'An Essay on Death, with a paraphrase on the Burial Service of the Church of England...', Written in the second half of the 18th century by J. Kenton
File
MS. Eng. poet. e. 19
Held at the Weston Library
'An Essay on Death, with a paraphrase on the Burial Service of the Church of England [all in verse, in eighteen books]. To which are added, Poems, Epitaphs, etc. for various friends.' The poems begin on p. 135, and the deaths of the persons commemorated range from 1754 to 1789. The author's name occurs on pp. 146, 314.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the second half of the 18th century by J. Kenton
Extent
364 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. poet. e. 19
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. 32692
Dimensions
7 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk