Life of Cardinal Wolsey (DS9885) (Q43659)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b1862117x, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862117, mssHM 182)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Life of Cardinal Wolsey (DS9885) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b1862117x, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862117, mssHM 182) |
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Cavendish, George, 1500-1561
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Perry, Marsden J. 1850-1935
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between 1590 and 1610
16. century
17. century
1590
1610
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Extent: ff. 126 : paper ; 178 x 281 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Sometimes erroneously attributed to William Cavendish, 1508-1557, but it was his elder brother George who was Cardinal Wolsey's gentleman usher and later biographer.
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Support: Paper.
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Script: Secretary.
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Layout: 112(complete, even though text begins defectively) 2-1012 116. Catchwords in the right lower margin of the recto and verso of each leaf.
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Watermark(s): A pot and a scroll-shield emblazoned with a shepherd's crook and a powder horn; neither watermark in Briquet or in Heawood.
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Finding notes in the margins in the hand of the scribe.
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Assigned Date: s. XVI/XVII.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/16/2012.
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The first owner may have been Henry Farley, whose name is stamped on the covers, possibly to be identified with the Henry Farley listed in the British Library catalogue of printed books with 3 titles pertaining to St. Paul's, 1616-22; see W. Dugdale, The History of St. Paul's Cathedral in London (London 1658) p. 134 for a reference to Henry Farley engaged in raising funds to repair the church...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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