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Harley MS 885
- Record Id:
- 040-002046714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046714
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x000187
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 885
- Title:
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Two drafts of a treatise by John Cusacke
- Scope & Content:
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Folio manuscript volume, containing two drafts of a treatise on royal power and heraldry by John Cusacke.
Contents:
- ff. 2-45v: First copy of the treatise, here titled 'A Royall Presente; By way of Apology for the Defense of a Royall Emprese intiteled Aurea Periscellis which was presented unto his Majestie in January 1638 [1639?]'.
- ff. 46-155: Second copy of the treatise, here titled 'A Display of Honor, or The Glory of Majestie, or The Proppe of Monarchie, By Way of Apology for the defense of a Royall Emprese intiteled Aurea Periscellis which was presented unto his Majestie in January 1638 [1639?]'.
For the petition sent from John Cusacke to King Charles for a room in Whitehall in which to display his impreses, see Harley MS 1038, f. 88v.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002046714", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 885: Two drafts of a treatise by John Cusacke" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046714 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 885 : Two drafts of a treatise by John Cusacke - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0885]/040-002046714
- 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:
- 1633
- End Date:
- 1643
- Date Range:
- c 1638
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 320 x 195 mm.
Foliation: 155 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
- Publications:
- Peck, Linda Levy. “Beyond the Pale: John Cusacke and the Language of Abolutism in Early Stuart Britain.” The Historical Journal (vol. 41, no. 1, 1998), pp. 121–149
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cusacke, John, solicitor, fl 1615-1647