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Notes for possible new entry:

William of Newark* (d.1509)

Also spelled as Newarke or Newerk.

Tudor-era musician and composer

From 1477 to 1509, a Gentleman of the King's Chapell.

Works References

Cite:

Fayrfax Boke, a/k/a the Fairfax Manuscript (British Museum, Additional MS. 5465)

http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Fayrfax_Book

www.hoasm.org (early music database) Retrieved [date].

Perhaps use "Lindisfarne Gospels" as a template:

"The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library [ID#]) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book produced around the year 700 AD in a monastery off the coast of Northumberland at Lindisfarne and which is now on display in the British Library in London. The manuscript is one of the finest works in the unique style of Hiberno-Saxon or Insular art, combining Mediterranean, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic elements.

"The Lindisfarne Gospels are presumed to be the work of a monk named Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721. Current scholarship indicates a date around 715, and it is believed they were produced in honour of St. Cuthbert. However, it is also possible that Eadfrith produced them prior to 698, in order to commemorate the elevation of Cuthbert's relics in that year, which is also thought to have been the occasion for which the St Cuthbert Gospel (also British Library) was produced. The Gospels are richly illustrated in the insular style and were originally encased in a fine leather binding covered with jewels and metals made by Billfrith the Anchorite in the 8th century. During the Viking raids on Lindisfarne this jewelled cover was lost and a replacement was made in 1852. The text is written in insular script.

"The Gospels may have been taken from Durham Cathedral during the Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by Henry VIII and were acquired in the early 17th century by Sir Robert Cotton from Thomas Walker, Clerk of the Parliaments. Cotton's library came to the British Museum in the 18th century and went to the British Library in London when this was separated from the British Museum.

"The Lindisfarne Gospels is the best documented and most complete Insular manuscript of the period. The Lindisfarne Gospels have been a subject of study for generations of scholars and art lovers. The origin and reason for producing the manuscript are given in a colophon provided by the tenth century priest, Aldred..."

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English composers Renaissance composers