| Description | Tenor part-book arranged in tête-bêche binding, containing services and, reversing the volume, anthems. Intended as a Service Book; contains fragments of formerly independent smaller books of c. 1688-1691, brought together and edited, with additions and deletions, after 1700; rebound once again under the direction of William Raylton; Anthem side begun by Raylton before 13 September 1739
Service side jumps from p. 19-22. Extra leaf between p. 107 and 108
Robert Ford suggests the principal copyists were George Rogers, John Knott, Daniel Henstridge, Michael Daniel Banfield, Adam Williamson, William Raylton and Samuel Porter.
A copy of Robert Ford’s printed catalogue is available to consult in the reading room. A detailed contents listing is available online via the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) database. |