Royal 8 G. vii

Royal 8 G. vii is a manuscript now housed in the British Library, which contains four-voice music largely by French composers. Although the entire contents lack ascriptions to the relevant composers, many conjectural ascriptions can be supported e.g. by the presence of the work in question in another manuscript. Despite this, a large number of the contents still lack ascriptions and are, as yet, anonymous.

The manuscript seems to have come from the workshop of Alamire, and scholars have identified the manuscript as being partly by "Scribe C" (as labelled in Grove). The manuscript is said to have been put together in the years 1513-25.

Publication date and place: 1513 -1525. – Manuscript

Contents

In the table below, the following key may be used to identify the composers: • ?Name - The ascription is present, but for some reason doubted; • [Name] - The ascription is not present but can be confirmed, e.g. via a connection with another source; ?[Name] - The ascription is not present and even the likeliest composer in question doubted

No.	Title	Composer	Voices	Comments
1	Honi soit qui mal y pense	MorelMorel	9	A canon 9 in 2 on the motto of the Order of the Garter, inserted into the book at a later date.
2	Celeste beneficium	[Mouton, JeanJean Mouton]	4
3	Adiutorium nostrum	[De Févin, AntoineAntoine de Févin]	4	Ascribed to Févin in GB-Cmc 1760 and elsewhere as the 2nd part of Mouton’s Celeste beneficium and perhaps by him
4	Nesciens mater virgo virum	(AnonymousAnonymous)	4
5	Ave Regina caelorum	[De La Rue, PierrePierre de La Rue]	4	Also known as Ave apertor caelorum
6	Descendi in ortum meum	?[Des Prez, JosquinJosquin des Prez]	4	Perhaps by Jean Lebrun
7	Sancta trinitas unus Deus	[De Févin, AntoineAntoine de Févin]	4	Attributed in the large number of other manuscripts to Craen, Morales, Mouton, Costanzo Festa and Josquin; several contain a 6vv arrangement by Arnold von Bruck; the sources for the Févin ascription leave no possible doubt that it is by him.
8	Vexilla Regis prodeunt	[De La Rue, PierrePierre de La Rue]	4
9	Fama malum	[Des Prez, JosquinJosquin des Prez]	4	Text from Aeneid IV.174–7
10	Doleo super te, frater mi Jonatha	[De La Rue, PierrePierre de La Rue]	4	4th part of Considera Israel
11	O Domine Iesu Christe	(AnonymousAnonymous)	4
12	Maxsimilla, Christo amabilis	AnonymousAnonymous	4
13	Sancta Maria succurre miseris	[Strus, FranciscusFranciscus Strus]	4
14	Sancta et immaculata	AnonymousAnonymous	4
15	Missus est Gabriel archangelus	[Des Prez, JosquinJosquin des Prez]	4
16	Dulcissima Virgo Maria	AnonymousAnonymous	4
17	Tota pulchra es (MS Royal 8.g.vii)	AnonymousAnonymous	4
18	O sancta Maria	AnonymousAnonymous	4
19	Verbum bonum et suave	[De Thérache, PierrequinPierrequin de Thérache]	4
20	Recordamini	AnonymousAnonymous	4
21	O beatissime Domine	AnonymousAnonymous	4
22	Ave sanctissima Maria	AnonymousAnonymous	4
23	Ecce Maria genuit	[Mouton, JeanJean Mouton]	4	The first of two four-part settings
24	Congratulamini omnes	AnonymousAnonymous	4	Perhaps by Jean Lebrun
25	Egregie Christi martir	[De Févin, AntoineAntoine de Févin]	4	Also attributed to Mouton
26	Alma redemptoris mater	AnonymousAnonymous	4
27	Dulces exuviae	AnonymousAnonymous	4	Text from Aeneid IV.651–4
28	Dulces exuviae	?[Agricola, AlexanderAlexander Agricola]	4	Text from Aeneid IV.651–4
29	Dulces exuviae	[Des Prez, JosquinJosquin des Prez]	4	Text from Aeneid IV.651–4. The uppermost voice of the motet is also that of Mouton’s motet on the same text
30	Dulces exuviae	[Mouton, JeanJean Mouton]	4	Text from Aeneid IV.651–4
31	Dulces exuviae	[Ghiselin, JohannesJohannes Ghiselin]	4	Text from Aeneid IV.651–4
32	Absalon, fili mi	?[Des Prez, JosquinJosquin des Prez]	4	Also attributed to Pierre de La Rue
33	Jesus autem transiens	AnonymousAnonymous	4
34	Anima mea liquefacta est	[Isaac, HeinrichHeinrich Isaac]	4
35	Tribulatio et angustia	[Verdelot, PhilippePhilippe Verdelot]	4	Also attributed to Josquin

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Absalon, fili mi	Josquin des Prez	32	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB, ATTB, TBBB
Adiutorium nostrum	Antoine de Févin	3	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Alma redemptoris mater (Royal 8.g.vii)	Anonymous	26	Sacred	Antiphons	4	AAAB
Anima mea liquefacta est	Heinrich Isaac	34	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB, ATTB
Ave Regina caelorum	Pierre de la Rue	5	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Ave sanctissima Maria	Anonymous	22	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Celeste beneficium	Jean Mouton	2	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Considera Israel	Pierre de la Rue	10	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Descendi in ortum meum	Josquin des Prez	6	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Dulces exuviae	Alexander Agricola	28	Secular	Motets	4	SATB
Dulces exuviae	Anonymous	27	Secular	Laments	4	ATTB,ATBB
Dulces exuviae	Jean Mouton	30	Secular	Madrigals	4	SAAB
Dulces exuviae	Johannes Ghiselin	31	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Dulces exuviae	Josquin des Prez	29	Secular	Odes	4	SATB, ATTB
Dulcissima Virgo Maria	Anonymous	16	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB,SATB
Ecce Maria genuit	Jean Mouton	23	Sacred	Motets	4	STTB
Egregie Christi martir	Antoine de Févin	25	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Fama malum	Josquin des Prez	9	Secular	Motets	4	SATB
Honi soit qui mal y pense	Morel	1	Secular	Canons	9	AAAAAABBB
Jesus autem transiens	Anonymous	33	Sacred	Motets	4	ATBB
Maxsimilla, Christo amabilis	Anonymous	12	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Missus est Gabriel archangelus	Josquin des Prez	15	Sacred	Motets	4	STTB
O Domine Iesu Christe	Anonymous	11	Sacred	Motets	4	STTB
O sancta Maria	Anonymous	18	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Recordamini	Anonymous	20	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Sancta Maria succurre miseris	Franciscus Strus	13	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Sancta et immaculata	Anonymous	14	Sacred	Motets	4	STTB
Sancta trinitas unus Deus	Antoine de Févin	7	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Tota pulchra es (MS Royal 8.g.vii)	Anonymous	17	Sacred	Motets	4	STTB,ATBB
Tribulatio et angustia	Philippe Verdelot	35	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Verbum bonum et suave	Pierrequin de Thérache	19	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB
Vexilla Regis - Passio Domini	Pierre de la Rue	8	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB

External links

• View images of the manuscript at The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music