Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of about 57 poems on religious subjects in various verse forms. The collection begins and ends with a pattern poem written in the shape of an altar: the first is titled "The Altar" and the last "Sinnes Sacrifice." The manuscript also contains several acrostic poems on the name of Christ; other poems include "The Lords Supper," "Baptism," "On Humilitie," and On Christ's Passion." The work is prefaced by a dedication to Sir William Saville and an acrostic poem based on his name.
Description:
Binding: parchment; gilt decoration., Dos-a-dos, in a different hand, a pastoral poem in iambic couplets about Daphnis and Lycidas., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and On title page: "By H: C: Philo-poeticus."
Subject (Name):
Colman, Henry.
Subject (Topic):
Acrostics., Concrete poetry., English literature--17th century., English poetry--17th century., Religious poetry, English., and Religious poetry, English--17th century.
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand and with many corrections, of a collection of 31 psalms in English verse. The volume contains Psalms 75-105, though the manuscript is incomplete at beginning and end. Many corrections have been pasted into the manuscript; elsewhere, text has been crossed out and written over in the same hand.
Description:
Binding: stitched. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--O.T.--Psalms.--English., English poetry--17th century., and Religious poetry, English.
Manuscript on paper, with extensive corrections and annotations, of a five-act tragicomedy, featuring a convoluted marriage plot concerning a faithful genius. Mostly in blank verse, some parts rhymed couplets. Includes a conversation on what it means to be a "blackamoor" (f. 22r-v).
Description:
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Laid in: another version of Act 1, Sc. 5., and On title page: "Habent sua fata libelli. I. G."
Subject (Topic):
Drama., English drama--17th century., English literature--17th century., English poetry--17th century., and Tragicomedy.
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of about 44 amorous, erotic, religious, and political verses, as well as some Latin prose on historical and philosophical subjects. The volume includes a series of religious satirical poems titled The Papists Rymes, followed by Protestants Answeare, in which topics as the Bible and the prophets are debated. Other short satirical verses include an epitaph on the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Parker; another on Richard Talbot; and one titled Verses Made On Lawyer Hoy his Tryall For Bugering of a Boy; as well as a satirical poem titled Writt In A Bogghouse in Grays Time, in which the line "Hynd & Panther, Woolf & Bear" have been glossed, "Romanish & Church of England & al sorts of Fanatiques."
Description:
Binding: full calf., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Printed waste endpapers; the printed matter is a Latin excerpt from "Aristotelis, De Moribus.", Signature in front and back of Edward Rawstorne., and Written in pencil, in a later hand, on the flyleaves: the poem "Winter" by James Thomson.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century. and Ireland--History--1660-1690.
Subject (Name):
Church of England--Controversial literature., Church of England--Doctrines., Parker, Samuel,--1640-1688., Rawstorne, Edward--Autograph., Thomson, James,--1700-1748., and Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot,--Earl of,--1630-1691.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century., Epitaphs., Religious poetry, English., and Satirical verse, English.
Manuscript on paper of Bold's parallel Latin and English texts of "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" on facing pages.
Description:
Accompanied by: TL carbon from Nathan Comfort Starr to Mr. Beal, 1978 Jul 1; AN in pencil containing bibliographic information on Henry Bold's Latine Songs (1685)., Annotated on flyleaf [by Richard Heber]: "Revd. Brand's sale, 16-6.", Binding: early 19th c. blue wrappers in blue "Middle Hill boards" from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps., Bookplate: Ex libris Nathan Comfort Starr., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Small round sticker inside front cover annotated, "Bought at Sir Thomas Phillipp's sale Sotheby's 19-6-93.", and Titles: "Lucus Chevinus jussu Episcopi Londinensis" and "Chevy-Chase."
Subject (Geographic):
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)--Poetry.
Subject (Name):
Bold, William.--Ballad of Chevy Chase., Brand, John,--1744-1806--Ownership., Heber, Richard,--1773-1833--Ownership., Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership., and Starr, Nathan Comfort,--1896---Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English--England--Texts., Ballads, English--Translations into Latin., Ballads, Scots., and English poetry--17th century.
