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Royal MS 18 D II, ff 163r-164r
- Record Id:
- 041-002250002
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001860.0x0000a6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 18 D II, ff 163r-164r
- Title:
- William Cornish, A Treatise between Information and Truth
- Scope & Content:
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William Cornish (or Cornysh, d. 1523), A Treatise between Information and Truth; title: 'In the Fleete maade be me William Cornysshe otherwyse called Nysshewhete, chapelman with the moost famost and noble kyng Henry the viith, his raigne the xixth yere, the moneth of July, a Treatise bitwene Trowth and enformacion'; the poem is also entitled 'A parable betwene enformacion and musike'; rubric 'A. B. of E. how C. for T. was P. in P.', i. e., probably, 'A balade of enformacion how Cornysshe for treason was put in prison'. Nysshewhete is probably a pseudonym formed by transposing the true name and substituting 'whete' for 'corn'. Incipit: 'The knowlege of god passith comparyson, The devill knowith all il thinge consented or done.' Colophon: 'Ne (or Me) nysswhete parabolam.'
The text was first printed in Skelton's Pithy, Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes, in 1568.
Decoration: Calligraphic initials highlighted in yellow.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
Royal Manuscripts Digitisation Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002107554
041-002250002 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 18 D II : John Lydgate, Troy Book and Siege of Thebes, with verses by William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris and others
Royal MS 18 D II, ff 163r-164r : William Cornish, A Treatise between Information and Truth - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1705]/040-002107554[0004]/041-002250002
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 2 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_18_D_II (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1511
- End Date:
- 1527
- Date Range:
- c 1516-1527
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)