Inscription on back flyleaf recto. and Manuscript on paper in a secretary hand of the complete text of Stephen Hopkins' translation of de Granada's Libro de oracion y meditatcion.
Alternative Title:
Of prayer and meditation, wherein are conteined fowertien deuoute meditations for the seuen dayes of the weeke..., [circa 1584]
Description:
Annotation on blank p. 684: "Elizabeth Cottan.", Annotation on p. 1: "Ex Bib. S. Wilfredi.", Binding: blind-ruled parchment; fragments of parchment ms. (ca. 1600) used as liners., No title page, but Hopkins is identified as the author in the Prologue to the Dedicatory Epistle, which includes his attack on the English Puritans and which opens the work., Purchased from Arthur Freeman on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2003., and Text follows the 1584 Rouen edition.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--English, Hopkins, Stephen,--d. 1594?, and Luis, de Granada,--1504-1588--Translations
Subject (Topic):
Catholics--England, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Meditations (Religious), Meditations--Catholic Church, and Puritans--England--Controversial literature
Document, on parchment, in a professional secretary script, signed by Queen Elizabeth I of England, ordering Sir Thomas Heneage to supply cash for distribution at the Maundy Thursday (Thursday in Holy Week) ceremony by her almoner, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of Worcester, or his subalmoner, John Dix.
Description:
Binding: modern brown straight-grained morocco, gilt., Bound with: two prints of Queen Elizabeth I, made by unidentified printers, window mounted., Dated from "our manor of St. James the seventh day of Aprill in the five and thirtith yeare of oure Reigne.", Docketed on verso by John Dix., Formerly owned by Vivien Leigh. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (Sotheby's sale, London, 2018 July 9, lot 101) on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2018., Papered seal affixed to recto., Signature in lower right corner of recto: "J. Wood.", Signed "Elizabeth R" at head of document., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Church of England--Charities--Early works to 1800., Fletcher, Richard, Bishop of London, 1545-1596, Heneage, Thomas, Sir, 1532-1595, and Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Holy Week--Great Britain., Maundy Thursday--Early works to 1800., and Maundy Thursday--Great Britain.
In ink on inside front cover: Elizabeth Lewis Niven / (Mrs. Thornton M. Niven Sr.)., In ink on verso: Elizabeth (Wilson) Lewis / Niven / Florence 1912., and Photographer's imprint on recto.
From the Collection: Bartlett, Henrietta C. (Henrietta Collins), 1873-1963
Published / Created:
1913-58
Call Number:
GEN MSS 336
Container / Volume:
Box 1, folder 64
Image Count:
12
Description:
Includes: Letters from Alfred Raymond Bellinger, Includes: TLS from Andrew Keogh, Includes: TLS from James Graham Leyburn, Includes: ALS from Gilbert McCoy Troxell, and Includes: Two copies of letters, from [HCB to Alfred W. Pollard?] and from the Librarian of the Club to Pollard, concerning A Census of Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto