Volume of poetry and prose in Latin, English and Welsh, copied by Richard Roberts
Single Item
MS. Don. c. 54
Held at the Weston Library
Volume of poetry and prose in Latin, English and Welsh, copied by Richard Roberts, containing:
- 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
- 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
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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.
Other Finding Aids
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'
Topical
Subject
- Roberts | Richard | fl. 1602-1630 (Person)
- 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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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk