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William Camden commonplace book
Creator
Title
William Camden commonplace book.
Created
England, [ca. 1600]
Physical Description
ff. 8 + 17 + 144 + 58 : paper ; 114 x 160 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Watermarks: unidentified design, Part I; Briquet Lion 10555 and similar to Briquet Pot 12736, Part II; unidentified grapes and Briquet Lion 10555, Parts III, IV.
Script: Written primarily by William Camden in several styles of cursive.
Edges of some leaves crumbled and torn, with loss of text.
Binding: Date? Broken limp vellum case.
In English and Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 13160). Purchased in 1967 from C. A. Stonehill with the Albert H. Childs Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of a collection of material copied primarily by William Camden, antiquary and historian (1551-1623), from documents, 14th-16th centuries, that were in the Tower of London and in the College of Arms. Some selections are from official records, others are from private papers that were deposited in the Office of Arms. The manuscript is composed of four parts, the first two of which are laid in.
Publications
W. H. Dunham, Jr., "William Camden's Commonplace Book," Gazette 43 (1969) pp. 139-56. Idem, "'The Books of the Parliament' and 'The Old Record', 1396-1504," Speculum 51 (1976) pp. 694-712.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 02, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 370.
William Camden's Commonplace Book. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
William Camden's Commonplace Book. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Commonplace books - England - 17th century.
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