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- 1571-1611 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
ii, 165 ff. (paginated 1-326; pp. 325-326 a modern fly-leaf; remains of earlier pagination on pp. 181-196, and of earlier foliation on pp. 213-227, 231-245; pp. 179, 209-210, 253, 281 blank; pp. 205-206, 207-208, 227-228, 247-248 consist of two leaves pasted together; correction slips pasted onto many leaves) ; 200 x 145 mm. and less.
Volume assembled from a number of loose sheets or pamphlets. Rebound, [19 cent., first ½], in full calf with blind-tooling in style similar to Brogyntyn MSS II.3, II.4, II.5; 'POEMS BY CHARLES BILL', 'M.S. 1567', and 'PORKINGTON LIBRARY' stamped in gold on red leather lettering-pieces on spine, 'No. 28' gold-stamped on spine.
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Scope and content
Autograph drafts of poems in Latin and Greek, 1571-1611, by Charles Bill, MA (c. 1551-post 1611) of Eton and King's College, Cambridge, later secretary to William Brooke, 10th baron Cobham, and finally schoolmaster at Bagshot, Surrey (see Charles Henry Cooper and Thompson Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses, 3 vols (Cambridge, 1858-1913) ii, 527-528).
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, Greek.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Pages 103-124 badly damaged by rodents.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii12.pdf
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Title based on contents.
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Formerly Porkington MS 28.
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Various watermarks of mid sixteenth century, including variations on crowned pot with single handle, passim (cf. Briquet 12717, 12786); hand and flower on pp. 303, 311, 319, 321 (cf. Briquet 11354, 11360); bunch of grapes on pp. 129, 139, 165 (cf. Piccard 829-837).
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.12 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].