Shelfmark
MS 174
Author
Title
Musae admirantes, suspicientesq[ue] illustriss[i]mum et excellentiss[i]mum virum DN. ON. Henricum Wottonium Anglo-Cantianum. Invictis[si]mi, et maximi illius Iacobi, magnæ Britanniæ, Scotiæ, et Hijberniæ [sic] etc. regis. Secundò apud Sereniss[i]mam Venetorum Rempubl[icam] legatum, et oratorem ampliss[i]mum submissè obseruantis, officiosiq[ue] animi contestandi igitur in publicum prostenium nariis carminibus productæ à J. Petro Lotichio harmonico, Med. et C.P. Cæsar. S. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venice, 1619 March 30.
Physical description
1 volume (17 leaves) : paper ; 32 x 24 cm.
Note
Ten poems titled after Apollo and the Muses, with dedicatory introductory verses and final 'celeusma'.
Note
Title taken from title-page.
Note
Place and date of production taken from end of prefatory letter.
Note
Written in an italic hand.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Note
Letter from Logan Pearsall Smith, dated 10 March 1914, to Francis Warre Cornish (then Vice-Provost of Eton) noting that he has identified the author and remarking on his relationship to Wotton.
Note
M.R. James suggests this manuscript came from Henry Wotton (1568-1639, Provost of Eton).
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bo.3.14, Bk.1.14, Bp.1.8, Bl.5.5.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 174.
Binding
Contemporary ?Venetian limp parchment binding; gold tooled single fillet frame, with carnation fleurons at corners and an arabesque cartouche centrepiece; traces of green silk ties, two at the fore-edge and two at head and tail; gold tooled triple fillet and five-petalled flower ornament on spine; gilt edges.
Subject
Subject
Muses (Greek deities) Poetry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir, dedicatee.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46562