Various pieces transcribed c. 1599-1601 by John Mansell

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MS. Don. d. 152

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Various pieces transcribed, by John Mansell, President of Queens' College, Cambridge, including:

(fols. 3-4) copy of a letter from Sir Philip Sidney, 1580
(fol. 8) 'Oratio habita a maiestate regina Elizabetha ad Cantabrigienses', with university exercises, 1597-9, letters to and from Mansell, and verses in Latin and English by various writers.

56 leaves in two gatherings (fols. 1-34, 35-56) probably from the ends of the original book

Dates

Creation: c. 1599-1601

Extent

56 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. d. 152, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Don. d. 152

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16970

Additional Description

Abstract

Various pieces transcribed c. 1599-1601 by John Mansell

Biographical / Historical

John Mansell (d. 1631) was president of Queen's College 1622-1631.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 1, no. 39108

Custodial History

The original volume 'Miscellanies relating to Cambridge' owned by John Towneley; Thomas Thorpe, 1836 catalogue, item 855; Phillipps MS. 9014; Sotheby's, 27 June 1938, lot 308.