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Works. Selections: MU.MS.6

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Works. Selections
Varie composi[zio]ni / Di Gioan[n]i Pierluigi Da Palestrina.
2 messe e mottetti.

Maker(s)

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

Categories

Description

2 messe e mottetti.
Masses and motets.
For unaccompanied mixed voices.
Manuscript copyist in ink.
Paper: 10 staves (195x262mm), watermark: "PM" in circle.
Former classmarks: 22.F.8 [and] X.5.[8?]
Provenance: founder's bequest, inscribed "Fitzwilliam 1793".
Original binding: stiff card sides (preserved). Rebound in quarter leather, marbled paper sides with vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery, ca. 1981.

Notes

History note: Bookplate: 'Fitzwilliam'.

Measurements and weight

1 ms (82 leaves, bound) ; 22 x 29 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Ca. 1750 - Ca. 1759

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.6
Primary reference Number: 279035
ALMA control 001: 99547253803606
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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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