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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library MS Z.d.31
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Title
An almanack for the year 1688 by John Pack [manuscript], 1687?.
Description
1 roll ; 44 x 5 cm rolled into cylindrical casing 6.5 x 3 cm
Associated name
Pack, John, active 1687, author.
Material base
Manuscript on vellum.
Scope and content
Manuscript strip almanac in tabular form, with months arranged in two columns, indicating the phases of the moon and religious festivals and saints' days.
Note
On vellum in red and brown ink, rolled into an original turned bone cylindrical casing with spindle mechanism, vellum strip finished with a brass bar.
Historical background
John Pack appears to be a previously unknown almanac maker, not recorded in Capp or Taylor. ESTC lists no printed almanacs produced under his name.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Samuel Gedge, cat. 5, lot 93, 2008.
Exhibited
Exhibited: The Curatorial Eye: Discoveries from the Folger Vault, curated by Folger Shakespeare Library staff, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., June 13-August 29, 2009.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library MS Z.d.31
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Almanacs.
Almanacs.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
Z.d.31
Folger accession
265154