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- Creator:
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622
- Published / Created:
- 1576-1579/80.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 195
- Image Count:
- 87
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper tablet of Account book, being a record of Stiffkey mill belonging to Nathaniel Bacon (1546?-1622) for the time period 8 December 1576-1579/80. Contains weekly statements of George Brigges, John Wilson, Thomas Shorten, William Fether, Robert Merkyn, and Henry Corye
- Description:
- In English., Watermarks: unidentified pot., Script: Written by several individuals in informal cursive scripts., Most folios are wrinkled, torn; some have been mended., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Half green goatskin with green cloth sides, gold- and blind-tooled. Leaves of a didactic theological text (Germany, ca. 1250) bound at beginning and end; probably a bifolium. Parchment; 291 x 196 (220 x 155) mm. Written above top line in a small gothic bookhand. Initials in red or green with penwork designs of the other color. Stained, but with little loss of text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account book
