Rare musical manuscripts bound for Capital reunion

A COLLECTION of 16th-century musical manuscripts is to be reunited for the first time in 400 years in the Capital this summer.

The elaborately decorated texts are to go on display next month at Edinburgh University. The eight manuscripts, which are the work of the celebrated Scottish cleric Thomas Wode, are usually housed in four separate cities in Europe and the US.

Manuscripts from Georgetown University in the US, Trinity College in Dublin and the British Library in London will join those held by Edinburgh University and the National Library of Scotland for the exhibition, which runs from August 6 to October 28.