Discours de la Foy, copied by Esther Inglis (DS9957) (Q43875)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621892, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862189, mssHM 26068)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Discours de la Foy, copied by Esther Inglis (DS9957) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621892, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862189, mssHM 26068) |
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Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624
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Ellys, Richard, Sir, approximately 1674-1742
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Gifford, Andrew, 1700-1784
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Bristol Baptist College
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1591
16. century
17. century
1590
1610
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Extent: ff. 52 : paper ; 151 x 100 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Discours de la Foy copied (but possibly not written?) by the calligrapher Esther Inglis in Edinburgh, 1591, for Queen Elizabeth. Discours de la Foy in 40 6-line stanzas; possibly not complete as the advertissement (f. 50v) mentions "certain nombre de vers, les uns en Anglois, les autres en françois," and there are now none in English.
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Span folios: ff. 1-52 (f. 52 pasted to f. 51). Support: Paper. Watermark(s): Grapes, Heawood 2153, Antwerp 1598, and a Crown atop an unidentifiable device, hidden in the gutter on f. i only. Layout: Collation beginning with f. ii: 12 24 34(replacement leaf attached to stub of original 3rd leaf) 42 5-124 136 142(+ a leaf pasted to 2nd leaf). Catchwords in the inside lower margin on the verso of...
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Decoration: 2-line initials in black, most with flourishing, begin stanzas.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/20/2012.
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Belonged to Sir Richard Ellys, whose library was described in the transactions of the Gentlemen's Society at Spalding, 24 June 1742 (unpublished). Given by his niece, Mrs. Lloyd of Wympole Street, to Sir Richard's chaplain, Andrew Gifford, who noted the circumstances on f. ii verso; his armorial bookplate on the front pastedown with a pressmark added in ink, "B.d.1." Bequeathed by Gifford with...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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