Collection of prose, verse and music [manuscript], ca. 1475-ca. 1600.
R. W. (Robert Wilmot), active 1568-1608. Tancred and Gismund.; Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595. Four fold meditation.; Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837. Censura literaria.; Lloyd, Lodowick, active 1573-1610.; Davy, Robert (Poet); Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.; Huett, Richard (Poet); Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
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Title
Collection of prose, verse and music [manuscript], ca. 1475-ca. 1600.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Collection of miscellaneous pages in prose and verse
Description
viii, 44 leaves : music ; 16 x 22 cm
Associated name
Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595. Four fold meditation.
Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837. Censura literaria.
Lloyd, Lodowick, active 1573-1610.
Davy, Robert (Poet)
Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.
Huett, Richard (Poet)
Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837. Censura literaria.
Lloyd, Lodowick, active 1573-1610.
Davy, Robert (Poet)
Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.
Huett, Richard (Poet)
Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Scope and content
Includes Chronicles of saints and kings of England, 1476; A brief history of England from the beginning of the world; the last portion of the play by Robert Wilmot, Gismond of Salerne, with the sonnets and argument; poems by, among others, Robert Davy, Thomas Churchyard, Richard Huett and Lodowick Lloyd; A four fold meditation by Robert Southwell; and a piece of music following Robert Davy's poem "If thou by byrth beccom of noble kinde". S.E. Brydges notes in this volume that several of the items appear in his Censura literaria.
Note
Interleaved ca. 1809.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
According to Charteris, "Before March 1916, Quaritch removed part of the manuscript material and sold it separately to Sir William Osler; this item is now located at Montreal, McGill University Library, Osler 7588".
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
According to Charteris, "Before March 1916, Quaritch removed part of the manuscript material and sold it separately to Sir William Osler; this item is now located at Montreal, McGill University Library, Osler 7588".
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Provenance
Haslewood -- Phillipps.
Cited/described in
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 9613
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1232.3
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 87
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1232.3
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 87
Includes
R. W. (Robert Wilmot), active 1568-1608. Tancred and Gismund.
Chronicles of saints and kings of England.
Brief history of England from the beginning of the world.
Chronicles of saints and kings of England.
Brief history of England from the beginning of the world.
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.198
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Anthologies.
Poems.
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Musical notation.
Chronicles.
Anthologies.
Poems.
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Musical notation.
Chronicles.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.198
Folger accession
cs1232