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Commonplace book in English and Latin
Title
Commonplace book in English and Latin.
Created
[England], [ca. 1585-1591]
Physical Description
14 leaves : paper
Language
English; Latin
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Autograph of Henry Lilly ("Henry Lylly") on f1r.
Script: most entries in secretary script.
Binding: modern paper wrapper.
Accompanied by a partial transcript.
In English and Latin.
Provenance
Ex libris Henry Lilly. Purchased from Byass Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2013.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript commonplace book, on paper, in a single unidentified hand, containing entries in English and Latin. Written starting at both ends, one end starts with several leaves containing notes and English subject headings followed by related Latin verses and epigrams, probably mnemonic exercises in rhetoric. The other end contains notes and three pages of extracts from an unidentified edition of "The goodli history of the moste noble and beautyfull Ladye Lucres of Scene in Tuskane;" followed by short notes in English and Latin, some pertaining to debts; and, in a second hand, a draft of a letter of advice to a friend in English. Where the two parts meet, there is a set of doodles, including a crown and an unidentified crest.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 18, 2018
References
Commonplace Book in English and Latin. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Commonplace Book in English and Latin. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Commonplace books - Great Britain - 16th century.
Manuscripts, Renaissance - England - 16th century.
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