A (fabulous) history of heraldry by Thomas Barritt
‘Heraldry & antiquity ancient remarks notes ...’, including pen and ink and watercolour drawings of figures and shields of arms, some pages in cipher using mainly Hebrew characters (key at fol. 53), with some other notes, and (fols. 91-92) verses beginning, ‘In our fourth Edwards fickle days’, printed on vellum ‘from Mr. T. Barritt’s. Manuscript, Hanging Ditch, Manchester. WM.YATES, SEPT 24TH 1818.’
Dates
- Creation: 1764-c.1778
Extent
92 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc e. 994, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. e. 994
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 22256
Abstract
A (fabulous) history of heraldry by Thomas Barritt
Biographical / Historical
No biographical information is known about the author.
Custodial History
Owned by Peter Brooke, 1839.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby’s, 18 June 1979, part of lot 21.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- A (fabulous) history of heraldry by Thomas Barritt
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2022 by C. McIlwaine
- Date
- EAD version 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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