Music Manuscripts (1600 to 1800) in British and Irish Libraries
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This database holds details of the 17th- and 18th-century music manuscripts preserved in libraries and archives in the UK and Ireland. It includes manuscripts from national, public and academic libraries, county and city record offices, cathedral and chapel libraries and some private collections.
Quick search is a free-text search of the entire database. Advanced search allows you to restrict your search to specific fields, and to search by tune using the incipit search option. After making a search, you can filter your results further using the filter options above your set of results. From the menu on the left, you can also browse the indexes of people, institutions, titles, subjects and library sigla, and view examples of composers' and scribes' handwriting in RISM's image gallery.
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