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Royal MS 18 D. ii
British Library
London
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United Kingdom
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207r-209r
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NE: Full transcripts of the various "proverbs" (ff. 195v-211v) can, I believe, be found reproduced here, p. 393 and following: https://books.google.com/books?id=lBtfAAAAcAAJ&pg ; the MS (ff. 6r-162r) was originally written 1457-1460, and was then expanded for Henry Algernon Percy (d. 1527) (per SOCAM)
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The proverbes in the sydis of the innere chamber aboue of the house in the garding at Wresill (per DM)
Excerpts from the Disticha Catonis, translated into English by Benedict Burgh
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English (extracts)
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Proverbial and moral verses transcribed from the walls and ceilings of Percy's houses (per SOCAM) | "Cato Major" [...] Selections only, 168 lines, in disarranged order (per DIMEV no. 1418)
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When it is tyme of coste and greate expens / Beware of waste and spende be measure… (per DIMEV no. 1418)
History
…Vnder the whiche ye may fynde in your aduertens. / A swete carnell of wysdam and of goode sentens. (per DIMEV no. 1418)
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c. 1516-1527
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1511-1527
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England
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"Sir William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke (b. c. 1423, d. 1469), soldier and administrator, and his second wife Anne Devereux (d. c. 1486), married in 1455, probably designed as their presentation gift to Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), after Henry VI pardoned Herbert for his assistance to the Yorkists, and before he received the Garter from Edward IV in 1462 [...]. Henry Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland (b. c. 1449, d. 1489), magnate, husband of Maud Herbert (d. c. 1485), daughter of William Herbert [...]. Henry Algernon Percy, 5th earl of Northumberland (b. 1478, d. 1527), magnate [...]. Catharine Edgecomb (d. 1553), widow of Sir Piers Edgecomb, or perhaps Katherine, daughter of Sir Robert Spencer of Spencercombe, wife of Henry Algernon Percy (d. 1542) [...]. Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel (b. 1512, d. 1580), magnate, son of Anne Percy, sister of the 5th earl of Northumberland [...]. John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1r); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 1238 (see The Lumley Library , 1956); passed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales. Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12. Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library." (per SOCAM)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_18_D_II&index=0
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SOCAM (http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002107554) | CIM (http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8704&CollID=16&NStart=180402) | DM (http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_18_D_II&index=0) | DIMEV (http://www.dimev.net/Records.php?MSS=BLRoy18Dii)
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N/A
NE: Full transcripts of the various "proverbs" (ff. 195v-211v) can, I believe, be found reproduced here, p. 393 and following: https://books.google.com/books?id=lBtfAAAAcAAJ&pg ; the MS (ff. 6r-162r) was originally written 1457-1460, and was then expanded for Henry Algernon Percy (d. 1527) (per SOCAM)
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