DIAMM Publications

DIAMM Publications was set up to create facsimile publications of the highest quality without the price markup of conventional publishers. A selection of the manuscripts that have been digitally captured and are available online here have been transformed into facsimile publications of the highest quality. These are new scholarly editions with extensive introductions and commentaries by leading musicologists. The profit margin on our publications is therefore extremely small, and is used only to subsidize future publications. All income is spent on the actual cost of photography, printing and binding. Nothing is spent on marketing, advertising, office management, salaries etc. All these costs are met by private sponsorship or the necessary time is given voluntarily.

This means we're a very small outfit, and we produce very few books. Of the nine publications and one collaborative publication we've produced, three have won the AMS Claude V. Palisca prize (Bologna Q15 (in collaboration with LIM Editrice), The Eton Choirbook and the Ferrell-Vogüé Machaut Manuscript); an enviable record for such a small publisher!

There are plans to publish new facsimiles including the Old Hall Manuscript, the Carver Choirbook, The Sadler Partbooks, The Baldwin Partbooks, The Caius Choirbook, and more. Older publications are now out of print, but a few remaining copies are available from https://www.jackspipesandhammers.co.uk/.