Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1571-ca. 1600.
Jackson, Charles, active 16th century.; Hewes, William, active 16th century.; Dallis, Thomas, active 1583-1598.; Lodge, Giles, active 1591.; Morton, Richard, active 16th century, former owner.; Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
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Title
Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1571-ca. 1600.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book, ca. 1571-ca. 1600.
Gile Lodge's lute-book
Gile Lodge's lute-book
Description
136 leaves : music ; 11 x 17 cm
Associated name
Jackson, Charles, active 16th century.
Hewes, William, active 16th century.
Dallis, Thomas, active 1583-1598.
Lodge, Giles, active 1591.
Morton, Richard, active 16th century, former owner.
Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Hewes, William, active 16th century.
Dallis, Thomas, active 1583-1598.
Lodge, Giles, active 1591.
Morton, Richard, active 16th century, former owner.
Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Scope and content
Contains 39 pieces of lute music of mostly unattributed composers, most in French lute tablature (leaves 3r-21r); recipes and remedies for hawks, horses and the household; a note of money owed to Giles Lodge, 1591 (leaf 1v); instructions on the making of wills, 1559; some verse; and an unattributed grammar school play in five acts, A new comedy of Juli and Julian (starts leaf 94).
Three pieces of lute music are attributed to Charles Jackson, William Hewes and Thomas Dallis.
Three pieces of lute music are attributed to Charles Jackson, William Hewes and Thomas Dallis.
Note
Includes partial table of contents.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
According to Charteris: sometimes known as "Giles Lodge's Lute-Book"
According to Halliwell-Phillipps many of the songs and dances are quoted or mentioned by Shakespeare.
Play July and Julian published by the Malone Society in 1955.
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.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
According to Charteris: sometimes known as "Giles Lodge's Lute-Book"
According to Halliwell-Phillipps many of the songs and dances are quoted or mentioned by Shakespeare.
Play July and Julian published by the Malone Society in 1955.
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.
Provenance
Richard Morton, 16th century -- John Fane, Earl of Westmoreland -- Halliwell-Phillipps.
Formerly Folger MS 448.16.
Formerly Folger MS 448.16.
Source of acquisition
Purchased in 1908 by Henry Clay Folger from Halliwell-Phillipps.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 61)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011. Fame, Fortune, and Theft.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011. Fame, Fortune, and Theft.
Cited/described in
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings & engravings formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse (1891), 805
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 448.16
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 85
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 448.16
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 85
Includes
July and Julian.
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V.a.159
Folger accession
cs448