Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 5048

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS18268

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 5048

Title:

The lyfe of Syr Tho. More sometymes Lord Chauncellor of England /

Mirror of Virtue in Worldly Greatness

Life of Sir Thomas More

Author:

Roper, William, 1496-1578

William Roper WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1500 and 1599

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

eng

English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 2], 221 [i.e. 224] page (17-19 lines, bound) ; 19 cm.

Note:

Manuscript written in a Tudor secretary hand in England the last quarter of the 16th century.
Swiss watermark of grapes similar to Briquet 13019.
First published in 1626 under title: The mirrour of vertue in worldly greatnes.
Catchwords.
Scattered manuscript corrections in pencil, cf p. 53-54, 57, 62, and 216.
Owners' marks on front endpaper and final page.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Statesmen

Great Britain

Biographies

History

1509-1547

Christian martyrs

England

Humanists

Manuscripts, English

More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991121618805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8Z9U7WUR

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library