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Harley MS 393

Record Id:
041-003440837
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-002046221
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100075467297.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 393
Title:
Poetry miscellany
Scope & Content:

Quarto manuscript in a single fair hand, containing a miscellaneous collection of poetry.

Contents:

  • ff. 1-4: 'A Pastorall Dialogue Betweene Corridon [Corydon] and Thyrsis occasioned by the Thirtieth of January 1648 [1649?]'. First line: 'Corydon: Deare Thyrsis thy Corydon'.
  • ff. 5-6: 'On two Incomparable Valentines'. First line: 'That I might not wander farre'.
  • ff. 7-8: 'To Clorinda in her unwonted Dresse surprised'. First line: 'Prithee Clorinda shut thine Eyes'.
  • ff. 9-10: 'On the Death of ye Princesse Elizabeth in Carisbrooke Castle'. First line: 'They who lament thy Death, Now thou art gone'.
  • ff. 11-11v: To the incomparable Gratiana Playing on the lute'. First line: 'Sure there's Divinity in Sound'. At the end of this poem is inscribed the initials 'J.F.'.
  • ff. 12--14: 'A Satir against Satires'. First line: 'It is the common practice of these times'.
  • ff. 15-16v: 'Pim [Pym]'s Junto'. First line: 'Truth I could chide you Friends: why how so late?'.

This manuscript is bound with Harley MS 4659 and Harley MS 6907.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
040-002046221
041-003440837
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 393, 4659 and 6907 : Three poetic manuscripts

 

Harley MS 393 : Poetry miscellany
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[0392]/040-002046221[0001]/041-003440837
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
Item
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1650
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 245 x 175 mm.

Foliation: 16 folios.

Custodial History:

Provenance:

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:
A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume I
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)