A booke of certeine devoute and godlie praires, selected and gathered togeether, to the use of the devoute and godlye disposed Christian [manuscript], 1564.
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A booke of certeine devoute and godlie praires, selected and gathered togeether, to the use of the devoute and godlye disposed Christian [manuscript], 1564.
Description
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Associated name
Chapman, J. Plumer, former owner.
Willett, Henry, -1905?, former owner.
Briscoe, former owner.
Willett, Henry, -1905?, former owner.
Briscoe, former owner.
Scope and content
Manuscript written in an italic hand with yellow highlights and some decorated initials and margins. Includes 8 collects. Accompanied by a letter from J. Plumer Chapman of Lewes to Henry Willett, February 9, 1903, saying that this manuscript was given him by the late Mr. Briscoe of Chertsey, Surrey, ca. 1869. Also, newspaper cutting relating to the sale of Henry Willet's books and manuscripts, July 6, [1905].
Note
[5], 52, [1] stub, [6] leaves.
Title taken from title page (leaf [4]).
Fragment of a medieval manuscript used in the binding.
List of contents at the back.
Title taken from title page (leaf [4]).
Fragment of a medieval manuscript used in the binding.
List of contents at the back.
Provenance
Formerly MS Add 884.
I.B. stamped on covers and on simulated bookplate facing leaf 1. Briscoe - J.Plumer Chapman - Willett MS.
I.B. stamped on covers and on simulated bookplate facing leaf 1. Briscoe - J.Plumer Chapman - Willett MS.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Pickering and Chatto in 1985 (658: 40).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1990-1991. Five Years of Acquisitions (catalog p. 18)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 117)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 117)
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V.a.482
Folger accession
MS Add 884