Harley 1709

London, British Library, MS Harley 1709: Triplex/Medius partbook comprising 57 paper folios, 265 x 190 mm (‘Medius:. xxiij. antemns in these bokes’ on remains of the original parchment cover). Copied c. 1530, perhaps earlier; provenance unknown. Contains motets by Thomas Ashwell, William Cornysh, Hugh Aston, Robert Fayrfax, Thomas Tallis, John Taverner and others. Has concordances for E19 (ff. 51v-53r), E30 (ff. 22r-24v), E31 (ff. 31r-33), E32 (ff. 20r-21v), E33 (ff. 35r-37r) and, possibly, the lost E38 (see New College fragments).


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