt)
Brogyntyn 7/5 (dt)
Dallis 16/1 (dt)
Dd.2.11 8v-9/1 and 86/2 (dt)
Dd.3.18 15v-16 (dt)
Marsh 158-160, 362-363 (dt) and 397/2
Willoughby 3v-5 and 5v (dt)
28-29
Fantasia
Alberto
da Rippe
30/1
Chi
Passa
30/2
Cottonns.
Chi
Passa
Cotton
2764(2)
12v/1
35
Nusquam
Galliard [inc.]
cf:
Willoughby 80/2
408/2 106-107/1
36/1
Galliard
Dallis
214/1
37/1
Round
37/2-36/2
Incip:
Galli:
Galliard
38
Ruggiero
408/2
91/1
Dallis 20/1, 21 (dvns), 92/2 (dt) & 223/2 (band.)
Dd.3.18 1 (dt)
Marsh 39 (dt) and 305
Mynshall 3v/2 (dt)
Thysius 383/1
Trumbull 25v/1 & 25v/2 (dt)
cf: Board 2/1
Sampson 3v/1
39
Ruggiero,
duet treble
408/2
91/1
Dallis 20/1, 21 (dvns), 92/2 (dt) & 223/2 (band.)
Dd.3.18 1 (dt)
Marsh 38 and 305
Mynshall 3v/2 (dt)
Thysius 383/1
Trumbull 25v/1 & 25v/2 (dt)
cf: Board 2/1
Sampson 3v/1
40-41
Downright
Squire
42-43
Sellenger's
Round/ Est-ce Mars/The French Tune
Schele
59/2
Montbuysson 30/2 & 94/2
ML 16/3
Trinity 128/2
Dd.3.18 5 (dt)
Board 25/1 and 12/2
Andrea 2/4
Vilnius 58/3 and 68/3
Folger 87v/4 and 87v/5
Brahe 10v/1
Vallet 1615 70
Marsh 182
408/2 103/1
Thysius 442 (dt)
Valerius 1626 164-5
Vallet 1616 34/1-35/2 (cnstpts)
Hove 1612 61v/1
cf: FWVB no.148
Vallet 1615 63-64/1 & 70/2
44-45
Pepper is Black
46-48
French Galliard
John Johnson/ (Francesco da Milano)
Dallis40-41/1 (dvns)
Och1280 3-4
Lodge 16v/2-17v
cf: Cosens 33v/3
Dd.2.11 41/2
Dd.5.78.3 41/2
Marsh 46-48
Thysius 24v/1
Valerius 1626 189
Marsh 148/3-149 (dt pt)
Thysius 16v, 20/2, 19v and 20v (cnst pts)
49/1
Part song arrangement?
49/2
Fansy Newm
Fancy
Newman
Marsh 230-231
50-54/1
[Inci]pit
[Wes]tons pau:[an] / West: pau:
Weston's
Pavan
Weston
Dallis
22-23 and 96-97/1
Lodge 20v-21
ML 10v-11/1
Marsh 188
Och1280 1-2
54/2-55
Cantus
Firmus setting?
56
Galliard
57
Galliard
Thistlethwaite
6v-7
58/1
of
A Gall:
Galliard
58/2-59
of
A gall: Lychfy
Galliard
Henry
Lichfield
Thistlethwaite
35v-36
60
Lesson
61/1
Lusty
Gallant
61/2
Gally:
Queen Scottes
Queen
of Scots Galliard/Conde Claro
Guillaume
Morlaye
Willoughby
38-39v
Marsh 232-233
Dd.5.78.3 73v-74
408/2 108/2-109
62-63
Galliard
408/2
105/2
Willoughby 78-80/1
64
Quel
bein [sic] parler
Quel
Bien Parler
Pierre
Sandrin arr. Alberto da Rippe
71-72
Almain
Marsh
295
73
Chi
Passa
74/1
Je
suis desheritee. Chanson.
Chanson,
Je Suis Desheritée
Cadéac/Lupus
arr. Alberto da Rippe
Dallis
112-113/1
74/2-75
Si
comme.
Si
Comme Espoir
Jean
Maillard arr. Albertoda Rippe
76/1
Galliard
Dallis
213/2
cf: Marsh 76/2
76/2
Galliard
cf:
Marsh 76/1
79
E
Lume Alta Galliard
Willoughby
20v-21/1
408/2 97
80-81
Galliard
Willoughby
41v
82-83
Pavan
408/2
107/2-108/1
Thistlethwaite 8v-9v/1
84
Galliard
89
Galliard
Willoughby
32-32v/1
90
Galliard
John
Johnson
cf:
Marsh 91
91
Galliard
John
Johnson
Marsh
365
Willoughby 31-31v
cf: Marsh 90
92
Galliard
94
fansy
by franc Mylla.
Fantasia
Francesco
da Milano
Osborn
16/2-17
Willoughby 8-9/1
99
Scottish
Galliard
Dallis
41/2 and 44-45
Marsh 117/1
Dd.2.11 86/1
cf: Marsh 117
102
Galliard
103
Labandalashot
Galliard
Dallis
14
Marsh 368
Mynshall 6v/3
Willoughby 22v/2-23
107
Downe
viencella
Dont
Vient Cela
arr.
115
Galliard
116-117/2
Galliard
117/1
Scottish
Galliard
Dallis
41/2 and 44-45
Marsh 99
Dd.2.11 86/1
cf: Marsh 99
118/1
New
Year's Gift Galliard
Anthony
Holborne
cf:
Dd.2.11 62/3 (band.)
118/2
Galliard
120-121
Quadran
Pavan
John
Johnson
Dallis
56-59/1
Mynshall 1v-2/1
Sampson 8
Dd.2.11 31v-32/1
Wickhambrook 10v-11/1
Ballet 8-9
123
Almain
Richard
Greene
Willoughby
17v-19/1
124-125
Galliard
Willoughby
21/2
126
Sinkapace
Galliard/ Church's Galliard
408/2
95/2
cf: Vilnius 58/1
Mulliner 126v-127
Marsh 126
Willoughby 90v
Dlugoraj 189
129
Fantasia
Francesco da Milano
130-131
P.A.
Variations
132
Fancy
133
Fernyers
Fancy
Fernyers
134-135
Fantasia
Alberto
da Rippe
136-137
In
Nomine
Robert
Parsons arr. H R
Dd.2.11
73v/1
Marsh 274
Pickeringe 34/3
138
Fantasia
Francesco da Milano
139/1
Trenchmore,
duet ground
John
Johnson
Dd.3.18
12v-13 (dt)
Lodge 10/2-10v/1 (dt) and 12/1
Marsh 139/2-141 (dt)
Nn.6.36 33v-34 (dt)
Pickeringe 51v/3 <88v> [inv.]
Welde 11v/1 and 11v/2-12 (dt)
139/2-141
Trenchmore,
duet treble
John
Johnson
Dd.3.18
12v-13 (dt)
Lodge 10/2-10v/1 (dt) and 12/1
Marsh 139/1 (dt)
Nn.6.36 33v-34 (dt)
Pickeringe 51v/3 <88v> [inv.]
Welde 11v/1 and 11v/2-12 (dt)
142-144/1
Passamezzo
Pavan, duet treble
John
Johnson
Mynshall
2v-3/1
Dd.3.18 1v-2
144/2
First
Dump, duet ground
JohnJohnson
31392
22v/2
144/3-145
First
Dump, duet treble
John
Johnson
146-148/1
Wakefield
on a Green, duet treble
John
Johnson
Dd.3.18
11v-12/1
148/2
Wakefield
on a Green, duet ground
148/3-149
French Galliard, duet treble
John Johnson/ (Francesco da Milano)
cf:
Cosens 33v/3
Dd.2.11 41/2
Dd.5.78.3 41/2
Dallis 40-41/1 (dvns)
Lodge 16v/2-17v
Marsh 46-48
Och1280 3-4
Thysius 24v/1
Valerius 1626 189
Thysius 16v, 20/2, 19v and 20v (cnst pts)
150-151/1
Dump,
duet treble
Dd.3.18
71v-72
Schele 16/3
Thistlethwaite 2-3/1
151/2
Dump,
duet ground
151/3-153
Chi
Passa, duet treble
John
Johnson
154/1
P.M.
Variations, duet ground
154/2-156/1
P.M.
Variations, duet treble
156/2-157
duet
treble
158-160
Goodnight,duet
treble
John
Johnson
80408/2
85/3-86/1 (dt)
Brogyntyn 7/5 (dt)
Dallis 16/1 (dt)
80Dd.2.11 8v-9/1 and 86/2 (dt)
80Dd.3.18 15v-16 (dt)
80Marsh 26-27, 362-363 (dt) and 397/2
Willoughby 3v-5 and 5v (dt)
162-163,
165/2
Folia
ground Variations, duet treble
164-165/1
Delight
Pavan
John
Johnson
408/2
92-94/1
Dallis 84-85/1
Mynshall 7v/1
Wickhambrook [9v]- 10/1
Welde 3v-4/1
Waissel 1591 L4/1
Thysius 147v
Willoughby 25v-27v
Folger 14v-15 (dt)
Board 6v-7/1 and 14v-15 (dt)
Brogyntyn 13/1 (dt)
Dallis 84-85/1 (gr)
Dd.3.18 20v-21 and 59v-60 (cnst)
Trumbull 4v-5 (cnst)
Vilnius 62v-63/1 (cnst)
166
Delight
Galliard
John
Johnson
Welde
4/2
Board 7v/1
Vilnius 61
Pickeringe 32/2
Willoughby 28-29/1
Wickhambrook 10/2
cf: Naples 365
168-169/1
Quadran
Pavan
169/2-171
Quadran
Pavan
173-175/1
Fantasia
Francesco da Milano
Phalèse 1568 7v-8
175/2-176
Arthur'sDump
Philip
van Wilder
Marsh
426/2-428
Osborn 9v-10/1
182
Sellenger's
Round, duet treble
Dd.3.18
5
Thysius 442/3
cf: Schele 59/2
Montbuysson 30/2 & 94/2
ML 16/3
Trinity 128/2
Board 25/1 and 12/2
Andrea 2/4
Vilnius 58/3 and 68/3
Folger 87v/4 and 87v/5
Brahe 10v/1
Vallet 1615 70
Marsh 42-43 and 182
408/2 103/1
Valerius 1626 164-5
Vallet 1616 34/1-35/2 (cnstpts)
Hove 1612 61v/1
FWVB no.148
Vallet 1615 63-64/1 & 70/2
183-186/1
The
New Hunt's Up, duet treble
John
Johnson
Trumbull
15v-16
Dd.3.18 13v-14
Welde 13/2-14
186/2
The
New Hunt's Up, duet groun
John
Johnson
187-186/3
Pavan
408/2
101/3-102 & 105/1
188
Weston's
Pavan
Weston
Dallis
22-23 and 96-97/1
Lodge 20v-21
Och1280 1-2
cf: ML 10v-11/1
Marsh 50-54/1
190
Lady
Rich's Galliard/Dowland's Bells [first 6 bars]
John
Dowland [43]
Dlugoraj
147
Vilnius 21/3, 21v/2 and 56v/4
Dowland 1610B 25
Schele 146/2-147/1
Dd.5.78.3 9/1
Dd.9.33 91v
Pickeringe 18/2
Welde 5/1
Mynshall 8/3
Brahe 25v-26/1
Thysius 21v/1 and 392v
cf: Vilnius 21/2
Marsh 381
225
Quadran
Pavan
Willoughby
34-35/1
227-228/1
Quadro
Cotton
Quadran
Pavan
Clement
Cotton
408/2
88
Dallis 24-26/1
228/2-229
Fantasia
Francesco da Milano
230-231
Fancy
Newman
Marsh 49/2
232-233
Conde
Claro/ Hornpipe
Guillaume
Morlaye
Willoughby
38-39v
Marsh 61/2
Dd.5.78.3 73v-74
408/2 108/2-109
234
Fancy
235
fansye
Fancy
236/1
Fansie
/ M
Galliard
236/2-238
Fantasia
Francesco da Milano
Thistlethwaite 29v-31v
239
Part-song
arrangement?
243
A
Doomp e.e.
Dump
E.
E.
244-246/1
Galliard
Rondo
247-246/2
.paven.
Ambrose
Pavan
Ambrose
Lupo/ John Ambrose
Hirsch
5v-6/1
248-251/1
Variations
251/2
M
Chi
Passa
257
haat
[?]
Galliard
263
Quadran
Pavan [inc.]
264
Lavecchia
Galliard
cf:
Wickhambrook 16/1
Pickeringe 4v/1
Ballet 46 (duet)
Ballet 47 [inv] (duet)
Brogyntyn 29/2 (duet)
Pickeringe 4/2 (duet)
Wickhambrook 16/2 [inv] (duet)
Marsh 264 (solo)
268
(not 266)
Packington's
Galliard, first part of duet
Brogyntyn
19/3
2764(2) 2v-3
Mynshall 9
Sampson 9/1
270-271
The
Old Medley
John
Johnson
31392
18v-19v/1
Marsh 272
Adriansen 1584
Brogyntyn 16-17/1
Dallis 53
2764(2) 3v-5/1
Dd.2.11 88v-89/1
Thysius 192-193
Valerius 1626 99-100
Waissel 1591 L2v
Welde 8v-9/1
272
The
Old Medley
John
Johnson
31392
18v-19v/1
Marsh 270-271
Adriansen 1584
Brogyntyn 16-17/1
Dallis 53
2764(2) 3v-5/1
Dd.2.11 88v-89/1
Thysius 192-193
Valerius 1626 99-100
Waissel 1591 L2v
Welde 8v-9/1
273
Part-song
arrangement?
274
In
Nomine
Robert
Parsons arr. H R
Dd.2.11
73v/1
Marsh 136-137
Pickeringe 34/3
279
Galliard
280-282
Dump
?
287
Omnino
Galliard
John
Johnson
Brogyntyn
21/3
408/2 90/1
Dallis 31/1 and 95/2
Lodge 12/3
289
Quadran
Galliard
Sampson
8v [identical except for bar 2]
295
Almain
Marsh
71-72
305
Ruggiero
408/2
91/1
Dallis 20/1, 21 (dvns), 92/2 (dt) & 223/2 (band.)
Dd.3.18 1 (dt)
Marsh 38 and 39 (dt)
Mynshall 3v/2 (dt)
Thysius 383/1
Trumbull 25v/1 & 25v/2 (dt)
cf: Board 2/1
Sampson 3v/1
319
Knoles.
Gall.
Knole's
Galliard
Knowles
Wickhambrook
17/5
Trumbull 8/2
328-329
Lesson?
330
Fancy
357/1
gall.
Lord Stra: / L
Lord
Strange's Galliard
357/2
galli
/ of a galli
Galliard
358
Quadran
Galliard
Willoughby
37-37v
359
[D]ump
/ A Dump.
Militis
Dump [Bergamasca Ground]
31392
16v/2-17
Lodge 14-15v/1
360-361
Quipass:
Chi
Passa
362-363
Cotton.
Goodnight,
duet treble
Clement
Cotton
80cf:
408/2 85/3-86/1 (dt)
Brogyntyn 7/5 (dt)
Dallis 16/1 (dt)
80Dd.2.11 8v-9/1 and 86/2 (dt)
80Dd.3.18 15v-16 (dt)
80Marsh 26-27, 158-160 (dt) and 397/2
Willoughby 3v-5 and 5v (dt)
364
Galliard
to Westminster/To MeI Must
Dd.2.11
66v/1
cf: Hove 1612 61/2
Thysius 444
365
Galliard
John
Johnson
Marsh
91
Willoughby 31-31v
366-367
[L'o]eil
[gr]at.
Chanson
L'Oeil Gracieux
arr.
Alberto da Rippe
368
Labandalashot
Galliard
Dallis
14
Marsh 368
Mynshall 6v/3
Willoughby 22v/2-23
369-375/1
P.A.
Pavan, duet treble
Marc
Antoine
Phalèse
1568 72v-75v
375/2
The
grownd.
P.A.Pavan,
duet ground for bass lute
Phalèse
1568 65/2 [inv]
376-378
Pavan
379/1
Quadran
Pavan
379/2
Quadran
Galliard
380/1
Chi
Passa
380/2
Chi
Passa
380/3
chayng
thy minde
Change
Thy Mind
Richard
Martin
381
My
ladie Richis galliard
Lady
Rich's Galliard/Dowland's Bells
John
Dowland [43]
cf:
Vilnius 21/2, 21/3, 21v/2 and 56v/4
Dowland 1610B 25
Schele 146/2-147/1
Marsh 190
Dd.5.78.3 9/1
Dd.9.33 91v
Pickeringe 18/2
Welde 5/1
Mynshall 8/3
Brahe 25v-26/1
Dlugoraj 147
Thysius 21v/1 and 392v
382/1
Mystris
Norrishis delight
Mistress
Norrish's Delight
?John
Dowland [77]
382/2-383/1
The
Em=perer[e]s Allmayne
The
Emperor's Almain/Alliance Almain
Denss
1594 87/1
383/2
The
droke of parmes Almayne
The
Duke of Parma's Almain
383/3
O
deare lyfe...dg:
O
Dear Life when shall it be
384
An
almayne douland
Sir
John Smith's Almain
John
Dowland [47]
Dowland
1610B 30v/2-31
ML 8v/1
Folger 13v-14/1
2764(2) 10
Ballet 7/1 (?dt)
Schele 148/2 (cnst)
Brahe 16v-17/1
Thysius 503
385
A
pavion by Mr Mathas
Pavan
Mathias
Mason
Pickeringe
14/3
Dd.9.33 22v
Welde 16v-17
386/1
galliard
Alfonsus
Galliard
Alfonso
Ferrabosco /John Dowland/ Francis Cutting/ Robert Hales
Dd.2.11
71v/2
Euing 29
31392 34/2 2764(2) 7/1
Thysius 33
386/2-387
A
galliardholborne
Galliard
Anthony
Holborne
Dd.9.33
66v-67/1
Ballet 6
Dd.2.11 89/2
Dd.5.78.3 19v/1
397/1
frgmt
397/2
Goodnight
John
Johnson
80408/2
85/3-86/1 (dt)
Brogyntyn 7/5 (dt)
Dallis 16/1 (dt)
80Dd.2.11 8v-9/1 and 86/2 (dt)
80Dd.3.18 15v-16 (dt)
80Marsh 26-27, 158-160 and 362-363 (dt)
Willoughby 3v-5 and 5v (dt)
397/3
frgmt
397/4
The
Hunt's Up
398/1
P.A.
398/2
Expectate.
Expectare
Pavan
399
Expect:
Gally.
Expectare
Pavan
400-401
Dordo
Madrigal:
Dormendo un Giorno
Philippe
Verdelot arr.
419/1
the
grownd
P.A.
Galliard
Dd.4.22
2v/1
419/2
P.A.
419/3
Chi
Passa
419/4
duet
ground
419/5
A
grow[nd]
duet
ground
420-422
Galliard
Variations
Dallis
36/1 and 47/2
423-424/1
Bergamasca
Variations
424/2
P.A.
Variations
425
[frgmt]
426/1
nom:t:
In
Nomine
John
Taverner arr. Nicholas Strogers [?]
Dd.9.33
61
Dd.2.11 19/2
Mynshall 10v/1
cf: Mulliner 41v
426/2-428
[inci]pit
[D]ump / Dump philli
Arthur's
Dump
Philip
van Wilder
Marsh
175/2-176
Osborn 9v-10/1
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Psalm:
Where Righteousness, two settings
2764(2)
8v/1
The Lute Page
Julia Craig-McFeely's Thesis
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