Robert Parkyn — c. 1556 (?); English
MS. Eng. poet. e. 59
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Description
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Title
Robert Parkyn — c. 1556 (?); English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. poet. e. 59
Date
c. 1556 (?)
Language
English
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
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Title
Life of Christ, manuscript in seven-lined stanzas written 1548-1554 by Robert Parkyn, curate of Adwick-le-Street, Yorks.
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. poet. e. 59
Summary
Life of Christ, manuscript in seven-lined stanzas written 1548-54 by Robert Parkyn, curate of Adwick-le-Street, Yorks.
Date
1548-1554
Language
English
Physical facet
19th-cent. calf
Physical extent
193 Leaves
Custodial history
Inscribed with several signatures: 'Edmond Howson's booke'; Edward Cooke, 1633; John Rhodes; John Hall, 1695; given by Hall to Ralph Thoresby (fol. 1); see R. Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis (London, 1715), p. 531, no. 114; owned by Richard Heber; R. H. Evans, 10 Feb. 1836 (Bibliotheca Heberiana), lot 936; Thomas Thorpe, 1836 catalogue, item 1353; Phillipps MS. 9317; Sotheby's, 21 March 1895, lot 756; owned by Sir Leicester Harmsworth.
Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 19 Dec. 1949, lot 212.
Subject
Poetry
16th century
Theology
