A booke of diveirs devises and sortes of pictures, with the alphabete of letters, deuised and drawne with the pen ... [manuscript], 1585, 1593-1594, 1622 / devised and made by T.F.
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Title
A booke of diveirs devises and sortes of pictures, with the alphabete of letters, deuised and drawne with the pen ... [manuscript], 1585, 1593-1594, 1622 / devised and made by T.F.
Uniform title
Book of diverse devises and sorts of pictures with the alphabete of letters
Variant title
Divers devices
Description
81 leaves : ill. ; 20 x 15 cm
Associated name
Fella, Thomas, -approximately 1639, compiler.
Sparrow, Jane, active 1714, former owner.
Simpson, Philip, former owner.
May, William, active 1860, former owner.
May, Frederick, active 1873, former owner.
Sparrow, Jane, active 1714, former owner.
Simpson, Philip, former owner.
May, William, active 1860, former owner.
May, Frederick, active 1873, former owner.
Scope and content
A collection of emblems, proverbs, poems, including one on the various months of the year, and a scrivener's alphabet compiled by T.F. at Dunwich, Suffolk. Numerous pen and ink illustrations of natural history and country life.
Note
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
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.
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.
Historical background
T.F. was Thomas Fella who may have been a professional scribe.
Publications about material
See "Lively drawings of a Suffolk scrivener," by J.L. Nevinson, an offprint from Country life annual, 1964.
Thomas Fella of Halesworth, Suffolk, draper and writing master : his booke of divers devices and sorts of pictures ([Suffolk] : J.M. Blatchly and M.N. Sanford, 2012)
Thomas Fella of Halesworth, Suffolk, draper and writing master : his booke of divers devices and sorts of pictures ([Suffolk] : J.M. Blatchly and M.N. Sanford, 2012)
Provenance
Jane Sparrow, 1714 -- Philip Simpson -- William May of Gower's Farm, Stisted, Essex, 1860 -- Frederick May, 1873, MS.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1979-1982. Shakespeare, the Globe, and the World, (catalog pp. 38-39). Opening: fols. 54v-55r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997-1998. Housewife's Rich Cabinet. Opening: fols. 46v-47r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Seeing What Shakespeare Means. Opening: fols. 50v-51r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Fooles and Fricassees, (catalog pp. 12, 57). Opening: fols. 30v-31r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2002. The Pen's Excellencie : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, (catalog pp. 98-100). Opening: fols. 54v-55r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print. Opening: fols. 34v-35r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009. To Sleep, Perchance to Dream. Opening: fols. 23v-24r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2012-2013. Very Like a Whale. Opening: fols. 72v-73r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2019. First Chefs. Opening : Open to December.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997-1998. Housewife's Rich Cabinet. Opening: fols. 46v-47r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Seeing What Shakespeare Means. Opening: fols. 50v-51r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Fooles and Fricassees, (catalog pp. 12, 57). Opening: fols. 30v-31r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2002. The Pen's Excellencie : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, (catalog pp. 98-100). Opening: fols. 54v-55r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print. Opening: fols. 34v-35r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009. To Sleep, Perchance to Dream. Opening: fols. 23v-24r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2012-2013. Very Like a Whale. Opening: fols. 72v-73r.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2019. First Chefs. Opening : Open to December.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 2058.1
Item Details
Call number
V.a.311
Folger accession
cs2058