The holy state and the profane state, [ca. 1650].

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Title: The holy state and the profane state, [ca. 1650].
Creator: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of this collection of lives of saints, Biblical figures, and political persons in recent European history, as well as portraits of ideal figures such as "The Good Wife," "The Good Husband," and "The Handicrafts Man" and "General Rules" of behavior. Volume also contains a transcript, in the same hand, of John Phillips' poem "a Satyr against Hippocrites" (1631-1706), along with a fragment of musical notation
Description: In English.
Interleaved, with notes by former owners bound in at beginning and end.
Binding: full calf; gilt decoration.
Provenance: For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent: 1 21 x 16 cm. v. (108 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
Phillips, John, 1631-1706.
Subject (Topic): Biography
Characters and characteristics
English poetry
Ethics
Maxims
Subjects: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661
Phillips, John, 1631-1706
Biography
Characters and characteristics
English poetry > 17th century
Ethics
Maxims

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Citation: Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.