Shelfmark
MS 228
Author
Uniform title
[The Founder's Pageant and play of St. Nicholas.]
Title
The Founder's Pageant and play of St. Nicholas / auctoribus M.R.J. & A.B.R. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, 1919-1921.
Physical description
1 volume (32 leaves) ; 20 cm.
Note
Inscription on the colophon in Latin recording that the manuscript was written and decorated by W.P. Blore.
Note
Pencil ruled pages.
Note
Decoration: coloured frames and decorations throughout the text.
Note
Material: paper interleaved with thin paper.
Note
The volume contains three of the plays enacted in College Hall by the Choristers of Lower Chapel in Latin verses and prose. The verses are by Ramsay, then Lower Master, afterwords Master of Magdalene College in Cambridge; the prose is by James, then Provost of Eton College.
Provenance
Presented by Blore in February 1923.
Binding
Brown morocco binding with three gold fillets on covers; five raised bands on spine with gold fillets; marbled endpapers; respectively three and four blank flyleaves at the beginning and end of volume. Binding by Birdsall of Nothampton.
Subject
Added entry--name
Ramsay, A. B., 1872 - 1955 second author.
Added entry--name
Blore, W. P., active 1919 - 1923 illuminator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Great Britain England.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52660