Album of English manuscripts; poems, epigrams and letters written between 1450 and 1790 (DS9886) (Q43662)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621181, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862118, mssHM 183)
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Album of English manuscripts; poems, epigrams and letters written between 1450 and 1790 (DS9886)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621181, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862118, mssHM 183)

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    Album of English manuscripts; poems, epigrams and letters written between 1450 and 1790
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    Extent: 1 album (34 leaves containing approximately 65 items) : paper.
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    Title supplied by cataloger.
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    Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/16/2012.
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    Written in England, the three parts respectively in the second half of the fifteenth century, in the first half of the sixteenth, and towards the end of the sixteenth century through the late eighteenth century. The album was assembled by Joseph Haslewood (1769-1833), who in publishing art. 7 in 1808 stated that it was "obtained from the Hawkins library at Nash Court" (Kent); there is no...
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    Part. I (ff. 1-6, 4 and 6 are modern paper interleaves): Layout: 14(+4, 6). 2 columns of 43-55 lines, frame ruled in lead. Written possibly by one person (Hichecoke?), in different scripts and using different inks: i, ff. 1-3va, 5 (arts. 1, 2, 4, 6) in an English secretary script; ii, f. 3vb (art. 5) in a current hybrida; iii, f. 5v (art. 7) in a current hybrida; the added material at the foot...
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    Part II. (ff. 7-10): Layout: 32 lines of verse, with vertical bounding lines produced by folding. Watermark(s): Main, only somewhat similar to Briquet 11369-11388 of northern European manufacture, used ca. 1526-1600. Span folios: 3 leaves mounted singly on modern ff. 7-9. Assigned Date: s. XVI1.
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    Part III. (ff. 11-35). Notes for Confession & honor to the Blessed Sacrament: Layout: 32 lines of verse, with a vertical bounding line in ink to the left of the text. Watermark(s): No watermark. Span folios: 1 leaf mounted on modern f. 11v. Assigned Date: s. XVIex. Script: Secretary.
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    22 July 2024
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    22 July 2024
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