The fawkners' glasse

Description

Title: The fawkners' glasse
Published / Created: [between 1590 and 1600]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of The Fawkners' Glasse
Description: In English.
Script: Articles 1 and 2 written by a single person in a careful secretary script; other items added by several contemporary and later hands.
One loose leaf, presently tipped in between ff. 1 and 2, has pen and ink sketch of falconer, with bird and dog. Inscription above drawing: "Lorde let me not, in Vanitie/Delight more, then I should in thee."
Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Limp vellum case with title lettered on spine.
Provenance: Purchased from Quaritch, 26 Oct. 1946, by the Yale Library Associates, with funds contributed by Mrs. Samuel Milbank.
Extent: ff. 24 : 176 x 141 (147 x 108) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance England 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): English literature
Falconry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700
Falconry > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: The Fawkners' Glasse. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.