Bonhams 1793 : MUSIC AND SCHOLARSHIP. Manuscript of Gregorian chant, together with a disbound manuscript of sacred verse settings and a manuscript of "De Concordia Historiae Sacrae et Prophanae" by Father Lazzari

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19 Feb 2013 10:30 GMT Oxford
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MUSIC AND SCHOLARSHIP

Manuscript of Gregorian chant notated in neumes, together with a disbound manuscript of sacred verse settings by Giovanni Rovetta, Felice Sances, Agostino Facho and others; plus a manuscript of "De Concordia Historiae Sacrae et Prophanae" by Father Lazzari, the first two disbound, the latter some 300 pages, written in a late eighteenth century hand, half vellum marbled boards, dust-stained, 4to

Sold for £750 inc. premium

Footnotes

The "Concordia" has a note of provenance under the title signed by L.M. Rezzi, collector and sometime librarian of the Barberini and Corsini libraries in Rome, stating that this imperfect work derives from the library of Pius VII, who obtained it from Cardinal Zelada, at whose residence the author lived and died, and that, being imperfect, it was left to Rezzi by the Pope, through his librarian.

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