The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 183

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9886

Shelfmark:

mssHM 183

Title:

Album of English manuscripts; poems, epigrams and letters written between 1450 and 1790

Author:

Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833

Joseph Haslewood WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Bryan, Francis, Sir, -1550

Francis Bryan WIKIDATA

Hichecoke

Hichecoke WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

between 1450 and 1790

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

English

English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 album (34 leaves containing approximately 65 items) : paper.

Former Owner(s):

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909

Robert Hoe III WIKIDATA

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/16/2012.
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...
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...
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.
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.

Keyword:

watermarks

manuscripts (documents)

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862118

IIIF Manifest:

https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/p15150coll7:53256/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens