Iay prys amours, Henry VIII book
Cantus is very close to the Cantus parts of the two pieces in the Odhecaton called "Jay pris amours", but the other parts are different. The Bassus is a the most challenging line to play.
Cantus is very close to the Cantus parts of the two pieces in the Odhecaton called "Jay pris amours", but the other parts are different. The Bassus is a the most challenging line to play.
Fallows in DIAMM facsimile edition suggests signum may indicate repeat of final section.
Simple and pretty.
I don't know what the curly symbol over each note in the second section means. It looks rather like the fermata/corona used at the end of other phrases, only without the dot. But I can't tell from context what that would mean when applied to every note in a phrase.
The repeat structure also isn't clear. My guess is:
(ABCC)x AB
That is, AB is the 'chorus', CC is the 'verse'; repeat as many times as needed for the words, then finish with a final 'chorus'.