Copy of 'Directions how to make such Coloured and Gilded Letters...' etc
MS. Douce 392
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Copy of 'Directions how to make such Coloured and Gilded Letters...' etc
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 392
Summary
'Directions how to make such Coloured and Gilded Letters, as are to be seen frequently in old Manuscripts Transcribed ... by Mrs. Elizabeth Elstob August 9th, 1710', copy. At p. xiii is 'The manner howe to anneile or paint in Glas ... 1616', 'Isaac Herbert scripsit Anno Domini 1785.' There is also a note by Rich. Twiss about shell-gold and -silver, Aug. 1, 1804 (p. v), and a few similar extracts and notes.
Date
written chiefly in the 18th cent. by G. Ballard
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
44 pages
Custodial history
Probably owned by Edward Rowe Mores (see p. iii).
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Collection contents
Copy of 'Directions how to make such Coloured and Gilded Letters...' etc
