Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 5017
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS18267
- Shelfmark:
- VAULT Case MS 5017
- Title:
- Book of magical charms
- Ashley, Robert, 1565-1641
- Place:
- London
- Date:
- approximately 1612.
- Language:
- In English and Latin
- Material:
- paper, illustrations
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 volume (285 leaves) : paper, illustrations ; 16 x 11 cm
- Former Owner(s):
- Grosvenor, Richard
- Note:
- Title devised by cataloger.
Unsigned manuscript mainly compiled and written by Robert Ashley. Consult Satterley, R. "Robert Ashley and the Authorship of Newberry MS 5017, The Book of Magical Charms" for information regarding authorship.
285 leaves with contemporary foliation: [4], 8-260, [1], 10, [19]; Errors in foliation: leaves 1-3 unfoliated; leaf 4 numbered "3"; leaves 5 and 6 has altered numbers reading "8" or "4" and "9" or "5"; consistent numbering begins with number 10 (on the 7th leaf) and continues through leaf 260 (leaf 205 misnumbered 25); leaves 252-260 (end of inverted text), followed by 1 unnumbered leaf with...
Frame-ruled in brown ink.
Accompanied by an unsigned, undated letter, apparently by a book dealer, which describes it as an "occult manuscript. An interesting common place book containing extracts from writers on magic and necromancy, witchcraft & folklore, in Latin and English." Consult Special Collections Info File for photocopy of letter.
The accompanying letter states that "The volume originally belonged to a 'Richard Grosvenor' whose signature is on a blank leaf [verso of 239]." Grosvenor cannot be further identified based on this information. Consult Special Collections Info File for photocopy of letter.
Some watermarks visible (chalice and grapes?) but tightness of the binding makes identification difficult.
Forms part of the Stanton A. Friedberg Collection at the Newberry Library. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991002788805867
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8Z9UGC2Q
- Holding Institution:
