Mus. 1142b (f. 61)

Manuscript. The inner bifolio of an unidentified motet 'Stillate mellis flumina' for high voice and continuo; the outer bifolio is now Mus. 1147(B). Score; copyist unidentified, presumably Italian, late 17th century.

Formerly a bifolio in oblong format, 305 x 230 mm., but now refolded twice vertically, mounted on a guard, and foliated as if a single sheet. Bound into Mus. 1142b, an early 20th-century guardbook of stiff card and vellum. No early bookplate.

Provenance unknown, but probably from the Aldrich bequest (see below). The partner bifolio, Mus. 1147(B), was first recorded by Hind in Dowding, where it is listed at shelfmark M.4.16 as 'Stillate &c. M.S.'; in Mus. 1147(B) itself, the shelfmark 'M.4. No. 16' is written in ink on f.1r. The outer bifolio was subsequently shelved within the Portfolios at position I.2.δ (the reference 'I.2.δ' is written in red crayon on f. 1r); in Havergal Summary, the contents of that portfolio are described only in summary as '7 Latin motetts; 5 Italian cantatas, & 2 fragments; & 8 Songs & Duets &c: Anon: MS.' It is not known when the inner bifolio became separated.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 38.

For other manuscripts at Christ Church written by this copyist, see the list appended to the entry for Mus. 385. Several of these securely derive from the Aldrich bequest.