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Language English Name Holcroft, Thomas, Deputy-Server Royal; Ambassador to Scotland, 1505-1558 Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 58435

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Add MS 58435
Title:
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, autograph poems
Scope & Content:
Autograph collection of poetry by Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and poet (1563-1626). Inscribed ‘For the Countess of Pembroke’, i.e. the poet’s sister Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, writer and literary patron (1561-1621). ff. i-ii W. Blott: letter to H.J. Cooke, ag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1590-1600
Extent:
1 volume

2. Egerton MS 3879

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3879
Title:
Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke: The Psalms of David translated into English verse; circa 1584-1599. Copy, circa but before 23 April 1632. Psalms 1-43 had been translated in the 1580s by Sidney (d. 1586), possibly in collaboration with his sister Mary (d. 1621), 3rd wife of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, who continued the work up to Psalm 150 by circa 1599. The complete text was first printed in 1823 by Samuel Weller Singer in an edition based on the Penshur...
Scope & Content:
Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, statesman and poet: Psalms: Mary Herbert, neé Sidney, wife of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke: Verse-translation of the Psalms: 1632: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 23 Apr 1632
Extent:
1 item