Christ Church Library music catalogue: Mus. 1068-71

Mus. 1068-71

Printed. Four partbooks from a set of six, wanting the Tenor and Basso.

Mus. 1068-71
Musica divina di XIX. autori illustri, a IIII. V. VI. et VII. voci, nuovamente raccolta da Pietro Phalesio, et data in luce, nella quale si contengono i più excellenti madrigali che hoggidi si cantino.
Antwerp: Appresso Pietro Phalesio & Giovanni Bellero, 1583
RISM B/I 1583¹⁵
Mus. 1068: Canto; Mus. 1069: Alto; Mus. 1070: Quinto; Mus. 1071: Sesto.

Provenance unknown. The earliest catalogue entry for these partbooks was made by Hind in Archives 1717, and reflects their relocation to shelfmark I21, where they were added to a Basso partbook from an otherwise unrelated 1588 edition of the same title (now Mus. 1072). In Archives 1717 the original entry for item I21 (= Mus. 1072) reads: 'Phallesi's Musica divina' (qualified in Dowding (main hand) as 'Antw. 1588 à 4. 5. 6. 7 voc.'). To this, Hind has added '5 Books', reflecting his addition of Mus. 1068-71.

Oblong format, 220 x 155 mm. Late 16th-century stab-binding of limp vellum. Upper covers annotated with voice-names in an unidentified late 16th-century hand. Bookplate 2 in Mus. 1071 only. 19th-century shelfmarks: I.4.32-5.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 75.
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