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In his 1970 dissertation on Domenico Scarlatti, Joel Sheveloff identified four major collections of the keyboard sonatas of Scarlatti, two Spanish and two Italian in origin. Since there are no known autograph copies of Scarlatti’s works, the copies that originated in Spain have been accepted as the definitive sources. These are identified by the names of the places where they currently reside, Parma and Venice. Two further sets have also been considered as important sources: one is held in the Diözensanbibliothek, Münster and the other in the Bibliothek der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna; both were owned by the Roman bibliophile Fortunato Santini (1778–1861). Sheveloff identified two major scribes in the Münster manuscripts, the names of whom were unknown. Speculations on the origin of this set have been based on the assumptions that the Münster and Vienna collections were derived from the Parma and Venice sets during the second half of the 18th century. This article identifies one of the scribes as Antonino Reggio (1725–c.1800), described by contemporaries as a ‘man of great intellect, erudite [and] eminent for [his] skill in the art, and learning in the science of sound’. It examines his life and music, and considers the role that he played in compiling part of the Münster set. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]