Mary Tudor's Music Book

Summary

Standardized title	Mary Tudor's Music Book
Title on source	K. Hen. 7 / Mvsick.
RISM ID No.	1000002129

Library information

Library siglum	GB-Cmc Pepys MS 1760

Material description

Type	Manuscript copy
Publishing, Printing and Production Information	French royal court, 1514
Format, extent	parts
Other physical details	parchment; 11 quaternions
Dimensions	222 x 147
General note	Recent literature concludes this book was commissioned by Louis XII of France as a gift to his second wife Mary Tudor in 1514 (Brobeck 2016; Robinson 2015); decorated most likely in Tours in the workshop of Jean Bourdichon (Litterick 1976; Robinson 2015; Brobeck 2016); possibly planned by Louis XII’s chapelmaster Hilaire Bernonneau (d. 1524) (Brobeck 2016); dated to 1514 (Brobeck 2016; Robinson 2015).

Further information

Description summary	57 items: 3 canons, 27 motets, 26 French secular pieces, 1 Italian secular piece

References

Bibliographic reference	Brobeck 2016
	Robinson 2015

Index terms

Name	Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703) [Former owner]
	Seymour, Anne (-1587) [Former owner] [Ascertained]
	Henry Tudor (1491-1547) [Former owner] [Ascertained]
	Mary Tudor (1496-1533) [Former owner] [Conjectural]
	Bourdichon, Jean (1457-1521) [Illustrator] [Ascertained]

Related resources

External resource	Images (DIAMM)
	PRoMS description

Related Titles

Items in this source	1000002128 Jo. Bortel: Ave Maria gratia plena - 4vv
	1000002130 Antoine de Fevin: Quae est ista que ascendit - 3vv
	1000002131 Mathieu (?Johannes) Gascongne: Ista est speciosa inter filias Jerusalem - 12vv

Initial entry	1000002128 Jo. Bortel: Ave Maria gratia plena - 4vv