[Heath and Verney papers, vol. XXV]
Published: 1501
Place of publication: Between 1501 and 1730
Language: eng
Format: microform :
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: English Songs
Other titles: In willdernys ther find I Bes.
Notes: "161 paper folios, of widely varying sizes, now mounted on modern paper sheets, ca. 450 x 330 [mm.]. Modern foliation, 1-161. New covers of red leather on cardboard. ... Ff. 1-2 are actually a single bifolio, 354 x 255 [mm.], folded in half to forn 2 folios, 255 x 177 [mm.]. Only piece of music, "In willdernys ther fond I Bes" (also in LonBL 5665) in on f. 2v, roughly copied, in quasi-score format.

"Early 16th century? (music); other contents date from 1501 to 1730. Copied in England. Bifolio containing music later owned by the lawyer and judge Sir Robert Heath (1575-1649); evetually included in collected papers of Heath and Verney families acquired by the British Museum in 1917."--Census catalogue, II, 87-88.

Census catalogue of manuscript sources of polyphonic music 1400-1550, II, 87-88 (LonBLE 3002).