Mus. 689

Manuscript. 'Violone' part for [Giovanni Battista Bassani], motet 'Ave, verax honor', copied by James Talbot. English, late 17th century. For the matching vocal score of this work, and details of other performing parts for motets by Bassani also copied by Talbot, see the entry for Mus. 763.

Upright format, 330 x 212 mm. Bifolio, pasted to a guard and mounted impermanently on a cord within an early 20th-century folder of red cloth and leather over boards. The heading 'I' at the start of the music refers to this motet's position within the vocal short score, Mus. 763. No early bookplate. 19th-century shelfmark: K.2.61.

Provenance uncertain, but most likely from the Aldrich bequest. Possibly formerly enclosed within Mus. 690.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 49.

For a list of other music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by James Talbot, see the entry for Mus. 1152.