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Roman Catholic devotional poetry
Title
Roman Catholic devotional poetry, [circa 1580-1600].
Physical Description
1 v. (216 p.) ; 15 cm. x 10 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Volume may be the surviving second volume of a set covering the complete church year.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Richard Hatchwell on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 1993.
Summary
Manuscript on paper in a neat bookhand of 57 devotional poems written in celebration of the feasts of the Roman Catholic Church from Trinity Sunday to the close of the Time after Pentecost. The volume opens with a 13 stanza poem, "For Trinitie Sunday," followed by a 12 stanza poem, "Of the Blessed Sacrament." Thereafter the poems cover feasts and saints' days from St. Barnaby's Day (June 11) to St. Catherine's Day (November 25); there are several feasts represented by two poems.
The verses are in a variety of stanza forms. Stanzas are numbered, and each poem is headed by a title within rules and closes with "Amen."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 07, 2010
References
Roman Catholic Devotional Poetry. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Roman Catholic Devotional Poetry. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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