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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.Eng.1
Extent:
32 pages; vellum; plus frontspiece; 23 x 17 x 205 cm (pages 220 x 158 mm) 272 leave s, quarto [180x133mm], bound in later r ed morocco gilt.
Geographic Coverage:
England
Coordinates:
52.16045,-0.70312
Additional Physical Characteristics:
26 lines to a page, ruled in red, written in dark brown ink in a calligraphic secretary hand with some flourishes, forty-seven illuminated initials (one 4-line, three 3-line, the rest 2-line) in gold, red and blue with white tracery, illuminated frontispiece with the arms of the order surrounded by the garter and surmounted by the crown. In a modern binding embroidered with the Arms of the Order. Fol. 2v bears coat of arms of the Order of the Garter under Edward VI, blue and red with silver and gold illumination (silver has tarnished somewhat).
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Donated by Bruce and Dorothy Brown.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
illuminated manuscripts
Archival Item Identifier:
1989-069-8
Fonds Title:
Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC017
Is Referenced By:
Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdf and Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
Date Digitized:
2019-10-23/2019-10-24
Transcript:
Transcription and description by Sydney Terepocki and Luke Oldfield, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015, is available here : https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ms-brown-eng-1.pdf
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/20;303 (some at 283);copy 4 stops; camera height 500) Item scanned in acrylic cradle and mylar used to hold pages down during scans. Work completed 23-24 Oct 2019 - PD. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Ms.Eng.2
Extent:
1 sheet of paper; 37 lines; 300 x 420 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--Norfolk, England, and England--Suffolk
Coordinates:
52.16045, -0.70312, 52.66667, 1, and 52.16667, 1
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Folded to make bifolium, writing on one side only, plus signature, with address and note of sender. Creasing and wear patterns suggest entire sheet was previously folded quite small with address on the outside. Letter and address are in one hand (Thomas Jermy's); note on sender ("Jarmes laste lettre") is possibly in William Paston's hand; initials and date notation of eighteenth-century Norfolk antiquarian Francis Blomefield are at foot of letter. Paper is somewhat stained and damaged, especially along fold lines, but damage has been stabilized by repairs, including grafted modern paper, notwithstanding minor text loss at lower right corner.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
The letter was donated to University of Victoria in 1985 by Dorothy Sweet. She found it among the belongings of her parents, who had unknowingly inherited it (in chests of drawers with other abandoned papers) when they purchased their Cornwall home in 1953. Ownership before 1953 is unknown, though the letter clearly came into the hands of Francis Blomefield sometime before his death in 1752. Documents related to ownership history are housed with the letter.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
correspondence and manuscripts (documents)
Archival Item Identifier:
1985-005
Fonds Title:
Medieval Studies Collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC070
Is Referenced By:
Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection and Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
Date Digitized:
2012-02-23
Transcript:
Transcriptions and description by Brenna Hussey, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015, is available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ms-eng-2.pdf
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.5
Extent:
4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
Coordinates:
50.75, -3.75, 51.50853, -0.12574, and 50.8552, -3.3929
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secretary hand. Little remains of a red wax seal which once hung from the document, likely of a similar nature to the original. Document features extensive damage especially when compared to original copy, with many areas of text on some pages rendered illegible.
Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-5.php
Date Digitized:
2020-02
Technical Note:
This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficult to work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant to further unfold and compress the item under glass. There are areas that are unreadable due to shadows and/or folds. After consulting the archivist, the decision was made to scan only the front page.Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 230; bent5 tone; height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.4
Extent:
4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
Coordinates:
51.50853, -0.12574, 50.75, -3.75, and 50.8552, -3.3929
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Marginalia present and many signatures. and Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secretary hand. A red wax seal is intact, hanging from the document on a strip. There is evidence of a spot where a second seal would have hung, but nothing survives.
Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-4.php and Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection
Date Digitized:
2020-02
Technical Note:
This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficultto work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant to further unfold and compress the item under glass.There are areas that are unreadable due to shadows and/or folds. After consulting the archivist, the decision was made to scan only the front page.Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 230; bent5 tone; height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.3
Extent:
1 sheet ; 35 x 45 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--Lostwithiel and England
Coordinates:
50.41217, -4.67521
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Writing is in a late Elizabethan secretary hand with a distinctly flowing, messy quality, likely the result of an overloaded pen., Main text in black ink on one side with various notes written on verso., A single sheet of paper, folded into eighths., and Lower right corner of the paper is cut and folded in, with a small, red wax seal pressed between this fold and the main sheet. Possibly the personal sealof William Hanum, as his signature appears partially over top of this feature (suggesting a sort of authentication procedure).
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
signatures (names), legal documents, manuscripts (documents), seals (marks), and indentures
Archival Item Identifier:
Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 4
Fonds Title:
Early Modern Manuscripts collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC599
Is Referenced By:
Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-3.php
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; height 700) by PD. Metadata by KD.
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the try Originall Copies. The Second Impression.
Subject:
Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
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Resource Type:
Text
Extent:
1 volume (419 pages)
Edition:
Second edition and Second impression
Geographic Coverage:
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Includes an engraved title page portrait of the author signed: Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London.Contemporary clippings describing auctions selling the first Shakespeare folio among other details and a card with "Shakespeare The Rare Second Folio, 1632" attached to the inside front and back covers.
Physical Repository:
British Columbia. Legislative Library
Collection:
Early Printed Books
Provenance:
From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
Date Digitized:
2017-02-27/2017-03-13
Transcript:
Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number):_005 title page with portrait_006 dedication_007 To The Great Variety of Readers_014 Contents / Tempest (1)_024 Two Gentlemen of Verona (20)_033 Merry Wives of Windsor (39) _044 Measure for Measure (61)_056 Comedy of Errors (85)_064 Much Adoe About Nothing (101)_075 Love's Labour Lost (122)_086 Midsommer Nights Dream (145)_095 Merchant of Venice (163)_106 As You Like It (185)_119 Taming of the Shrew (208)_130 Alls Well that Ends Well (230)_142 Twelfe Night, Or What You Will (255)_153 Winter's Tale (277)_162 King John (1)_178 Life and Death of King Richard the Second (23)_190 First Part of Henry Fourth... (46)_203 Second Part of Henry Fourth... (74)_216 Life of King Henry Fift (69)_230 First Part of King Henry Sixt (96)_242 Second Part of King Henry Sixt (120)_255 Third Part of King Henry Sixt (147)_267 Tragedy of Richard Third... (173)_284 History of King Henry the Eight (205)_299 Tragedy of Trolius and Cressida (2)_313 Tragedy of Coriolanus (30)_328 Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus (60)_339 Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (82)_351 Life of Timon of Athens (107)_362 Tragedy of Julius Caesar (129)_373 Tragedy of Macbeth (151)_384 Tragedy of Hamlet (172)_399 Tragedy of King Lear (302)_413 Tragedy of Othello... (330)_428 Tragedy of Anthony & Cleopatra (360)_442 Tragedy of Cymbeline (389)
Technical Note:
Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 27 Feb - 13 Mar. 600 dpi TIFFS. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.69 (adjusted to 12.95) @ 450 camera height. Cropped to 12x 9.25" -- built "secondfolio" action in Photoshop. Metadata by KD.
The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse, The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse / begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598 ; afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618 ; and now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. ; H.D., and others, this present yeere 1633, whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables, especially two ; the first, an index of things ; the second, a concordance of names., and Stow's survey of London; Remains or remnants of divers worthy things
Subject:
History, Early works, Social conditions, Cities and towns, Antiquities, Historic buildings, Architecture, Travel, Manners and customs, and Buildings
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: DA680 S87 1633
Extent:
8 unnumbered pages, 939 [that is 943], 29 unnumbered pages : coats of arms; 35 cm (folio)
Edition:
[Fourth]
Geographic Coverage:
England--London
Coordinates:
51.50853, -0.12574
Chronological Coverage:
16xx/17xx
Additional Physical Characteristics:
The words "survey" and "London" in the title are xylographic; Leaf A1v bears the arms of London; Paging irregular; no. 527-534 repeated, no. 653-654 and 771-772 omitted; Text and register appear continuous despite pagination; Variant of title page lacks "H.D. and others"; Page [757] is a special title page: The remains or remnants of divers worthy things, which should have had their due place and honour in this worke, if promising friends had kept their words, but they failing, and part of them comming to my hands by other good meanes, they are here inserted, to accompany my perambulation foure miles about London. London : Printed by Elizabeth Purlow and are to bee sold by Nicholas Bourne..., 1633; Head and tail pieces, initials; Includes indexes., A⁸ B-2X⁶ 2Y⁶(±2Y2,3,4,5+chi4) 2Z-4I⁶ 4K⁶(±4K6) 4L-4M⁴ 4N⁶. chi gathering marked "Yy" Yy2"; Leaf 4K6 is a cancel; cancel has notes from Henry Marten on bottom of page 939, cancelland (variant) is blank below the sentence ending: Rushes, foure pence., and Conserved by Meadland Bindery (2014).
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Early Printed Books Collection
Provenance:
Gift of Janelle Jenstad (2014).
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
books
Is Referenced By:
Indexed in: ESTC, S117597; STC (2nd ed.), 23345
Date Digitized:
2013-05-03/2013-05-14
Technical Note:
600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Plustek by SC and KM. Metadata by JTP and KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Ind.Eng.2
Extent:
1 leaf ; 25 x 46 cm
Geographic Coverage:
England--South Kirkby and England--West Yorkshire
Coordinates:
53.7, -1.58333 and 53.59383, -1.31914
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Single sheet parchment, two seal tags with extant seal wrappers (but no seals). Two tags bear traces of small, red-wax seals, but seals are missing. Parchment seal covers (scraps with traces of writing on interior) remain. Secretary hand. Signature of John Machon on recto.One sheet of parchment with jagged top edge, part of a larger sheet on which the ‘indenture’ would have been copied out twice, the indented edge serving as a proof of authenticity of the two parts when brought back together. The item is in very good condition, although there is slight smudging on the upper and lower left of the sheet, as well as some minor fold-related damage near the middle. The text is ruled in plummet, with one vertical rule marking the left margin of the text block. Pricking is visible at both left and right margins. -- description from Ken Streutker, 2016
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Special donation from Roger Bishop, 2011.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
indentures, legal documents, manuscripts (documents), and signatures (names)
Archival Item Identifier:
Accession Number: 2011-045
Is Referenced By:
Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ind-eng-2.php
Date Digitized:
2022-08-16
Transcript:
Description and transcription by Ken Streutker in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts, University of Victoria, Department of English, August 2016, available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ind-eng-2.pdf
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.2
Extent:
1 sheet ; 34 x 30 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England
Additional Physical Characteristics:
A single sheet of parchment folded into eighths, with writing in black ink all on one side with details written on the verso of one fold (intended as a label when the sheet is folded up). and Writing is in a late secretary hand.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
records (documents), manuscripts (documents), and inventories
Archival Item Identifier:
Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 5
Fonds Title:
Early Modern Manuscripts collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC599
Is Referenced By:
Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-3.php and Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; height 700) by PD. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Still Image
Identifier:
Call Number: BS490 R64 1675
Extent:
1 book (631 pages) ; 31 cm
Edition:
4th ed.
Geographic Coverage:
England--London
Coordinates:
51.50853, -0.12574
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Printed Music
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
books, bound sheet music, music books, and scores (documents for music)
Date Digitized:
2015-09-30
Technical Note:
600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner. Scanning, editing performed by CDeWolfe. No colour correction; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.