1. Egerton MS 3880
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 3880
- Title:
- Richard Symonds (1617-1660), royalist and antiquary: Commonplace-book, circa 1637-1677, with later additions partly by Sir Richard Gipps (d. 1708), circa 1685-1715. Mainly autograph. Partly Latin, Greek and Italian, and engraved. Several distinct stages are apparent in the compilation of this large and varied collection. It was begun, perhaps circa 1637 (cf. watermark), as a commonplace-book of moral and related topics the heads of which were listed in a prefatory ‘Index Capitum’ (ff. 2-3) a...
- Scope & Content:
- Commonplace Books: Richard Symonds, royalist and antiquary: Sir Richard Gipps, Suffolk antiquary: Entries in commonplace-book formerly bel. to R. Symonds by Sir Richard Gipps: circa 1685-1708: Autograph. Commonplace Books: Richard Symonds, royalist and antiquary: Commonplace-book of Richard Sym...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1632-1715
- Extent:
- 1 item