31. Egerton MS 3875
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 3875
- Title:
- ROBERT CLARKE (D. 1675), LATIN POET: 'Christiados Libri 18', in Latin hexameters, etc.; circa 1625-1650. Scribal fair copy. The earliest edition of this religious epic appeared at Bruges in 1670 under the title Christiados, sive De Passione Domini, Libri 17, with an approbation by Father Edward Daniel dated 13 June 1650. The present manuscript comprises an earlier state of the text, that in the printed edition being shorter by over three thousand lines and heavily revised throughout. The dis...
- Scope & Content:
- Poetry LATIN: Orders Religious. Carthusians: Robert Clarke, Carthusian and Latin poet: Our Saviour Jesus Christ: R. Clarke: `Christiados Libri 18', in hexameters: circa 1625-1650: Latin: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1625-1650
- Extent:
- 1 item
