Chelys, minuritionum artificio exornata: sive, minuritiones ad basin, etiam ex tempore modulandi ratio. In tres partes distributa. The division-viol, or, The art of playing ex tempore upon a ground. Divided into three parts. Pars I. Chelyos tractandæ præcepta. Pars II. Melthesiæ compenium. Pars III. Minuritiones ad basin aptandi methodus. Part I. Of the viol it self, with instrucions to play upon it. Part II. Vse of the concords, or a compendium of descant. Part III. The method of ordering division to a ground. Authore Christophoro Simpson.

All titles

• Chelys, minuritionum artificio exornata: sive, minuritiones ad basin, etiam ex tempore modulandi ratio. In tres partes distributa. The division-viol, or, The art of playing ex tempore upon a ground. Divided into three parts. Pars I. Chelyos tractandæ præcepta. Pars II. Melthesiæ compenium. Pars III. Minuritiones ad basin aptandi methodus. Part I. Of the viol it self, with instrucions to play upon it. Part II. Vse of the concords, or a compendium of descant. Part III. The method of ordering division to a ground. Authore Christophoro Simpson.
• Division-violist, or, An introduction to the playing upon a ground. Latin & English
• Chelys, minuritionum, &c. The division-viol

People / Organizations

• Christopher Simpson (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by W. Godbid for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, M. DC. LXVII. [1667]

Publication year

1667-1667

ESTC No.

R184175

Grub Street ID

73859

Description

[12], 61, [17] : ill. (woodcut), music, diagrams ; 2⁰

Note

Latin and English in parallel columns.

With a preliminary imprimatur leaf, dated: September 24. 1665.

Running title reads: Chelys, minuritionum, &c. The division-viol.

Another edition of "The division-violist, or An introduction to the playing upon a ground ", first published in 1659.