IDENTIFIERS
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id:	276891
accession number:	MU.MS.256

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 1 December 2020
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Arias and sections of operas and oratorios, some incomplete.
Four fascicles of 4 leaves, four folds of 2 leaves, the rest singletons, several related, written in England, 1712-
Includes pages of different sizes, either oblong (ca. 23 x 29 cm) or folio (29 x 24 cm).
Former classmark: 30.H.6.
From the Fitzwilliam collection of Handel autographs acquired in 1799.
Conserved, remounted, and rebound in quarter leather with marbled paper sides in 1978-1979 by the Cockerell Bindery; the 1890's bindings have been retained.
title:	Operas. Selections

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/276891





CATEGORIES
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category: manuscript (music)

DATING
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creation date:	1712 - 1736
creation date earliest:	1712
creation date latest:	1736

CREATORS
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maker: Handel, George Frideric
maker: Cockerell Bindery

DIMENSIONS
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value: 1 ms. score (78 p., bound) ; 29 cm.