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Harley MS 116
British Library
London
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United Kingdom
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98r-99r
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Parvus Cato: Disticha Catonis translated into English by Benedict Burgh
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English (DC) | Latin (DC)
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Incipit:
Benedict Burgh, Parvus Cato (per SOCAM) | "Parvus Cato" (DIMEV no. 6321)
Explicit:
Cum animadverterem quam plurimos homines grauiter errare … / Whan I aduerttise in my remembraunce (per SOCAM)
History
Was he faith with alle youre hole intente. / Explicit (per SOCAM)
Cato | Benedict Burgh
CAT Date:
XV (2/2)
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1401-1450
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England
Digital reproductions:
"John Kymbell: 16th-century inscription [...] William Bygar: inscription in Latin dated 29 September 1522 witnessed by Robert Holte [...] ? 'Surgon Corell': inscribed 'Suryon Corell' (f. 1*). ?Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: inscribed 'Robertus C' (f. 170); possibly given to D'Ewes with other manuscripts in circa 1626: see Watson 1966. Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972). Sir Simonds D’Ewes (d. 1722), 3rd baronet and grandson of the former: inherited and later sold the D’Ewes library to Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450 (see Watson 1966). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library." (per CIM)
Physical reproductions:
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=3466&CollID=8&NStart=116
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Bibliography:
SOCAM (http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002045944) | CIM (http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=3466&CollID=8&NStart=116) | DIMEV (http://www.dimev.net/Records.php?MSS=BLHar116)
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