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Egerton MS 2402
- Record Id:
- 032-001983353
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001983353
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000053.0x000236
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100155069749.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2402
- Title:
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George Cavendish, The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey, and Metrical Visions
- Scope & Content:
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The original autograph manuscript of Cavendish's life of Cardinal Wolsey (ff. 4r–93r), and his Metrical Visions (ff. 94r–149r), begun 4 November, probably in 1556, and completed 24 June 1558. The first leaf of the prologue to the Life is missing.
f. 152r: A pedigree of the Cavendish family, added by a modern hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001983353
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001983353
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100155069749.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1556
- End Date:
- 1558
- Date Range:
- 1556-1558
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 285 x 195 mm.
Foliation: ff. 154 + 15.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Owned by Clement Rossington, of Dronfield in 17/18th century (f. 3v), possibly acquired from the family of William Burton (1575–1645), Leicestershire antiquary.
James Rossington, Clement's son.
Thomas Lloyd, genealogical collector.
Richard Heber (1774–1833), book collector.
Reverend Thomas Corser (1793–1876), book collector.
Purchased by the British Museum at Sotheby's, 13 December 1876 Corser sale), lot 453. Cape's & Co.'s, Manchester, 18 December 1876 (9th part of the Corser sale).
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1876–1881, Volume II (London: Museum Trustees, 1882), pp. 282–83.
George Cavendish, The Life of Cardinal Wolsey and Metrical Visions, ed. Samuel W. Singer, 2 vols (Chiswick: Harding, Triphook and Lepard, 1825).
George Cavendish, The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey, ed. Richard S. Sylvester and Davis P. Harding (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1959).
A.S.G. Edwards, ‘The Author as Scribe: Cavendish's Metrical Visions and MS Egerton 2402’, The Library, 5th Series, 29 (1974), 446–49.
Metrical Visions by George Cavendish, ed. A. S. G. Edwards (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1980).
Two Early Tudor Lives, ed. Richard S. Sylvester and Davis P. Harding (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962), pp. 1–193. A modernized version.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)