A common place book ('Liber A'), containing extracts from biblical, classical, and English authors
A common place book ('Liber A'), containing extracts from biblical, classical, and English authors, including:
- Shakespeare (fols. 355, 359, 375): at the second reference it is stated that a passage from Romeo and Juliet [II ii. 177-82] was quoted by [Nicholas] Richardson, of Magdalen college, in an Oxford University sermon preached in 1620 and 1621
- At fol. 6v is an index of writers quoted, and at fol. 611 a long index of subjects
- Also at fol. 647 is a list of 'Writers of the ... Vniuersity of Oxford since the beginning of Queene Elizabeths raigne.'
There are signs of a rather earlier and shorter common place book on theological and moral subjects at fols. 462v-506v, etc., with an imperfect index at fol. 1.
Dates
- Creation: Written chiefly in about 1620-1630 (?)
Extent
649 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. d. 28, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. d. 28
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19409
Abstract
A common place book ('Liber A'), containing extracts from biblical, classical, and English authors
Biographical / Historical
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a dramatist.
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. 32547
Custodial History
As this volume, like MS. Lat. miso. b. 6, was handed down at Brasenose from principal to principal, it is possible that it may be the work of dr. Samuel Radcliffe, principal from 1614 to 1648: the writer was certainly an Oxford man.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by the principal of Brasenose on April 30, 1898.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
11 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.
Subject
- Title
- A common place book ('Liber A'), containing extracts from biblical, classical, and English authors
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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