Mus. 1142b (f. 51)

Manuscript. Part of a Latin ode beginning 'Nunc juvat doctas referare portas', copied by Sampson Estwick, and probably his autograph. English, early 18th century.

Oblong format, 487 x 380 mm. Single sheet, folded twice vertically. Bound into Mus. 1142b, an early 20th-century guardbook of stiff card and vellum. No early bookplate.

Provenance: presumably from either the Aldrich or Goodson bequest. Formerly shelved within the Portfolios at position I.2.ε; the reference 'I.2.ε' is written on f. 51r. In Havergal Summary, it was included under the summary heading of '5 odes in English, 4 in Latin'.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 38.

Other items at Christ Church associated with Sampson Estwick (1656/7-1739) include the following. (This list will be expanded as further information comes to light. To see when it was most recently updated, scroll down to the bottom of this page.)

• Mus. 15: Henry Aldrich autographs, possibly owned by Estwick.
• Mus. 618, f. 51: music by Richard Goodson Jr for an Oxford Act song by Estwick.
• Mus. 619, ff. 20-27, 28-30 and 31-2: music by Estwick for Oxford Act songs.
• Mus. 785 (part): possible copyist of church music by Henry Aldrich.
• Mus. 962-7: late 16th-century printed partbooks, annotated with signatures of Aldrich and Estwick.
• Mus. 991: Alessandro Scarlatti, 'La Teodora augusta', owned by Estwick.
• Mus. 1246: tenor partbook from Christ Church Cathedral, late 17th and early 18th centuries (copied items 4 and 68 only).
• Three copies of a printed sermon by Estwick, 'The usefulness of church-musick. A sermon preach'd at Christ-Church, Novemb. 27. 1696. Upon occasion of the anniversary-meeting of the lovers of musick, on St. Coecilia's Day' (Oxford, 1696). Copies at G.3.5.8(15), G.3.5.10, and WR.4.6(14).