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Add MS 89485
- Record Id:
- 032-004264966
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004264966
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100150099710.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100174812244.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89485
- Title:
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Leaves from the manuscript of Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott
- Scope & Content:
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Two folios of the autograph manuscript of Kenilworth, numbered 16 and 17 by Scott, with insertions and corrections on the versos. The two folios belong to chapter four of volume II of the manuscript, the greater part of which is found at Egerton MS 1661.
The text begins halfway through chapter four of volume II with the words of Queen Elizabeth: 'and Leicester I beg you once more your hands and Gods death he that refuses shall taste of our Tower-fare ere he see our face again.' It ends with the words: 'He summoned himself hastily together and prepared to play his part in the scene which was like to ensue when as he judged from the glances which the Queen threw towards him Varney’s communication be they what they might'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004264966
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004264966
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100174812244.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1820
- Date Range:
- 1820
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: paper.
Foliation: 2 folios.
- Custodial History:
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From the Honresfield Library, collected by William Law (1836-1901). The collection passed to William Law's brother, Alfred Law, in 1901 and then to their nephew, Sir Alfred Law (1860-1939) in 1913. Owned by the Law family until the sale of the Honresfield Library in 2022.
- Former External References:
- BH4QP
- Former Internal References:
- deposit 11473
- Source of Acquisition:
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From the Honresfield Library, collected by William Law (1836-1901). Purchased for the nation in 2022 by the Friends of the National Library Libraries with the support of the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the National Heritage Memorial Fund, and shared between UK institutions. The British Library was also supported in the fundraising appeal by The American Trust for the British Library and The Bernard H. Breslauer Fund of the American Trust for the British Library, The British Library Collections Trust, The Ardeola Charitable Trust, the Vogel-Denebeim Family and many other individuals. A collection of printed books can also be found in British Library collections and the collection is now known as the Blavatnik Honresfield Library.
- Publications:
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Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth: A Romance, ed. by J. H. Alexander (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993), p. 399
Sir Walter Scott, Introductions and Notes from the Magnum Opus: Ivanhoe to Castle Dangerous, ed. by J. H. Alexander (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012), pp. 737-738
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)