ENGLISH LITERATURE: Rotographs of a MS. in the possession of Lt.-Col. Edward George Troyte-Bullock (d. 1942), of Zeals House, Mere, co. Wilts., containing 'The Sodderd Citizen', usually attributed to Shackerley Marmlon, but perhaps in fact by John Clavell, n.d. [? circ. 1633]. Edited from this MS. by J. H. P. Pafford and W. W. Greg for the Malone Society in 1936. Bound in a second, separate volume is the following material:-(1) three leaves of notes on the play by the donor;-(2) rotographs o...
ENGLISH LITERATURE: Rotographs of Oxford, Bodl. Lib., MS. Rawlinson Poet. 9, containing Arthur Wilson's 'The Inconstant Lady', entered at Stationers' Hall, 9 Sept. 1653.
ENGLISH LITERATURE: Rotographs of Oxford, Worcester College, MS. Plays 9. 21, containing James Shirley's 'The Court Secret', published 1653. On this MS. see R. G. Howarth, 'A MS. of James Shirley's Court Secret', Review of English Studies, vii, 1931, pp. 302-313, and viii, 1932, p. 203. Included...
ENGLISH LITERATURE: Rotographs of a manuscript at Welbeck Abbey, containing the anonymous play 'Hengist King of Kent or the Mayor of Quinborough', n.d., with two pages of notes on the play by the donor.
CALLIGRAPHY: Rotographs of Oxford, Bodl. Lib., MS. Rawlinson D. 1006, ff. 1-24b, containing specimens of penmanship by the writing-master, Peter Bales (d. ?1610). Bound in at the beginning of the volume is a typewritten description of the MS. Another copy is MS. Facs. 278.
ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY: Photographs of seventeen letters from John Donne, the poet, 2 Feb. 1602-22 June 1629, together with a letter from Christopher Bruke, 25 Feb. 1601, and a copy of the decree of the Ecclesiastical Court of Canterbury, 27 April 1602, relating to Donne's marriage. The MSS. w...
Rotographs of manuscripts of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', collected by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert for their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales
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Rotographs of manuscripts of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', collected by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert for their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 1940, in which an account of the history of the collection is given in vol. i, pp. 1-9. Presented by the University of Chicago. The MS...
CHAUCER: Rotographs of the 'Clerk's Tale' portion of 12 MSS. of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', as used by Sir William McCormick. The MSS. are:-Add. MSS. 5140, ff. 125b-148; 25718, ff. 63b-79b; and 35286, ff. 89b-108; the Cardigan MS., ff. 92b-1O7; Egerton MSS. 2863, ff. 103b- 115, and 2864, ff. 1...