Mus. 1154(I)

Manuscript. Unattributed motet 'O crux benedicta', for two voices (soprano, bass) and continuo. Score, copyist unidentifed; English, mid-late 17th century.

Upright format, 320 x 205 mm. Bifolio; foliation is modern. The piece opens on f. 2v and continues on f. 1r, 1v, 2r. Pasted into a modern card folder, and mounted impermanently on a cord within an early 20th-century folder of stiff card and vellum containing all 13 sections of Mus. 1154.

Provenance unknown. Formerly 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.'

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 60.