Routledge Viola da Gamba Society Index of Manuscripts - Volume II

Volume II of The Viola da Gamba Society Index of Manuscripts Containing Consort Music is an essential scholarly reference documenting manuscripts from significant collections including those associated with John Browne, Philip Falle, Sir Gabriel Roberts, John St Barbe of Broadlands, and the Withy family of Worcester and Oxford. This comprehensive index catalogues late-seventeenth century consort music sources with meticulous detail, providing scholars and researchers with complete inventories of every manuscript. Each entry includes critical information on dating, physical dimensions, binding materials, paper composition, rastra, watermarks, collation sequences, script analysis, inscriptions and provenance records. The volume identifies anonymous works wherever possible, making it an indispensable resource for musicologists, historians and performers studying early modern English instrumental music and manuscript traditions. Published by Routledge, this scholarly work combines rigorous palaeographic analysis with practical research tools for accessing primary sources in viola da gamba and consort music studies.