Varia musica — Waltham, Essex. Augustinian abbey of Holy Cross.
| Provenance: | Waltham, Essex. Augustinian abbey of Holy Cross. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Lansdowne 763 |
| Author/Title: | Varia musica |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
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| Notes on evidence: | 'Hunc librum vocitatum Musicam Guidonis scripsit dominus Iohannes Wylde quondam exempti monasterii Sancte Crucis de Waltham precentor. Quem quidem librum ut [? aut, or uel] hunc titulum qui maliciose abstulerit vel deleverit. Anathema sit' (fol. i recto). 'Liber Sancte Crucis de Waltham' (fol. 124r). |
| Date: | s. xv ex. |
| Ownership: | Thomas Tallys (ad fin., s. xvi). ? Thomas Morley. Henry Langley (CMA 2. 6973). Mr. Powle, Master of the Rolls (s. xvii ex.). Lord Chancellor Somers. Sir Joseph Jekyll. James West (d. 1773). |
| Notes: | See Sir John Hawkins, General History of Music (1776) 2. 201. A copy of the MS. given to British Library by Sir J. Hawkins May 10 1778 is now Add. 4912. |