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Add MS 27945
- Record Id:
- 032-002019229
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002019229
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x000119
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27945
- Title:
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Transcripts of portions of the "Coventry and Chester Mysteries"
- Scope & Content:
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Transcripts, with collations, of portions of the "Coventry and Chester Mysteries. Copied by George Steevens, Esq., and given by, him to me, Isaac Reed." Consisting of the following pieces:-
1. List of the Chester plays, showing by which company each was performed. Taken from Harley MS 2125, p. 190. f. 2.
2. The proclamation and the "Readinge of the Banes, 1600." From Harley MS 2013. ff. 4, 5.
3. The second pageant of the Chester plays. From Harley MS 2013. f. 10.
4. The third pageant of the same, f. 23.
5. The fifth pageant, f. 32.
6. The seventh pageant, f. 46.
In the seventh pageant is contained music to the ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’. f. 51b. These do not occur in Harley MS 2013, but have been supplied from Harley MS 2124.
7. The tenth pageant, f. 58.
8. The sixteenth pageant, f. 70.
9. The twenty-fourth pageant, f. 76.
10. The prologue of the Coventry mysteries. From Cotton MS Vespasian D. viii. f. 87.
11. The first and second pageants of the same, f. 95.
12. The twelfth pageant, f. 102.
13. The thirteenth pageant, f. 109.
14. The twenty-first pageant. Imperfect. f. 116.
15. The twenty-ninth pageant, f. 118.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002019229", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 27945: Transcripts of portions of the 'Coventry and Chester Mysteries'" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002019229
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002019229
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Small quarto.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Steevens, George, of Add MS 20082
- Subjects:
- Miracle-plays
- Places:
- Chester, Cheshire
Coventry, Warwickshire