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Harley MS 837
- Record Id:
- 040-002046666
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046666
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x000157
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 837
- Title:
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Miscellaneous collection of poetry and historical texts
- Scope & Content:
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Folio manuscript volume.
Contents:
- ff. 1*-48v: Extracts from Plutarch's Lives.
- ff. 49-61v: A letter of Mr John Goodwin, Minister in Coleman Street, at the request of a friend, concerning points of religion.
- f. 62: Inscription: 'A Booke of versee', in the hand of the ‘Feathery Scribe’. Above this in pencil: 'Sir J Denham'.
- ff. 63-70v: 'Coopers Hill' A poem by Sir John Denham. First line: ' Sure there are poetts that did never dreame'. In the hand of the ‘Feathery Scribe’.
- ff. 71-73v: 'Newes ffrom Pernassus' [News from Parnassus], A libel on a member of the House of Commons. First line: 'Appollo ffor some private end' [Apollo for some private end]. In the hand of the ‘Feathery Scribe’.
- ff. 74-75: 'Of Jacke and Tom', On Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham's voyage to Spain, by King Charles I. First line: 'Whatt suddayne change hath dark't of late' [What sudden change hath darked of late]. In the hand of the ‘Feathery Scribe’.
- ff. 75v-77v: 'The powtes complaynte' upon draining the fens in Cambridgeshire, Ely and Wisbech. First line: 'Come Brethern of the Water, and let is all Assemle' [Come brethren of the water and let us all assemble]. In the hand of the ‘Feathery Scribe’.
- ff. 77v-78v: 'The Common wealthe off Byrdes' [The Commonwealth of Birds], A Satire [by James Shirley]. First line: 'Listen gallants, to my wordes’. In the hand of the ‘Feathery Scribe’.
- ff. 79-96: 'Of Robert Devereux, Earle of Essex, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham' Some observations by way of parallel, by Sir Henry Wotton.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002046666", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 837: Miscellaneous collection of poetry and historical texts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046666 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 837 : Miscellaneous collection of poetry and historical texts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0837]/040-002046666
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 310 x 200 mm.
Foliation: 1* + 96 folios.
Binding: Post-1600 binding.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
This manuscript previously belonged to Edward Stillingfleet.
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Finding Aids:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume I
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A study of the sources of the Harleian collection of manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 316-318
'Harley MS 837', Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450–1700: http://www.celm-ms.org.uk/repositories/british-library-harley-1.html
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1600-1649
Denham, John, Knight, poet and courtier, 1615?-1669,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008088933X
Goodwin, John, of London, clergyman, 1594?-1665
Shirley, James, poet, 1596?-1666
Wotton, Henry, diplomat and writer, 1568-1639