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Madrigals, voices (5), book 2: MU.MS.5

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Madrigals, voices (5), book 2
Delli madrigali spirituali / Di Gio Pietro Luigi Prenestino 1594.

Maker(s)

Composer: Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da,
Binder: Cockerell Bindery

Categories

Description

30 spiritual madrigals in honour of the Virgin.
For unaccompanied solo voices (5).
Caption title.
Manuscript copyist in ink.
Haberl edition: H 29:93-193.
First published in 1594.
Former classmark: 22.F.7.
Provenance: founder's bequest, inscribed "R. Fitzwilliam 1768".
Originally bound in half brown sheep, Dutch-style marbled paper sides (sample preserved). Rebound in brown morocco, marbled paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery, DC6616, February 1981.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (74 leaves, bound) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.5
Primary reference Number: 279032
ALMA control 001: 99530673803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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