Desiderius

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Title

Desiderius, 1589.

Physical Description

1 vol. (204 p.) ; 14 cm. x 10 cm.

Language

English

Notes

Annotation on verso of front flyleaf: "To Mr. R. P."

Annotation on blank p. 1 with several names, including "Barberye Gaile," "John Lasinby," "William Abbay," and "Robert Browne."

Annotation at head of blank p. 3: "Christus qui natus solus mea virgine spes est/ Solus qui natus spes est mea virgine Christus."

Colophon: "Laus deo. September 1 anno 1589."

Binding: contemporary vellum (top cover cut away), remains of one leather tie. Fragment of liturgical manuscript used as binding guard.

In English.

Provenance

Purchased from Arthur Freeman on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 1998.

Summary

Manuscript on paper, in a secretary hand, of an English translation of the Catalan allegorical romance El Deseoso (1515). The manuscript, probably of recusant origin, is untitled and anonymous, as is the "Proeme," which is written in a different hand and precedes the text. ("Grete knowledge is certis a grete shame.")

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

Added to Catalog

June 07, 2010

References

Desiderius. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Cite as

Desiderius. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Subjects

Allegory.

Catalan prose literature.

Catholics > England.