1. Add MS 38813
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 38813
- Title:
- COPIES of Ballads, chiefly in the hand of John Payne Collier. A few (ff. 1-12 b) are taken from MSS. (the first four are printed in Halliwell's Wit and Science, Shakespeare Soc., 1848), three (ff. 13-16 b) from oral sources, and the majority from printed materials of the 16th and l7th centt. Collier himself printed ff. 17-35 b in A Book of Roxburghe Ballads (1847) and ff. 39-40 in Twenty-five old Ballads (1869). "The Dutchesse of Suffolkes Calamitie" (f. 48) is printed in his edition of Stra...
- Scope & Content:
- Poetry: Ballads, 16th-19th centt. Copies, mostly by J. Payne Collier: 19th cent. John Payne Collier: Copies of ballads made by: 19th cent. includes: f. 115 Sir Frederic Madden, KH; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Notes of ballads in the Pepys collection from a catalogue by: 19th cent. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Extent:
- 1 item