[Commonplace book]
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Description
- Title
- [Commonplace book]
- Contributor
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Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Strode, William, d 1600 or 1601-1645 - Published / Created
- [ca. 1652]
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of 226 primarily secular verses and songs. Entries include William Strode’s Uppon An Infant Unborne Whose mother Dyed in Travell; Walton Poole’s On A Gentlewoman with Black Eyes; and An Epitaph Uppon One, Drowned in the Snowe. The volume also contains satirical epigrams such as On A Creditor; An Epitaph on a Lascivious Woman; and An Epitaph on a Bastard; a series of prologues and epilogues taken from plays by William Cartwright; and several political entries, including A Declaration of the Commons Howse of Parliament in Ireland, 1640; The Copy of A Lettre Sent From the Rebells in Scotland to the King of France, Desiring his Protection; and A Dialogue Betweene Two Zelotts Concerning the New Oath.
P. [173] digitized at high resolution.
- Description
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Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration. On spine: "Common place book."
Marbled endpapers.
On back flyleaf: pen trials.
Table of contents at beginning of manuscript. - Extent
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1 vol.
19 x 15 cm. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn b200
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Annotations
Commonplace books
Epitaphs
Manuscripts
Marginalia - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain --Politics and government --1603-1649
Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century - Subject (Name)
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Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Strode, William, d 1600 or 1601-1645 - Subject (Topic)
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Elegiac poetry, English
English poetry --17th century
English wit and humor
Epigrams
Epitaphs
Occasional verse, English
Religious poetry, English
Satirical verse, English
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Commonplace Book, ca. 1652. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7040235
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998565