1. Add MS 64060
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 64060
- Title:
- RESTORATION SONGS: anonymous collection of approximately one hundred and three English songs and ballads chiefly of the Restoration period and drawn in part from plays; copied circa 1686-circa 1694. The manuscript falls into two main sections: the first (ff. 1-32) was copied circa 1686-circa 1688 in a single hand, while the second (ff. 33v-48) was transcribed circa 1688-circa 1694 in four distinct hands. In the former the writer most heavily represented is Thomas D'Urfey, with thirty-five pi...
- Scope & Content:
- Poetry ENGLISH: Songs and ballads, chiefly from Restoration plays, etc.,: bef. 1642-circa 1694: Copies, circa 1686-1694. includes: ff. 1-2, 4, 8, 9 John Dryden, poet and dramatist: Songs from plays by John Dryden: 1665-1679: Copies, circa 1686-1694.ff. 2v-3 Thomas Shadwell, poet and dramat...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1686-c 1694
- Extent:
- 1 item