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Title

Wight Manuscripts

Shelfmark

MSS. Mus. a. 1, b. 2a-b, b. 4, b. 6-12, c. 1-7, c. 9-14, c. 16-24, c. 26-27, c. 29-30, c. 35-38, d. 1-31, d. 33-48, d. 48*, d. 49-102, d. 113-126, d. 129-139, d. 142, e. 6-16, f. 1-29

Summary

Music manuscripts collected by Rev. Osborne Wight.

Date

16th-18th cent.

Language

Italian

English

Latin

Physical extent

20.46 Linear metres

186 boxes

Acquisition

By his will Wight appears to have left some specified volumes to a Mr Swanton, and to have allowed the Library to select what it desired, both of printed and manuscript matter, from the rest. These 209 manuscripts appear to have thus come in the year 1801.

Subject

16th century

Music

18th century

Music, Italian

Music, English

17th century

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