'The Sadler Partbooks': sacred motets by John Taverner, Robert Whyte, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, etc. — c. 1585; English
MSS. Mus. e. 1-5
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'The Sadler Partbooks': sacred motets by John Taverner, Robert Whyte, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, etc. — c. 1585; English
Shelfmark
MSS. Mus. e. 1-5
Date
c. 1585
Language
English
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Decoration
Good borders.
Good initials.
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Title
Thirty-nine sacred motetts for five voices
Shelfmark
MSS. Mus. e. 1-5
Summary
Thirty-nine sacred motetts for five voices, written in A. D. 1585 by J. Sadler(?).
Date
written in A. D. 1585 by J. Sadler(?)
Language
English
Latin
Physical facet
On paper, with coloured devices, capitals, etc.; binding, brown russia leather with parchment leaves of partly erased late 15th ccnt. sacred music let into the sides, 18th century.
Physical extent
1 box
Custodial history
'This collection cost Stace [?] £21, as I was informed by Caulfield who sold it to him. 1808,' note in MS. Mus. e. 4. Marked 'Bibliotheca Heberiana,' but apparently not sold with the Heber MSS. in the sale of 1836.
Acquisition
Bought from J. E. Cornish, bookseller, on April 27. 1885, for £25.
Subject
Sacred vocal music
Motets
16th century
Composers, English
