Poetical miscellany and commonplace book of the Smith family [manuscript], compiled ca. 1620-ca. 1665.
Smith family.; Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.; Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.; Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Smith, Thomas, active 1659-1661.; Smith, John, active 1659-1661.; Smith, John, 1659-1726.; Smith, Hugh, 1662-1681.; Smith, Charles, 1663-1717.; Donne, John, 1572-1631.; Basse, William, -approximately 1653.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
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Poetical miscellany and commonplace book of the Smith family [manuscript], compiled ca. 1620-ca. 1665.
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1 v. ; 19 x 14 cm
Associated name
Smith family.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.
Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Smith, Thomas, active 1659-1661.
Smith, John, active 1659-1661.
Smith, John, 1659-1726.
Smith, Hugh, 1662-1681.
Smith, Charles, 1663-1717.
Donne, John, 1572-1631.
Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.
Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Smith, Thomas, active 1659-1661.
Smith, John, active 1659-1661.
Smith, John, 1659-1726.
Smith, Hugh, 1662-1681.
Smith, Charles, 1663-1717.
Donne, John, 1572-1631.
Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Scope and content
Part I: chiefly poems arranged as a commonplace book with headings: Epitaphs Laudatory, Epitaphs Merry & Satirical, Love Sonnets, Panegyrics, Satires, Serious Poems (last one labeled but not used); probably by a student at Oxford. Includes poems by Donne, Raleigh, Corbet, Strode, St. Clive, Henry Wotton, an epitaph on Shakespeare by Basse (leaf 3v) and Shakespeare's epitaphs on Sir Thomas and Sir Edward Standly (leaf 8). (In same hand as copy in Portland MS see William Shakespeare A textual companion, 457.) Part II: Exercise book of declamations, epistles and verse in English and Latin, many by Thomas Smith and a few by John Smith, ca. 1659-1661.
Language Note
In English and Latin.
Note
Part I: 82 leaves (part of top portion of leaf 33 cut out); Part II: 87 leaves.
The index (Part I, leaf 75) is unreliable.
Poems in the Folger index of first lines.
Writing on fore-edge.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
The index (Part I, leaf 75) is unreliable.
Poems in the Folger index of first lines.
Writing on fore-edge.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Provenance
This volume belonged to the Smith (variously Smithe and Smyth) family of Long Aston, Somersetshire. One of the poems in Part I is "On Mr. John Nycholls Vicar of Longashtoun who died ... December 21, 1622" (leaf 10). The brothers John, Hugh and Charles wrote their names in the book between 1674 and 1690. The Thomas and John Smith who appear in Part II may have been cousins from the Smith family of Hough, Cheshire.
Warwick Castle MS.
Warwick Castle MS.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016.Shakespeare, Life of an Icon. January 20th-March 27th, 2016. Opening: F3v.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1.28
Some account of the antiquities, coins, manuscripts, rare books, ancient documents, and other reliques illustrative of the life and works of Shakespeare, 28
Some account of the antiquities, coins, manuscripts, rare books, ancient documents, and other reliques illustrative of the life and works of Shakespeare, 28
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V.a.103
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cs1