theenglishladye: ‘My Ladye Nevells Booke’ is one of the most beautifully written music manuscripts to survive from the late 16th century, and is still preserved in its original ornate binding. It was painstakingly compiled by the Windsor-based scribe John Baldwin, who completed work on it on 11 September 1591. Baldwin seems to have worked under... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...