Daemonologie in form of a dialogue [manuscript], ca. 1592.
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Daemonologie in form of a dialogue [manuscript], ca. 1592.
Description
[14], 110 p. ; 20 x 16 cm
Associated name
James I, King of England, 1566-1625, author.
Sempill, James, Sir, 1566-1625, scribe.
Carmichael, James, 1542 or 1543-1628, annotator.
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826, former owner.
Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Sempill, James, Sir, 1566-1625, scribe.
Carmichael, James, 1542 or 1543-1628, annotator.
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826, former owner.
Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Scope and content
Treatise by James VI of Scotland. Fair copy in scribal hand (possibly that of his childhood friend Sir James Sempill), with extensive autograph additions and corrections by James VI, largely incorporated in the printed edition of 1597 (STC 14364). Additional revisions are possibly in the hand of James Carmichael.
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Printer's waste in binding.
For the attribution of the third hand to James Carmichael see Dunlap article.
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For the attribution of the third hand to James Carmichael see Dunlap article.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Publications about material
"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. 56-58.
For further information on this manuscript and the identification of the scribe as Sir James Sempill, see letter from J. Craigie, January 25, 1977, and his edition of James I's Minor prose works, 1982, p. 172.
Dunlap, Rhodes. "King James and some witches: the date and text of the Daemonologie," Philological Quarterly, 54, No. 1 (Winter 1975), p. 40-46.
For further information on this manuscript and the identification of the scribe as Sir James Sempill, see letter from J. Craigie, January 25, 1977, and his edition of James I's Minor prose works, 1982, p. 172.
Dunlap, Rhodes. "King James and some witches: the date and text of the Daemonologie," Philological Quarterly, 54, No. 1 (Winter 1975), p. 40-46.
Binding information
Bound in limp vellum with the Crown and initials I.R. on the covers.
Provenance
John Pinkerton -- Beckford -- Phillipps 2713 MS.
Watermark: crown over IR6.
Watermark: crown over IR6.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1125.1
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 2713
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 2713
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.a.185, p. 107
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Manuscripts (documents)
Printed waste.
Printed waste.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.185
Folger accession
cs1125