Eton, Eton College Library, MS 178

Eton Choirbook Facsimile Edition

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The Eton Choirbook is a rare collection of Christian Latin liturgical music to survive the English Reformation. Nearly half the leaves are now lost, as are twenty-nine of its original ninety-three musical compositions. It was compiled around 1500 for use at Eton College, perhaps at the behest of the college’s Provost, Henry Bost. It is an important source of polyphonic music focused on the Virgin Mary, including elaborate settings of the Canticle of Mary (Magnificat), sung at the evening prayer service of Vespers. The painted letters feature foliate designs, singing figures, dragons, and birds.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Eton Choirbook": The Eton Choirbook facsimile edition, published by DIAMM, 2010

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The Eton Choirbook

London: DIAMM, 2010

  • Commentary (English) by Williamson, Magnus
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Eton Choirbook: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

Full color facsimile on heavy matt art paper, complete reproduction of the whole original document. The facsimile is reduced in size compared to the original document (format: 427 x 306 mm).

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Hard bound in buckram or bonded leather.

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