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Harley MS 6660
- Record Id:
- 040-002052509
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002052509
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000935.0x0000b8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6660
- Title:
- Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Revelation in English, dedicated to William Cecil (b. 1520/1521, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, and perhaps given to him on his anniversary or appointment as Lord High Treasurer in 1572.
Contents:
ff. 1r-31r: Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13: entitled: ''The Twelfthe and Thirteenthe Chapiters of the Revelation of St John Expounded: Contaynynge a perfect propheticall Historye of the estate of Christes Church for the space of a Thousand five hundred and fiftie yeares''; preceded by a dedication to William Cecil on f. 1r: ''To the Right Honorable Sir William ceacill Knight Baron of Burleygh, Lord Threasorer of England - Knight of the most Noble order and one of her highness most honorable Pryvye Councell … wyth harty wish of many happie yeares''; and the words ''Praise be to God'' written in French, Hebrew, Spanish, Syriac, Italian, Greek, Latin, and Welsh; ending with: ''To god only and ever bea prays and glory''. The commentary refers to events described in 1549 in the chronicle of Johannes Sleidanus (b. 1506, d. 1556) ''Sleydanes commentaries''.
ff. 31v-32v: ''Annotations''.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002052509", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 6660: Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002052509 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 6660 : Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[6665]/040-002052509
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Greek, Ancient
Hebrew
Italian
Latin
Syriac, Classical
Welsh - Scripts:
- Greek
Hebrew
Latin
Syriac - Start Date:
- 1572
- End Date:
- 1572
- Date Range:
- 1572
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 190 x 150 mm (text space: 160 x 95 mm).
Foliation: ff. 32 (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 3 at the end); white paper leaves pasted on the inside covers.
Script: 16th-century Gothic cursive.
Binding: Pre-Harleian, gold-tooled white limp leather binding with William Cecil''s arms, encircled by the Garter, gold stamped on the outside covers, and laced with blue ribbons on the upper and lower covers.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
William Cecil (b. 1520/1521, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burgley, and Lord High Treasurer: the commentary is dedicated to him (f. 1r), is bound in leather with his heraldic achievement; also see Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 99, where the manuscript''s dedicatee is erroneously identified as Thomas Cecil (b. 1542, d. 1623), 2nd Baron Burleigh, 1st Earl of Exeter, eldest son of William Cecil.
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 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 (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III, p. 383.
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 99.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- England