Egerton MS 2458

ff. 2-39. 'Seuiat tellus': 'mottetto' for a treble voice, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes and strings, in score, written by G. F. Hendel (sc. Handel). According to a note on f. 2 in the hand of the Rev. E. Goddard, a later possessor, the MS. formerly belonged to the Colonna family and was probably ordered by them for performance at the church of Madonna di Monte Santo at Rome, on occasion of the festival of Madonna del Carmine. The air, 'O nox dulcis' (f. 19), was subsequently introduced by Handel into his opera 'Ottone,' to the words ' Vieni, figlio' (see flyleaf at beginning).

ff. 40-79b. 'Stabat Mater'; in G minor, for solos and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, and a figured bass for organ, in score, by Baron d'Astorga.

ff. 80-99. 'Nisi Dominus‘: psalm for 5 voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, in score, by Hendel (sc. Handel). Belonged to the Rev. E. Goddard, who appears to have bought it at the sale of the Colonna Library. He declares it (f. 80) to have been written for the festival of Madonna del Carmine. The second part (from f. 88) is in the same hand as the ‘motetto a canto solo‘ at the beginning of the volume.