'Divers Poems' by sir Richard Fanshawe, Written about A.D. 1650
'Divers Poems' by sir Richard Fanshawe, published in 1648; but giving, in many passages, distinct readings from the printed volume. The manuscript omits the Latin poems entitled 'Maius Lucanizans' and the 'Summary discourse of the Civill Warres of Rome' contained in the printed volume, and has various additional pieces, viz. nineteen translations from Horace, published in 1652 (p. 31), and nine sonnets translated from the Spanish (p. 72). The last page is torn off.
Dates
- Creation: Written about A.D. 1650
Extent
118 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Firth c. 1
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 35377
Physical Facet
On paper. Binding, brown calf stamped with the crest a moor's head filleted about the temples and surmounted by a coronet
Repository Details
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