William Camden commonplace book

Description

Title: William Camden commonplace book
Creator: Camden, William, 1551-1623
Published / Created: [ca. 1600]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of a collection of material copied primarily by William Camden, antiquary and historian (1551-1623), from documents, 14th-16th centuries, that were in the Tower of London and in the College of Arms. Some selections are from official records, others are from private papers that were deposited in the Office of Arms. The manuscript is composed of four parts, the first two of which are laid in.
Description: In English and Latin.
Watermarks: unidentified design, Part I; Briquet Lion 10555 and similar to Briquet Pot 12736, Part II; unidentified grapes and Briquet Lion 10555, Parts III, IV.
Script: Written primarily by William Camden in several styles of cursive.
Edges of some leaves crumbled and torn, with loss of text.
Binding: Date? Broken limp vellum case.
Provenance: Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 13160). Purchased in 1967 from C. A. Stonehill with the Albert H. Childs Fund.
Extent: ff. 8 + 17 + 144 + 58 : 114 x 160 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Sources
Commonplace books England 17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Subject (Topic): Antiquarians
Manuscripts, Medieval
History
Subjects: Camden, William, 1551-1623
Antiquarians
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > History > Sources
England > 17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: William Camden's Commonplace Book. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.