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Poetical miscellany, possibly compiled by a person connected with Christ Church, Oxford [manuscript], ca. 1640.

Atkins, Francis (Poet); Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.; Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Christ Church (University of Oxford); Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
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Title
Poetical miscellany, possibly compiled by a person connected with Christ Church, Oxford [manuscript], ca. 1640.
Description
238 p. ; 14 x 9 cm
Associated name
Atkins, Francis (Poet)
Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Christ Church (University of Oxford)
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Scope and content
Poets include: Francis Atkins, William Stroud (Strode), Ben Jonson, Richard Corbet. At the end are several witticisms and lampoons, ca. 1790. According to Halliwell-Phillipps also includes epigrams, and an epitaph on Burbage mentioning characters performed in Shakespeare's plays.
Note
Page 183-184 lacking; 77-84 removed and bound separately as V.a.152.

Individual poems listed in Folger index of first lines.

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Provenance
Warwick Castle.
Cited/described in
Some account of the antiquities, coins, manuscripts, rare books, ancient documents, and other reliques illustrative of the life and works of Shakespeare, 27
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1.27
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.97
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Poetical miscellanies.
Poems.
Satires.
Epitaphs.
Epigrams.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.

Call number
V.a.97
Folger accession
cs1

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