Commonplace book, circa 1630-1670
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Description
- Title
- Commonplace book, circa 1630-1670
- Creator
- Fitzherbert, Richard, d. 1653?
- Abstract
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Manuscript volume on paper, in several hands, two-thirds of which contains numerous brief commonplace book entries in Latin and English arranged under alphabetical Latin headings. The most frequently quoted author is Seneca, but there are also passages from Cicero, Plutarch, Tacitus, Tertullian, Quintillian, Ambrose, Augustine, and Aquinas. Nearly all of the numerous quotations from the Bible are in English. The final third of the volume contains lengthier passages in English prose, arranged under headings such as "A Reformed Catholic," "Of Afflications," and "Idolatrie."
- Description
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Richard Fitzherbert (d. 1653?) received his M.A. from New College, Oxford in 1605 and was appointed rector of Cucklington in Somerset in 1607. He was also rector of Stoke Tristor and Gussage All Saints from 1621, as well as Archdeacon of Dorset. In his later years in Cucklington he was "often plundered and imprisoned," and died circa 1653, leaving at least one daughter, Elizabeth.
In English and Latin.
Inscribed on front endpaper: "Liber Richardi Fitzherbert," accompanied by other extensive annotations in a variety of hands.
Binding: contemporary full parchment; extensive later 17th century annotations on covers, containing excerpts from Robert Wild's Iter Borealis and verses on the Popish Plot. - Provenance
- Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2008.
- Extent
- 1 30 cm. v. (360 p.) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn fb252
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Quotations
Quotations, maxims, etc
Commonplace books - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Name)
- Fitzherbert, Richard, d. 1653?
- Subject (Topic)
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Aphorisms and apothegms
Classical literature
Conduct of life
English prose literature
Fathers of the church - Subjects
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Fitzherbert, Richard, d. 1653?
Aphorisms and apothegms
Classical literature > Quotations
Conduct of life > Quotations, maxims, etc
English prose literature > 17th century
Fathers of the church > Quotations
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Richard Fitzherbert, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 9069358
- Object ID (OID)
- 11682693
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