IIIF manifest
A book of pieces in lute tablature, mostly copied by a single scribe. Owned by Edward Paston and with his name ('Edwardus Paston') on the covers.
GB-Lbl Add. MS 31992
British Library, London, England
Lute intabulations: Seventeenth century, after 1611
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 31992 |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
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| Contents | Contains 189 compositions, 177 from 29 composers, 12 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
i + 99 + ii
Physical Description
8 folios lost, as indicated by gaps in original foliation
Binding
Original brown leather with gold detailing and decoration; 'Edwardus Paston' printed on front & rear cover. Spine has British Library label 'Lute Music' etc
Foliation
original ink foliation 1-104 (beginning with the music) omitting 14-15, 47-49, 52-54; modern pencil foliation 1-99 includes folios with indices. Where the two foliations coincide the modern pencil annotations are generally omitted.
Index
Original index (of the first 95 pieces) on front flyleaves, another 'index cantionum 5 et 6 voc' (nos 96-149) on rear flyleaves
Surface
paper
44v
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