Apollonius of Tyre — 15th century; England
MS. Douce 216
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Apollonius of Tyre — 15th century; England
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 216
Place of origin
England
Date
15th century
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
32leaves. Fols 1-14, 19-end are blank paper
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
A note by Richard Farmer is on fol. 1 v, and he may have owned the book
At fol. 15 is a letter from Samuel Weller Singer, bookseller, sending the fragments to Douce, January 7, 1830
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Two parchment leaves bearing two fragments of an English metrical translation of the romance of Apollonius king of Tyre containing together about 140 lines
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 216
Summary
The first piece ends '[Str]angulion my doubter ytok . & deuyse that hys hys wyf': the second ends 'The blysse of heuene dwelle. amen por charite. [Ex]plicit Appollonius Tyrus rex nobilis & virtuosus' etc. The whole fragment is printed in J. O. Halliwell's New Boke about Shakespeare (Lond., for private circulation, 1850), p. 2. At fol. 15 is a letter from S. W. Singer sending the fragments to Douce, Jan. 7, 1830. Fols. 1-14, 19-end are blank paper.
Date
written in the 15th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On parchment, discoloured and not quite perfect
Physical extent
32 Leaves
Custodial history
A note by dr. Farmer is on fol. 1v, and he may have owned the book.
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Collection contents
Two parchment leaves bearing two fragments of an English metrical translation of the romance of Apollonius king of Tyre containing together about 140 lines
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Samuel Weller Singer, bookseller
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Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797
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Douce, Francis, 1757-1834
