Contents
All of the compositions in the book are sacred vocal music in Latin. According to the index, it initially contained 93 works. However, part of its content was lost and only 64 works have survived, a few of them incomplete. They consist of:
- 54 motets
- 9 Magnificats
- 1 Passion
The following inventory represents the contents as enumerated by the index, with folio numbers for the works that survive.
- 1. f. 1v-4: O Maria salvatoris mater - John Browne (i)
- 2. f. 4v-8: Gaude flore virginali - Hugh Kellyk
- 3. f. 8v-9v: O Maria plena gratiae - Walter Lambe
- 4. f. 10-11: Gaude flore virginali - Richard Davy
- 5. f. 11v-14: Stabat mater dolorosa - ?John Browne (ii)
- 6. f. 14v: O regina caelestis gloriae - Walter Lambe
- 7. f. 15-17: Stabat virgo mater Christi - ?John Browne (i)
- 8. f. 17v-19: Stabat juxta Christi crucem - ?John Browne (i)
- 9. f. 19v-22: O regina mundi clara - ?John Browne (i)
- 10. f. 22v-25: Gaude virgo mater Christi - Sturton
- 11. f. 25v: O virgo prudentissima - Robert Wilkinson
- 12. missing: Gaude flore virginali - Robert Wilkinson
- 13. missing: Salve regina vas mundiciae - Fawkner
- 14. f. 26: Gaude flore virginali - William Cornysh (senior)
- 15. f. 26v-29: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Robert Wilkinson
- 16. f. 29v-30: Salve regina mater misericordiae - William Brygeman
- 17. f. 30v-32: Salve regina mater misericordiae - William Horwood
- 18. f. 32v-34: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Richard Davy
- 19. f. 34v-36: Salve regina mater misericordiae - ?William Cornysh (senior)
- 20. f. 36v-38: Salve regina mater misericordiae - ?John Browne (ii)
- 21. f. 038v-40: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Walter Lambe
- 22. f. 40v-042: Salve regina mater misericordiae - John Sutton
- 23. f. 42v-44: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Robert Hacomplaynt
- 24. f. 44v-46: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Nicholas Huchyn
- 25. f. 46v-48: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Robert Wilkinson
- 26. f. 48v-50: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Robert Fayrfax
- 27. f. 50v-52: Salve regina mater misericordiae - Richard Hygons
- 28. f. 52v-54: Salve regina mater misericordiae - ?John Browne (i)
- 29. f. 54v-56: Salve regina mater misericordiae - John Hampton
- 30. f. 56v-59: O Domine caeli terraeque creator - Richard Davy
- 31. f. 59v-62: Salve Jesu mater vera - Richard Davy
- 32. f. 62v-65: Stabat mater dolorosa - Richard Davy
- 33. f. 65v-68: Virgo templum trinitatis - Richard Davy
- 34. f. 68v-71: In honore summae matris - Richard Davy
- 35. f. 71v-74: O Maria et Elisabeth - Gilbert Banester
- 36. f. 74v-76: Gaude flore virginali - William Horwood
- 37. f. 76v-77v: Gaude virgo mater Christi - William Horwood
- 38. missing: O regina caelestis gloriae - Walter Lambe
- 39. missing: Gaude flore virginali - Walter Lambe
- 40. missing: Virgo gaude gloriosa - Walter Lambe
- 41. missing: Stabat mater dolorosa - Robert Fayrfax
- 42. missing: Ave cuius conceptio - Robert Fayrfax
- 43. missing: Quid cantemus innocentes - Robert Fayrfax
- 44. missing: Gaude flore virginali - John Dunstaple
- 45. missing: Ave lux totius mundi - ?John Browne (i)
- 46. missing: Gaude flore virginali - ?John Browne (i)
- 47. missing: Stabat mater dolorosa - ?William Cornysh (senior)
- 48. f. 78-80: Stabat mater dolorosa - ?William Cornysh (senior)
- 49. f. 80v-82: Gaude virgo salutata - Fawkner
- 50. f. 82v-85: Gaude rosa sine spina - Fawkner
- 51. f. 85v-87: Gaude flore virginali - Edmund Turges
- 52. f. 87v-88: Nesciens mater virgo virum - Walter Lambe
- 53. f. 88v: Salve decus castitatis - Robert Wilkinson
- 54. f. 89: Ascendit Christus hodie - Nicholas Huchyn
- 55. f. 89v-91v: O mater venerabilis - ?John Browne (i)
- 56. missing: Ad te purissima virgo - ?William Cornysh (senior)
- 57. f. 92v-93v: Ave lumen gratiae - Robert Fayrfax
- 58. missing: O virgo virginum praeclara - Walter Lambe
- 59. f. 94-95: Gaude virgo mater Christi - Robert Wilkinson
- 60. f. 95v-97: Stabat virgo mater Christi - ?John Browne (i)
- 61. f. 97v-99: Stella caeli extirpavit que lactavit - Walter Lambe
- 62. f. 99v-101: Ascendit Christus hodie - Walter Lambe
- 63. f. 101v-103: Gaude flore virginali - Walter Lambe
- 64. f. 103v-105: Gaude flore virginali - Edmund Turges
- 65. f. 105v-106: Ave Maria mater Dei - ?William Cornysh (senior)
- 66. f. 106v-108: Gaude virgo mater Christi - ?William Cornysh (senior)
- 67. f. 108v-110v: Gaude virgo salutata - Holynborne
- 68. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Browne (i)
- 69. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Richard Davy
- 70. f. 111: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Nesbet
- 71. f. 111v-113: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - William Horwood
- 72. f. 113v-116: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Hugh Kellyk
- 73. f. 116v-118: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Walter Lambe
- 74. f. 118v: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Browne (i)
- 75. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Robert Fayrfax
- 76. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - William Brygeman
- 77. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Robert Wilkinson
- 78. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Robert Mychelson
- 79. f. 119-119v: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Robert Wilkinson
- 80. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - William Cornysh (Junior)
- 81. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Browne (i)
- 82. f. 120-120v: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Sygar
- 83. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Browne (i)
- 84. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Edmund Turges
- 85. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Edmund Turges
- 86. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Baldwin
- 87. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Sygar
- 88. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - John Baldwin
- 89. missing: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Edmund Turges
- 90. f. 121: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - Richard Davy
- 91. f. 121v-123: Magnificat: Et exultavit spiritus meus - William Stratford
- 92. f. 124-126: Passio Domini - Richard Davy
- 93. f. 126v: Jesus autem transiens - Robert Wilkinson
The composers represented in the manuscript are: John Browne (10 works), Richard Davy (9), Walter Lambe (8), Robert Wilkinson (7), William Cornysh (5), William Horwood (4), Robert Fayrfax (2), John Fawkyner (2), Nicholas Huchyn (2), Hugh Kellyk (2), Edmund Turges (2), Gilbert Banester, Brygeman (1), Robert Hacomplaynt (1), John Hampton (1), Holynborne (1), Richard Hygons (1), Nesbet (1), Edmund Sturton (1), John Sutton (1), Sygar (1) and William Stratford (1).
Other composers as Baldwyn, John Dunstable and Mychelson also appear in the index, but their works were lost.
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