Transcripts of old gild plays or Mysteries, and papers about them, from British Museum MSS.
MS. Malone 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Transcripts of old gild plays or Mysteries, and papers about them, from British Museum MSS.
Shelfmark
MS. Malone 4
Summary
Comprises:
1 (pp. 1, 121). Seven Chester plays, preceded by a proclamation of 1532 and 'Banes 'of 1600. The plays are:
the Water leaders' (Noah, p. 10)
the Cappers' (Balaam, p. 33)
the Painters' (the Shepherds, p. 121)
the Websters' (Last Day, p. 143)
the Drapers' (the Creation, p. 167)
the Goldsmiths' (Herod, p. 191)
the Fletchers' (the Passion, p. 207)
These appear to be all from MSS. Harl. 2013, 2124. At p. 57 is a list of the Chester Gilds which performed the plays, etc., from 'Holmes's MS. [i.e. Harl.] 2125 'and 2142.
Also comprises four Coventry plays:
(p. 24) Pilate's Wife, including part of the Crucifixion
(p. 77) the Woman taken in Adultery
(p. 95) Mary and Joseph
(p. 109) the Creation
At p. 61 is a list of forty plays performed at Coventry, in English verse. The whole is from MS. Cotton Vesp. D.viii.
Date
written in about A.D. 1800
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
222 pages
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Collection contents
Transcripts of old gild plays or Mysteries, and papers about them, from British Museum MSS.
