[Commonplace book], [ca. 1630].

Description

Title: [Commonplace book], [ca. 1630].
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing extracts from philosophical, religious, and historical works; sermons; and numerous verses, both philosophical and satirical. The volume contains extracts from Thomas Aquinas; Fuller's History of the Holy War; Livy's History; Godwin's Catalogue of the Bishops of England; Jeremy Taylor's Exercises of Holy Living; and Reynold's God's Revenge Against Murder. Satirical verses include a copy of Thomas Randolph "Salting," which satirizes Randolph's contemporaries under the figure of dishes at a feast, as well as A Poet's Farewell To His Threadbare Cloake. The volume also contains such contemplative poems as Musarum Lachrymae; Ruines of Time; and Mr. Austin's Sepulcrum Domus Mea Est; and a list of English words and their Latin translations
Description: In English and Latin.
See Modern Philology, vol. 39, 1942 and English Literary Renaissance, vol. 12, no. 1, 1982.
Binding: full sheep; remains of metal clasps.
Provenance: For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent: 1 10 x 16 cm. v. (264 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Multiple variations in written pagination. Bracketed pagination cataloger supplied. Volume is written in both directions, diverges at p. [188]. 168 pp. binder's blanks after p. [308] not digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Commonplace books
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633.
Livy.
Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.
Reynolds, John, fl. 1621-1650.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Subject (Topic): Elegiac poetry, English
English poetry
Religious literature, English
Religious poetry, English
Sermons, English
Verse satire, English
Intellectual life
Religious life and customs
Subjects: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661
Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633
Livy
Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635
Reynolds, John, fl. 1621-1650
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
Elegiac poetry, English
English poetry > 17th century
Religious literature, English
Religious poetry, English
Sermons, English
Verse satire, English
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century
Great Britain > Religious life and customs > 17th century

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Citation: Commonplace Book, ca. 1630. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.