Elizabethan conceit [manuscript], 1602/3 March 8.
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Title
Elizabethan conceit [manuscript], 1602/3 March 8.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Conceit, March 8 1602/03 [Shrove Tuesday]
Description
1 piece of parchment : chiefly col. ill., music ; 535 x 423 mm folded to 330 x 210 mm
Scope and content
Folded into 15 rectangles and so cut as to reveal, when unfolded section by section, 4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads. A different verse accompanies each group and each figure. The 4 groups represent: 1) The judgment of Paris, with Paris kneeling before Juno, Pallas Minerva, and Venus; 2) 'Three lovers true' that committed suicide, with Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) 'Three gallant wights' from the Bible, with David, Judith and Joshua; 4) 'Three creatures sweet and all divine' triumphing over sin, with the Woman Clothed with the Sun from Revelations 12:1, St. Michael the Archangel, and Queen Elizabeth with a line of music for tenor.
Note
The conceit was presumably given as a gift on Shrove Tuesday (March 8, 1602/3).
First lines listed in the Folger index of first lines of poem. First line of verses: As Paris had a goulden ball. First line of song: Singe and reioce [a]ll Christen harts.
In black, brown, gray, orange, purple and red ink and paint.
Originally folded down to 115 x 210 mm.
Facsimile stored with original.
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.
First lines listed in the Folger index of first lines of poem. First line of verses: As Paris had a goulden ball. First line of song: Singe and reioce [a]ll Christen harts.
In black, brown, gray, orange, purple and red ink and paint.
Originally folded down to 115 x 210 mm.
Facsimile stored with original.
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.
Publications about material
King, John N. "The Godly Woman in Elizabethan Icongraphy." Renaissance Quarterly, 38 (1985), p. 41-84.
"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 114-115.
"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 114-115.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 743.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Christie's, March 8, 1978, lot 172.
Exhibited
Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 117)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 117)
Cited/described in
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 106
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Digital Reproduction of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.319
Item Details
Call number
V.b.319
Folger accession
MS Add 743