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'A briefe discoorse of the perfet composition of Imprese ...'

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MS. Eng. misc. e. 54
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'A briefe discoorse of the perfet composition of Imprese ...' with many drawings of examples from Italian Devices. The text beg. 'The makynge of Imprese is twoe manner of wayes especiallye, The one with oute Mottes, the other with Mottes'.

The treatise would appear to be a translation or adaptation from the Italian, and has no connexion with Henry Estienne's Art of making Devises, tr. into English (Lond. 1636, etc.)

Dates

  • Creation: Written about A.D. 1600

Extent

112 pages

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. e. 54

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 19670

Abstract

'A briefe discoorse of the perfet composition of Imprese ...'

Biographical / Historical

Henry Estienne (1528-1598) was a printer and classicial scholar.

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. 35180

Custodial History

'North [?] Allen Grenaway his Booke 1659', written as reversed in a glass (p. iii): 'Ex Libris Johannis Miller An°. Dni. 1703, pret. 3'.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought from B. Dobell's catal. 187, art. 328, on Sept. 12, 1910.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

8 × 6 1/8 in.

Title
'A briefe discoorse of the perfet composition of Imprese ...'
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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