Isles, Lowe, Merro, Withy: 448 Pieces, 1640
Collection
448 Pieces
GB-Ob , MS. Mus. Sch. D.245-247
Contains
Original Title: [without title]
Material:
  • Source type
    Source type: Manuscript copy
    Content type: Notated music
    Date
    1640-1660 (17.me)
    Material
    Format, extent: 3 parts: 298p., 292p., 103f.
    Dimensions: 22 x 17 cm
    Watermark description
    [coat of arms]
    Copyist: [Verified]
    Copyist: [Conjectural]
Shelfmark (olim): MS CX 3 vols [Hake], B4. 1-3
Former owner: [Verified]
Provenance note: Isles, William
Other: [Ascertained]
Notes: According to AshbeeV 2001, the instrumental music was copied by John Merro of Gloucester. The last group of 25 airs is in another hand, perhaps that of John Withy.
Watermark from AshbeeV 2001.
D.246, p.iii: "1673"
D.245, p.ii in hand of Edward Lowe and similar note in D.246 and D.247: "Mr William Isles sent these ten | Bookes to Dr Fell Deane of Ch: ch | in Oxford for ye use of ye publicke Musicke | Scoole wherof 5 of them are of one sort | & 5 of another, they are markt with | ye 10 first figures at the topp of this page | that soe it may bee discovered which is | wantinge"
D.245, 246 and 247 are numbered 9, 8 and 10 respectively. Number 7 is now MS Mus. Sch. F.575.
Numbering refers to Margaret Crum's revised catalogue manuscript, held at GB-Ob.
According to AshbeeV 2001, on D.245, p.287: "John Merro | his booke"
Bibliographic reference: vol.1, p.139-166 p.16
Library (siglum) shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. D.245-247
RISM ID no.: 800271631
Last update: March 21, 2023