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1. [Commonplace book], [ca. 1630].
- Call Number:
- Osborn b65
- Image Count:
- 323
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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., and Binding: full sheep; remains of metal clasps.
- 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., and 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, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1630].
