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Volume of poetry and prose in Latin, English and Welsh, copied by Richard Roberts

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MS. Don. c. 54
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Volume of poetry and prose in Latin, English and Welsh, copied by Richard Roberts, containing:

  1. Fols. 1a-31a, 58-61. English and Latin pieces, including verse by Donne, Jonson, Ralegh and Corbet (all printed by modern editors), and a number of pieces concerned with public affairs and scandal in which the Lake family was involved
  2. Fols. 31b-54. occasional verse in Welsh, including elegies, prognostications and verses of compliment, c.1602-22. English verse in Crum

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1602-1630

Extent

69 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Latin
  • Welsh

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. c. 54, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Don. c. 54

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16799

Abstract

Volume of poetry and prose in Latin, English and Welsh, copied by Richard Roberts, c. 1602-30

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought from P. J. Dobell and given by the Friends of the Bodleian, 1936.

Physical Facet

vellum wrappers, inscribed in a late 17th-cent. hand 'Poems in time of James I etc. Vol. 52'

Title
Volume of poetry and prose in Latin, English and Welsh, copied by Richard Roberts
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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