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Motets (1584 : Voices (5)): MU.MS.8

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Motets (1584 : Voices (5))
[Mottetorum cum quinque vocibus, liber quartus. Ex canticis Salomonis / Joannis Petraloysii Praenestini]

Maker(s)

Composer: Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da,

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Description

29 motets for unaccompanied mixed voices (5).
First published by Gardano, Rome, 1584.
Haberl edition: H 4.
Words from the 'Song of Solomon'.
Title from the published edition.
Manuscript copyist in ink.
Paper: 10 staves (192x297mm), watermark: "WR" below fleur de lis in crowned shield; countermark "IV".
Former shelf mark: 22.F.10.
Provenance: founder's bequest. Inscribed "R. Fitzwilliam, 1769".
Binding: quarter brown calf, spine distressed, with Dutch-style marbled paper sides and leather tips. Front cover loose.

Measurements and weight

1 ms (199 p., bound) ; 23 x 34 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.8
Primary reference Number: 279043
ALMA control 001: 99547323803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Friday 15 January 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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