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Add MS 28717
- Record Id:
- 032-002020139
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002020139
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x000357
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 28717
- Title:
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VERSE compositions of Gloster Ridley, of New College, Oxford, afterwards D.D., in Latin and English, apparently while at college; viz.:-
1. Translations from the Odes of Horace, ff. 2-26, 46-51.
2. "Verses upon Prayer," f. 27.
3. Fables; viz.:-
"The Picture," f. 32. "The two men and Death," f. 33. "The Bear and Monkey," f. 34. "The Pigeons," f. 37. "Jupiter and Minerva," f. 39. "The two Ladies and the magpye," f. 40. "The man, his soil, and Jupiter," f. 41. "The Crab," f. 43. "Misanthropos," f. 44.
4. "The Fruitless Redress. A tragedy;" dated Aug. 6th, 1728. Stated to have been written by Dr. Ridley in common with Thomas Fletcher (afterwards Bishop of Kildare), Dr. Eyre, Mr. Morison, and Mr. Jennens. See Nichols, 'Literary Anecdotes,' vol. l., p. 641. f. 53.
5 "David cum Goliâ singulari certamine congressus;" in heroic verse, f. 109.
6. A letter. to Dr. Ridley from one of his friends, in Latin hexameters, f. 115 b.
7. Stanzas "on a New Piece of the Annunciation drawn by Le Moine, and lately plac'd over ye Altar in Winchester College Chapell," f. 118. Paper; early xviiith cent. Small Quarto.
- Scope & Content:
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Gloater Ridley, of New College, Oxford: Verses and tranalations: 18th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
includes:
- ff. 32-52 Fables: Fables in verse, by G. Ridley: 18th cent.
- f. 53 Jennens: "The Fruitless Redress": a tragedy: 18th cent.
- f. 53 Thomas Fletcher, Bishop of Kildare: The Fruitless Redress : a tragedy: 18th cent.
- f. 53 Dr Eyre: The Fruitless Redress; a tragedy: 18th cent.
- f. 53 Drama: The Fruitless Redress : a tragedy, by G. Ridley and others: 1728.
- f. 118 François Le Moine: Stanzas on his drawing of the Annunciation: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002020139
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002020139
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Eyre, Dr
Fletcher, Thomas, Bishop of Kildare, fl 1745-1761
Jennens, of Add MS 28717
Le Moine, François, painter, 1688-1737,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066307786
Ridley, Gloater, of New College, Oxford