Octonaries upon the vanitie and inconstancie of the world [manuscript], 1600/01 January 1 / writin by Esther Inglis.
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Title
Octonaries upon the vanitie and inconstancie of the world [manuscript], 1600/01 January 1 / writin by Esther Inglis.
Description
i, 51, i leaves : col. ill. (watercolors) ; 113 x 163 mm
Associated name
Chandieu, Antoine de, 1534-1591, author.
Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, calligrapher.
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612, dedicatee.
Clawson, John L. (John Lewis), 1865-1933, former owner.
Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979, former owner.
Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, calligrapher.
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612, dedicatee.
Clawson, John L. (John Lewis), 1865-1933, former owner.
Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979, former owner.
Summary
Translation by Esther Inglis, from the French of A. de la Roche Chandieu, of 50 stanzas, the French and English translation on facing pages. Each translation is penned in a different calligraphic style and illustrated with flowers, etc., in watercolor. Octonary I is in English only.
Language Note
In English and French.
Note
Portrait of Esther Inglis dated [1]624 pasted on verso of title-page.
Box cover title: "Esther Inglis, noted calligrapher -- Nurse to Prince Henry of Wales, son of James I -- 50 specimens of her handwriting, 1600".
Verses are the same as in Folger MS V.a.92, but the illustrations differ.
Poems listed in the Folger card index of first lines.
Box cover title: "Esther Inglis, noted calligrapher -- Nurse to Prince Henry of Wales, son of James I -- 50 specimens of her handwriting, 1600".
Verses are the same as in Folger MS V.a.92, but the illustrations differ.
Poems listed in the Folger card index of first lines.
Publications about material
Jackson, D. J. Esther Inglis, calligrapher, 1571-1624. New York : Spiral Press, 1937, no. 10.
Scott-Elliot, A.H. and Elspeth Yeo. "Calligraphic manuscripts of Esther Inglis (1571-1624)." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 84:1 (March 1990), no. 12.
"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 102-105.
Scott-Elliot, A.H. and Elspeth Yeo. "Calligraphic manuscripts of Esther Inglis (1571-1624)." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 84:1 (March 1990), no. 12.
"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 102-105.
Binding information
Bound in leather with extensive gold tooling with evidence of ties.
Provenance
John L. Clawson MS.
Formerly Folger MS 460311.
Formerly Folger MS 460311.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald.
Exhibited
Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000-2001. Writing on Hands (catalog entry 8)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000-2001. Writing on Hands (catalog entry 8)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
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Call number
V.a.91
Folger accession
46.03.11