The Lyfe of Sir Thomas More knighte

Description

Title: The Lyfe of Sir Thomas More knighte
Creator: Roper, William, 1496-1578
Published / Created: [between 1600 and 1625]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of The Life, Araignment, and Death, of the famous learned, Sir Thomas More Knight: Somtymes Lord Chauncellor of England. On f. iii verso, engraving of Sir Thomas More, half-length, to right, standing, pointing to scroll in right hand
Description: In English.
Watermarks: Heawood, Coat of Arms 481.
Script: Written in neat chancery script.
Illuminated title-page, f. iii recto: double blue frame with sprigs of berries and leaves on both sides and gilt designs above and below. Gold initial on f. 1r marks the beginning of text.
Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Part of a book rebound in limp vellum, gold-tooled, with holes for two ties.
Provenance: Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1966 for the Albert H. Childs, Yale '61, Memorial Collection.
Extent: ff. iii + 73 + ii : 195 x 149 (146 x 99) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535.
Roper, William, 1496-1578.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
History
Subjects: More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535
Roper, William, 1496-1578
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > History > Tudors, 1485-1603
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: William Roper, The Lyfe of Sir Thomas More Knighte. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.